Bug#848758: Latest upgrade of Numpy breaks tests of other packages (Was: Bug#848758: python-skbio: FTBFS: Test failures)

[Adrian Bunk]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 09:01:31AM -0500, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> > it seems the recent upgrade of numpy has broken some tests in other
> > packages like for instance this one in python-skbio.  I wonder whether
> > you are either able to suggest patches to get the tests working with the
> > new interface of numpy again or whether it might be sensible to revert
> > the upgrade of python-numpy to the previous version considering that we
> > are quite close to the freeze.
> 
> There is still a month to the freeze for the existing package, so
> let's not panic already. I'd suggest contacting the upstream of the
> projects with failing test and ask for support

For python-skbio it is *really* time to panic *right now*.

python-skbio is currently not in testing.

For python-skbio to have any chance of being part of stretch, the
latest possible date for an upload of a package without any RC bugs
is Christmas Day (and then not touch the package for 10 days).

If this issue is not resolved by Christmas, your Christmas present for 
the python-skbio maintainers is that their package will definitely not
be part of stretch.

cu
Adrian

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