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

[Sandro Tosi]

> They are still, what the name suggests: candidates, with no confirmation
> to be useful in a production environment. I don't see why they should
> ever migrate to testing (as they did in 1.11.1rc.1). Last time, we had
> an numpy RC in testing for more than four months (2016-05-06 to
> 2016-10-16)! This doesn't confirm a sigh quality tendency. And imagine

this is the diff between 1.11.2rc1 and 1.11.2 (not the same versions
you mentioned, but the most recent one we can make such comparison):

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/python-modules/packages/python-numpy.git/diff/?h=upstream/11.11.2

the version is just a name, there will be bugs even in the most shiny
new release of every software

> that happens now; chances are high that we release Stretch with a numpy
> release candidate.
>
> IMO the way numpy changes are to be tested in Debian needs some adjustment.



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