[Python-modules-team] Bug#837008: python-astropy: FTBFS: test failure

[Sandro Tosi]

On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 08:51:56 +0200 Ole Streicher <olebole at debian.org> wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 src:python-scipy 0.18.0-1
> Control: affects -1 python-astropy
> Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/6420
> Control: tags -1 patch
>
>
> >> =================================== FAILURES ===================================
> >> _________________________ test_circmean_against_scipy __________________________
> >>
> >>     @pytest.mark.skipif('not HAS_SCIPY')
> >>     def test_circmean_against_scipy():
> >>         # testing against scipy.stats.circmean function
> >>         data = np.random.uniform(-np.pi, np.pi, size=(100, 5))
> >>         answer = scipy.stats.circmean(data, np.pi, -np.pi)
> >>>       assert_equal(np.around(answer, 2), np.around(circmean(data), 2))
> >> E       AssertionError:
> >> E       Items are not equal:
> >> E        ACTUAL: -4.3099999999999996
> >> E        DESIRED: 1.97
>
> This is actually a regression bug in scipy; see the github issue. A
> patch is available at https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/6543

That regression is said to be fixed in scipy 0.18.1, which was
uploaded on Oct 7 - could you verify this bug is actually fixed
rebuilding astropy? thanks!