[R-pkg-team] Bug#1100292: New fastcluster release 1.3.0

[Daniel Müllner]

Hi all,

I released a new version of the Python fastcluster package today: 
Version 1.3.0 at https://pypi.org/project/fastcluster. This version is 
compatible with NumPy 2 and SciPy 1.15 and fixes the bug in this ticket. 
Moreover, the patch at 
https://sources.debian.org/src/r-cran-fastcluster/1.2.6-2/debian/patches/ 
is not necessary any more.

I noticed, however, that the Debian package python3-fastcluster is 
derived from r-cran-fastcluster, which is sourced from the dual R/Python 
package at CRAN: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=fastcluster. This 
package is still at version 1.2.6.

I'll try to make a new release of the CRAN package tomorrow. However, my 
experience is that it might be complicated to submit a new version to 
CRAN if the last version dates back a while.

I'll do my best but cannot promise a quick success. Alternatively, you 
may want to switch the Debian package python3-fastcluster to the PyPi 
source. (GitHub has the same code if you prefer it: 
https://github.com/fastcluster/fastcluster/releases/tag/v1.3.0.) The R 
package could stay at version 1.2.6 since the C++ code and R wrapper 
didn't change, only the Python wrapper.

Best,

Daniel