From 7d2552f8af8cf3879bb3c1f6f3bb6aaa5dda3962 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Serban Udrea Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:09:34 +0700 Subject: development/numpy: Updated for version 1.9.0. Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo --- development/numpy/README | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'development/numpy/README') diff --git a/development/numpy/README b/development/numpy/README index fe0e06e44f063..7e44029a857cb 100644 --- a/development/numpy/README +++ b/development/numpy/README @@ -5,8 +5,22 @@ arrays. NumPy is built on the Numeric code base and adds features introduced by numarray as well as an extended C-API and the ability to create arrays of arbitrary type which also makes NumPy suitable for interfacing with general-purpose data-base applications. - + There are also basic facilities for discrete fourier transform, basic linear algebra and random number generation. -If you need to build numpy for debugging, set DEBUG=y. +If you need to build numpy for debugging, set DEBUG=y. If software +depending on numpy is having problems with the new relaxed strides +checking, set NPY_RSC=0. + +It is highly recommended to install optimized BLAS and LAPACK libs +before installing numpy. You may choose between ATLAS+LAPACK and +OpenBLAS. + +IMPORTANT: The version installed by this SlackBuild doesn NOT include the + oldnumeric and numarray compatibility modules since starting with + version 1.9.0 these modules got removed by the numpy developers. + If you need these compatibility modules please consider the + numpy-legacy SlackBuild. + THUS: This SlackBuild conflicts with the numpy-legacy SlackBuild + which installs versions < 1.9.0! -- cgit v1.2.3