Ricardo Wurmus writes: > python-numpy currently depends on Atlas, which means that it cannot be > substituted with a binary built elsewhere. OpenBLAS is an alternative > to Atlas and the binary can be used on all supported CPUs at runtime. > This makes it possible for us to make numpy substitutable. > > We currently do not have a working OpenBLAS on MIPS, so the attached > patch selects OpenBLAS as an input only when not on MIPS. Some > additional configuration happens only unless "atlas" is among the > inputs.
If there are no objections I'd like to go ahead and push this patch to build numpy with OpenBLAS. From the comments I gather that it's not as controversial a change as I suspected. ~~ Ricardo
