On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gomm...@googlemail.com>wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm pleased to announce the availability of the first release candidate of > NumPy 1.6.2. This is a maintenance release. Due to the delay of the NumPy > 1.7.0, this release contains far more fixes than a regular NumPy bugfix > release. It also includes a number of documentation and build improvements. > > Sources and binary installers can be found at > https://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/1.6.2rc1/ > > Please test this release and report any issues on the numpy-discussion > mailing list. > > Cheers, > Ralf > > > > ``numpy.core`` issues fixed > --------------------------- > > #2063 make unique() return consistent index > #1138 allow creating arrays from empty buffers or empty slices > #1446 correct note about correspondence vstack and concatenate > #1149 make argmin() work for datetime > #1672 fix allclose() to work for scalar inf > #1747 make np.median() work for 0-D arrays > #1776 make complex division by zero to yield inf properly > #1675 add scalar support for the format() function > #1905 explicitly check for NaNs in allclose() > #1952 allow floating ddof in std() and var() > #1948 fix regression for indexing chararrays with empty list > #2017 fix type hashing > #2046 deleting array attributes causes segfault > #2033 a**2.0 has incorrect type > #2045 make attribute/iterator_element deletions not segfault > #2021 fix segfault in searchsorted() > #2073 fix float16 __array_interface__ bug > > > ``numpy.lib`` issues fixed > -------------------------- > > #2048 break reference cycle in NpzFile > #1573 savetxt() now handles complex arrays > #1387 allow bincount() to accept empty arrays > #1899 fixed histogramdd() bug with empty inputs > #1793 fix failing npyio test under py3k > #1936 fix extra nesting for subarray dtypes > #1848 make tril/triu return the same dtype as the original array > #1918 use Py_TYPE to access ob_type, so it works also on Py3 > > > ``numpy.f2py`` changes > ---------------------- > > ENH: Introduce new options extra_f77_compiler_args and > extra_f90_compiler_args > BLD: Improve reporting of fcompiler value > BUG: Fix f2py test_kind.py test > > > ``numpy.poly`` changes > ---------------------- > > ENH: Add some tests for polynomial printing > ENH: Add companion matrix functions > DOC: Rearrange the polynomial documents > BUG: Fix up links to classes > DOC: Add version added to some of the polynomial package modules > DOC: Document xxxfit functions in the polynomial package modules > BUG: The polynomial convenience classes let different types interact > DOC: Document the use of the polynomial convenience classes > DOC: Improve numpy reference documentation of polynomial classes > ENH: Improve the computation of polynomials from roots > STY: Code cleanup in polynomial [*]fromroots functions > DOC: Remove references to cast and NA, which were added in 1.7 > > > ``numpy.distutils`` issues fixed > ------------------------------- > > #1261 change compile flag on AIX from -O5 to -O3 > #1377 update HP compiler flags > #1383 provide better support for C++ code on HPUX > #1857 fix build for py3k + pip > BLD: raise a clearer warning in case of building without cleaning up > first > BLD: follow build_ext coding convention in build_clib > BLD: fix up detection of Intel CPU on OS X in system_info.py > BLD: add support for the new X11 directory structure on Ubuntu & co. > BLD: add ufsparse to the libraries search path. > BLD: add 'pgfortran' as a valid compiler in the Portland Group > BLD: update version match regexp for IBM AIX Fortran compilers. > > > I just noticed that my fix for the np.gradient() function isn't listed. https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/167 Not critical, but if a second rc is needed for any reason, it would be nice to have that in there. Thanks! Ben Root
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