[GRASS-dev] wxpython/iclass fails to compile, missing numpy.oldnumeric

[Nikos Alexandris]

On 10.11.2014 09:05, Glynn Clements wrote:
> Markus Neteler wrote:
>
>> What is the relationship of numpy's oldnumeric and GRASS 7?
>
> It's an issue with the wx.lib.plot module in wxPython. It wants a
> "numeric" module, for which it tries:
>
> try:
>     import numpy.oldnumeric as _Numeric
> except:
>     try:
>         import numarray as _Numeric  #if numarray is used it is 
> renamed Numeric
>     except:
>         try:
>             import Numeric as _Numeric
>         except:
>             msg= """
>             This module requires the Numeric/numarray or NumPy 
> module,
>             which could not be imported.  It probably is not 
> installed
>             (it's not part of the standard Python distribution). See 
> the
>             Numeric Python site (http://numpy.scipy.org) for 
> information on
>             downloading source or binaries."""
>             raise ImportError, "Numeric,numarray or NumPy not found. 
> \n" + msg
>
> Essentially, it tries three options from newest to oldest. But even
> the newest is old enough that it's commonly unavailable (the
> oldnumeric module was removed from NumPy in version 1.9).
>
> Code should now be using the numpy interface. Apparently wxPython has
> only recently done this:
>
> 	http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/16590

Right, thanks for the clear explanation. Just read this post :-/.

Nikos