py-MMTK: ImportError: No module named oldnumeric

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

​https://build.macports.org/builders/ports-10.13_x86_64-builder/builds/41973/steps/install-port/logs/stdio

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 64, in <module>
    from Scientific import N
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Scientific/N.py", line 6, in <module>
    from numpy.oldnumeric import *
ImportError: No module named oldnumeric
Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_bblocal_var_buildworker_ports_build_ports_python_py-MMTK/py27-MMTK/work/MMTK-2.7.4" && /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7 setup.py --no-user-cfg build 
Exit code: 1

[mamoll (Mark Moll)]

Development of this package seems to have stopped (​https://bitbucket.org/khinsen/mmtk/commits/all). The package doesn't work with numpy 1.9 or later. What's the proper way to retire this port?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I see that the version of mmtk we're using is 7 years old and that a version from this year exists. But I do also see the note that it doesn't with with numpy 1.9 or higher. If that's true, we could either try to help the developers do what they haven't had time to do: fix compatibility with numpy 1.9 and later. Or if we don't have time for that, we could delete the port.

[mamoll (Mark Moll)]

In 1bbbe35d512272e5f132778f5dc4db0dd7dfa495/macports-ports (master):

py-MMTK: delete port. Appears to be abandoned upstream and doesn't work with current version of numpy. Closes #57569