py-numba @0.55.2_0: needs numpy 1.22, fails on numpy 1.23

[andreavicere]

numba fails to load. Apparently, this is intended, because its init file raises an error upon detecting a numpy version > 1.22.

Here is the transcript of a session reproducing the issue (for python 3.10)

[~] % python
Python 3.10.5 (main, Jun  7 2022, 08:51:33) [Clang 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.30)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numba
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numba/__init__.py", line 200, in <module>
    _ensure_critical_deps()
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numba/__init__.py", line 140, in _ensure_critical_deps
    raise ImportError("Numba needs NumPy 1.22 or less")
ImportError: Numba needs NumPy 1.22 or less
>>>

The same error is raised for python 3.9 .

Presently therefore numba is not usable in macports unless manually downgrading numpy.

[jsalort (Julien Salort)]

Update: same problem now with py310-numba @0.56.4 which does not work with NumPy 1.24. Workaround for py310, install NumPy 1.23.5 from old MacPorts repository. The workaround does not work for py311 because there never was a py311-numpy @1.23.5.

Maybe there should be versioned subports of numpy, eg py310-numpy1.23, py310-numpy1.24, etc. That would allow numba to explicitely require a specific numpy version...

[catap (Kirill A. Korinsky)]

In fce4f3985264b8c774441ed5ac13664ddf8ec789/macports-ports (master):

py-numba: update to 0.57.0; add py311; remove py37

Closes: #65482