py39-tables: import fails

[duchowski]

System: macOS Ventura 13.1 MacPorts 2.8.0 (after clean install) XCode 14.2

Error: Python 3.9.16 import tables results in error (see cut+paste below).

Python 3.9.16 (main, Dec 11 2022, 19:51:58)
[Clang 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.202)] on darwin
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>>> import tables
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/tables/__init__.py", line 99, in <module>
    from .utilsextension import (
  File "tables/utilsextension.pyx", line 169, in init tables.utilsextension
ImportError: cannot import name typeDict

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Unfortunately this port has no maintainer currently. Cc'ing some past contributors in the hope they can help.

[reneeotten (Renee Otten)]

the issue is in from numpy import typeDict - this function has been ​deprecated.

Probably updating the port to its latest upstream version

❯ port livecheck
py-tables seems to have been updated (port version: 3.6.1, new version: 3.8.0)

will resolve the issue. I quickly tried to do this but it seems there are additional dependencies now and/or something else has changed so only a quick-and-dirty version change isn't sufficient. I am not using this port so am not that motivated to put time in it, but who knows if there is a spare hour at some point ;)

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

In fb8a6ed93328c9d8c74967a8a858a48498710e95/macports-ports (master):

py-tables: update to 3.8.0

Keeping at latest supported versions for 27 through 37, which still
have dependents.

Closes: #66624
Closes: #64482