Re: optimize.py issues with stretch and jessie

On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 10:54:59AM -0400, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> With stretch:
> 
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/optimize/optimize.py", line 769
>     with warnings.catch_warnings():
>                      ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax

The only way I can think of that makes that a syntax error would be an
actual error on an earlier line that confused the parser.

> _________________
> 
> With jessie:
> 
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/optimize/optimize.py", line 17
> from *future* import division, print_function, absolute_import
> SyntaxError: future feature print_function is not defined
> 
> So, wherever one goes, a wall is found, or is that a wall for me alone?

Probably not too many people running scipy in general.

Running the testsuite is probably worthwhile:

python -c 'import numpy; numpy.test("full");'
python -c 'import scipy; scipy.test("full");'

If it passes, you are probably set to go, and otherwise something probably
needs fixing.

Trying on sid, numpy had 2 errors when I tried, but those might be
that the test had to be run in a specific place with some data file.
I didn't check.  It complained about not finding a file with some
extension (that it didn't bother to say what was).