On 5/11/20 2:35 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
> W dniu nie, 10.05.2020 o godzinie 14∶54 -0400, użytkownik Aisha Tammy
> napisał:
>> On 5/10/20 2:11 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
>>> W dniu nie, 10.05.2020 o godzinie 07∶21 -0400, użytkownik Aisha
>>> Tammy
>>> napisał:
>>>> On 5/10/20 2:02 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
>>>>> W dniu sob, 09.05.2020 o godzinie 22∶39 -0400, użytkownik Aisha
>>>>> Tammy
>>>>> napisał:
>>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>>   I was hoping to upgrade the dev-python/numba jit compiler
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> proxy-
>>>>>> maint but it depends on dev-python/llvmlite >=0.31
>>>>>> Current version of llvmlite is stuck at 0.30 which is
>>>>>> preventing
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> numba package from being upgraded.
>>>>>> It is at a risk of last rite retiring because its stuck at
>>>>>> 3.6
>>>>>
>>>>> It is more likely to be last rited because upstream still
>>>>> didn't
>>>>> manage
>>>>> to port it to LLVM 9.  I don't have LLVM 8 anymore, and I don't
>>>>> have
>>>>> the resources to build 3 different LLVM versions.
>>>>>
>>>> The following issue tells that LLVM 9 is now supported :)
>>>> https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/issues/523
>>>>
>>>> They haven't updated their documentation correctly.
>>>
>>> I suppose this means using the fancy variable to disable LLVM
>>> version
>>> checks, correct?
>>>
>> lol, you seem to be experienced with this kind of behaviour :P .
>> I won't even ask how many times this may have burned you XD .
>> Indeed, they have changed the version checking feature pretty
>> recently
>> though nothing too coherent has been given out yet.
> 
> Well, I've noticed it when I checked if they finally stopped requiring
> 8.*.  I presumed they've added it instead of proper support for LLVM 9
> but didn't expect it to actually pass tests (modulo two silly tests,
> one checking version and other exact error message).
> 
>>
>> Here's to hoping they do it over summer.
>>
>>>> PS: regarding lack of resources.
>>>> I have a spare computer and am willing to use that to do some
>>>> testing
>>>> for 
>>>> interesting packages like these. I hope it can help us keep a few
>>>> more
>>>> packages that would otherwise be killed off.
>>>
>>> Well, my hardware died two days ago, so I should have more
>>> resources
>>> mid-next week.  Until then, only minimal work that can be done with
>>> backup hardware.
>>>
>> That sucks, hardware failure is the bane of everyones existence T.T
>>
> 
> Well, hardware upgrade was long overdue, so there is the bright side. 
> My plan was to keep the old PC as backup distcc node but I guess it
> wouldn't amount to much.  It was Athlon64 x2 3800+ (from the times when
> they still called it 'Athlon64').
> 
> In any case, I've just tested the version bump and will push it
> shortly.  Thanks!
> 

Oooooh, thanks a lot for your work!

Aisha

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