[Bf-committers] numpy for 2.70

[CoDEmanX]

They charge for MKL, so the free version should definately not use / 
require it.

Direct download links for Anaconda Windows builds:

http://repo.continuum.io/archive/.winzip/

I checked the content in 7zip and it seems to contain py2.7 builds only?
Or is it compatible with py3.3?



Am 24.02.2014 18:43, schrieb dbaker at citytech.cuny.edu:
> could we use one of the builds of numpy from anaconda
> https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/ I believe their free version (
> the one you get by default if you install it using conda)  isn't built
> against MKL.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Martijn Berger <martijn.berger at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I have tried compiling numpy but it seems you need either gcc/gfortran when
>> building for mingw or intel's compiler when building for msvc build python.
>> There is a version available online that works at:
>> http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#numpy.
>> But there is also a problem. This version is build against the Intel's MKL
>> (http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-mkl) a non free but very high
>> performance math library.
>> For me the easiest solution would by bundling this version but we it seems
>> we can not as that would constitute a GPL violation.
>>
>> It seems we have 3 options.
>>    - we don't bundle numpy on windows
>>    - we bundle this numpy and we might violate the GPL
>>    - we get a copy of Intel's Fortran compiler so we can build and maintain
>> a version of numpy for use with blender that does not violate the GPL.
>>
>> I am not a layer and not a numpy specialist, any conclusions drawn above
>> are the result of my best understanding of our situation
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> A while ago it was agreed that blender would bundle numpy, with very
>>> positive response from some script authors and general agreement,
>>>
>>> See meeting minutes:
>>> http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2013-April/039809.html
>>>
>>> Previous discussions on the topic:
>>>
>> http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2012-November/038215.html
>>> http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2012-April/036428.html
>>>
>>>
>>> We setup scons and cmake to bundle numpy with Python, and now the 2.70
>>> Linux build bundles numpy 1.80, but (unless I'm mistaken). OSX and
>>> ms-windows still don't include numpy.
>>>
>>> If there are no blocking issues - (we can't get numpy to compile for
>> eg...)
>>> I think its a reasonable target to have numpy bundled on all platforms
>>> for 2.70, not just for Linux.
>>>
>>> Added tracker tickets for this so this isn't overlooked.
>>> https://developer.blender.org/T38791
>>> https://developer.blender.org/T38792
>>>
>>> Maintaining platform deps is often done by volunteers, so if you don't
>>> have time for it, say so and someone else can try to fill in the gaps.
>>>
>>> --
>>> - Campbell
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