NumPy 1.18.3 Release Notes¶
This release contains various bug/regression fixes.
The Python versions supported in this release are 3.5-3.8. Downstream developers should use Cython >= 0.29.15 for Python 3.8 support and OpenBLAS >= 3.7 to avoid errors on the Skylake architecture.
Highlights¶
Fix for the method=’eigh’ and method=’cholesky’ methods in
numpy.random.multivariate_normal. Those were producing samples from the wrong distribution.
Contributors¶
A total of 6 people contributed to this release. People with a “+” by their names contributed a patch for the first time.
Charles Harris
Max Balandat +
@Mibu287 +
Pan Jan +
Sebastian Berg
@panpiort8 +
Pull requests merged¶
A total of 5 pull requests were merged for this release.
#15916: BUG: Fix eigh and cholesky methods of numpy.random.multivariate_normal
#15929: BUG,MAINT: Remove incorrect special case in string to number…
#15930: BUG: Guarantee array is in valid state after memory error occurs…
#15954: BUG: Check that pvals is 1D in _generator.multinomial.
#16017: BUG: Alpha parameter must be 1D in generator.dirichlet