doc/source/release/1.17.3-notes.rst
.. currentmodule:: numpy
This release contains fixes for bugs reported against NumPy 1.17.2 along with a some documentation improvements. The Python versions supported in this release are 3.5-3.8.
Downstream developers should use Cython >= 0.29.13 for Python 3.8 support and OpenBLAS >= 3.7 to avoid errors on the Skylake architecture.
matmul fixed to use booleans instead of integers.PyArray_DescrCheck macro has been changed/fixed.A total of 7 people contributed to this release. People with a "+" by their names contributed a patch for the first time.
A total of 12 pull requests were merged for this release.
#14456 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14456>__: MAINT: clean up pocketfft modules inside numpy.fft namespace.#14463 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14463>__: BUG: random.hypergeometic assumes npy_long is npy_int64, hung...#14502 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14502>__: BUG: random: Revert gh-14458 and refix gh-14557.#14504 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14504>__: BUG: add a specialized loop for boolean matmul.#14506 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14506>__: MAINT: Update pytest version for Python 3.8#14512 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14512>__: DOC: random: fix doc linking, was referencing private submodules.#14513 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14513>__: BUG,MAINT: Some fixes and minor cleanup based on clang analysis#14515 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14515>__: BUG: Fix randint when range is 2**32#14519 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14519>__: MAINT: remove the entropy c-extension module#14563 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14563>__: DOC: remove note about Pocketfft license file (non-existing here).#14578 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14578>__: BUG: random: Create a legacy implementation of random.binomial.#14687 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/14687>__: BUG: properly define PyArray_DescrCheck