[ANN] Numba 0.61.0rc1 and llvmlite 0.44.0rc1 are out

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Dear community,

Happy to announce that the release candidates Numba 0.61.0rc1 and llvmlite 0.44.0rc1 are out.

You can install both using conda with the following command:

$ conda install -c numba numba=0.61.0rc1

or just llvmlite:

$ conda install -c numba llvmlite=0.44.0rc1

Alternatively using pip to install from PyPI:

$ pip install numba==0.61.0rc1

or just llvmlite:

$ pip install llvmlite==0.44.0rc1

A small caveat is that due to technical issues llvmlite wheels for osx (both x86_64 and arm64) need to be installed from anaconda.org and that windows packages are still on their way and so are not immediately available. The team is currently working on a resolution and updates will be posted accordingly.

Also there’s an important announcement regarding the NumPy 2 support for the community: NumPy 2.x support community update

For more information about these releases, the release notes can be found at:

https://numba.readthedocs.io/en/0.61.0rc1/release/0.61.0-notes.html

and

https://llvmlite.readthedocs.io/en/v0.44.0rc1/release-notes.html#v0-44-0rc1-november-18-2024

Please do test the release candidates with your libraries and applications and report back any issues you encounter in the thread below. :point_down:

Many thanks in advance!

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Ref: installation of llvmlite wheels on OSX: numba 0.61.0rc1 fails on macOS 12 · Issue #9812 · numba/numba · GitHub

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Ref: Windows install issue: numba v0.61.0rc1 installation fails because missing MS Visual C++ · Issue #9813 · numba/numba · GitHub

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Ref: precision issue in STUMPY: Precision Unit Tests Failing · Issue #3 · stumpy-dev/automate · GitHub

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Ref: issues with some dependencies via llvmlite: Tight pins in conda package for 0.44.0rc1 · Issue #1105 · numba/llvmlite · GitHub

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Ref: windows wheel llvmlite issue:numba 0.61.0rc1 wheel fails on Windows · Issue #9825 · numba/numba · GitHub