release:1.18.3-notes

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