Subject: [bug#27922] [PATCH] gnu: python-numpy: Update to 1.12.1.

From: Marius Bakke <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 22:12:21 +0200

Leo Famulari <[email-masked]> writes:

> * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-numpy, python2-numpy): Update to 1.12.1.

LGTM ;-)

> [source]: Download the "real" release tarball instead of the snapshot.

NumPy provides a PGP signature with the zipball on PyPi:

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/numpy

Is there a reason to prefer the GitHub release tarball?