Missing file 'numpy.i' in python-numpy and related packages

[John Pye]

Neither the 'python-numpy' nor 'python-numpy-doc' package contains a file called 'numpy.i', required for writing NumPy compatible C-code-based Python extensions/modules.

According to the documentation, this file is supposed to be included in docs/numpy/numpy.i, but it clearly hasn't been flagged for inclusion in the Deb packages.
http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/swig.interface-file.html

This file is important. I think it should be part of 'python-numpy-dev' if such a package is going to be provided, but it could just as well be part of the doc package. FWIW the documentation on how to *use* numpy.i has already been packaged, just not the

FWIW I note that a file called 'numpy.i' seems to be present in a package called 'python-instant'. That seems to me to be a bad place for that file to be located, given that it would be relevant to want to use that file *outside* python-instant.

[Julian Taylor (jtaylor)]

there is also a numpy.i in scipy, having a common one which can be shared from numpy would certainly be better from a packaging perspective.
I filed an issue with scipy a while ago to synchronize the numpy.i files:
http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/ticket/1825

[John Pye (jdpipe)]

What business does SciPy have shipping numpy.i? That's just not right!

[Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen)]

Fixed in version python-numpy/1:1.9.2~rc1-1