Bug 1619054

Summary: python-nipy: use openblas instead of atlas
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik>
Component: python-nipyAssignee: Igor Raits <igor.raits>
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Description Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2018-08-20 00:10:18 UTC
Description of problem:
Please BuildRequire: openblas instead of atlas where available (x86_64 %{ix86} armv7hl %{power64} aarch64 s390x, see %{openblas_arches} macro defined in openblas-srpm-macros package). Currently, it's available on all primary Fedora arches, so you can technically skip using the macro.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python-nipy-0.4.1-1.fc26

Additional information:
OpenBLAS selects best code path for the target architecture at runtime unlike ATLAS.

A lot of benchmarks around the net suggest openblas is faster than ATLAS in most workloads:
https://github.com/tmolteno/necpp/issues/18
http://blog.nguyenvq.com/blog/2014/11/10/optimized-r-and-python-standard-blas-vs-atlas-vs-openblas-vs-mkl/
https://freddie.witherden.org/pages/blas-gemm-bench/
http://nghiaho.com/?p=1726

Many Fedora packages have switched to openblas already (e.g. scalapack and all dependent ones and numpy).

Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 16:56:50 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to '31'.

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 19:45:52 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to 31.

Comment 3 Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2020-08-21 11:12:10 UTC
Closing in favour of FlexiBLAS.