Drop numexpr < 2.6.2

Author: h-vetinari

ci/circle-27-compat.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies:
   - bottleneck=1.2.0
   - cython=0.28.2
   - jinja2=2.8
-  - numexpr=2.4.4 # we test that we correctly don't use an unsupported numexpr
+  - numexpr=2.6.2
   - numpy=1.12.0
   - openpyxl=2.5.5
   - psycopg2

ci/requirements-optional-conda.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 beautifulsoup4>=4.2.1
 blosc
-bottleneck
+bottleneck>=1.2.0
 fastparquet
 feather-format
 gcsfs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ ipython>=5.6.0
 ipykernel
 jinja2
 lxml
-matplotlib
+matplotlib>=2.0.0
 nbsphinx
-numexpr
+numexpr>=2.6.2
 openpyxl=2.5.5
 pyarrow
 pymysql

ci/requirements-optional-pip.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Do not modify directly
 beautifulsoup4>=4.2.1
 blosc
-bottleneck
+bottleneck>=1.2.0
 fastparquet
 feather-format
 gcsfs
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ ipython>=5.6.0
 ipykernel
 jinja2
 lxml
-matplotlib
+matplotlib>=2.0.0
 nbsphinx
-numexpr
+numexpr>=2.6.2
 openpyxl==2.5.5
 pyarrow
 pymysql

doc/source/install.rst

@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Recommended Dependencies
 
 * `numexpr <https://github.com/pydata/numexpr>`__: for accelerating certain numerical operations.
   ``numexpr`` uses multiple cores as well as smart chunking and caching to achieve large speedups.
-  If installed, must be Version 2.4.6 or higher.
+  If installed, must be Version 2.6.2 or higher.
 
 * `bottleneck <https://github.com/kwgoodman/bottleneck>`__: for accelerating certain types of ``nan``
   evaluations. ``bottleneck`` uses specialized cython routines to achieve large speedups. If installed,

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.24.0.txt

@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ If installed, we now require:
 +-----------------+-----------------+----------+---------------+
 | matplotlib      | 2.0.0           |          | :issue:`21242`|
 +-----------------+-----------------+----------+---------------+
+| numexpr         | 2.6.2           |          | :issue:`21242`|
++-----------------+-----------------+----------+---------------+
 
 .. _whatsnew_0240.api_breaking.interval_values: