#1127793 xgboost: autopkgtest regression with scikit-learn 1.8.0

Package:
xgboost
Source:
xgboost
Description:
Scalable and Flexible Gradient Boosting (Executable)
Submitter:
Date:
2026-08-22 17:47:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1127793#5
Date:
2026-02-13 00:08:22 UTC
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Dear maintainer,

xgboost has an autopkgtest regression with scikit-learn.
The following architectures failed: amd64, arm64, i386, ppc64el, s390x

Hopefully relevant excerpt from https://ci.debian.net/packages/x/xgboost/unstable/amd64/68467872/ follows:

481s TypeError: `_estimator_type` undefined.  Please use appropriate mixin to define estimator type.
525s [0]	train-PyMError:0.14000
526s [1]	train-PyMError:0.00000
527s [2]	train-PyMError:0.01000
528s [3]	train-PyMError:0.00000
529s [4]	train-PyMError:0.00000
529s [5]	train-PyMError:0.00000
529s [6]	train-PyMError:0.00000
529s [7]	train-PyMError:0.00000
529s [8]	train-PyMError:0.00000
529s [9]	train-PyMError:0.00000
549s Failed cases: continuation.py
549s run-demos            FAIL non-zero exit status 1
549s run-demos            FAIL non-zero exit status 1
#1127793#12
Date:
2026-08-22 17:44:36 UTC
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To:
This problem no longer exists in 3.3.0-1.