#1142517 partd: fails tests with pandas 3.0

Package:
src:partd
Source:
src:partd
Submitter:
Rebecca N. Palmer
Date:
2026-09-13 16:45:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1142517#5
Date:
2026-07-21 07:23:45 UTC
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partd fails autopkgtests with pandas 3.0 (in experimental):

https://ci.debian.net/packages/p/partd/unstable/amd64/73190652/

It looks like it's assuming that pandas dtypes are also numpy dtypes,
which is not true for pandas' new string dtype.
Upstream release notes: https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/whatsnew/v3.0.0.html

  45s =================================== FAILURES
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  45s ______________________________ test_PandasColumns

#1142517#12
Date:
2026-09-13 15:12:53 UTC
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Tomáš Hrnčiar proposed a fix to upstream:
https://github.com/dask/partd/pull/83/files

It remains un-accepted as upstream is effectively abandoned, but matches
this advice from pandas upstream:
https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/user_guide/migration-3-strings.html#series-values-now-returns-an-extensionarray