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= Goal =

* Slicer is currently building Numpy 1.4.1. We would like to upgrade to a more recent version of Numpy to bring the latest and greatest of Numpy to Slicer community.

= Issues =
* [http://www.na-mic.org/Bug/view.php?id=3158 #3158] - Building Slicer with numpy-1.4.1 failed using VS2010
* [http://www.na-mic.org/Bug/view.php?id=3159 #3159] - Update Slicer build system to use numpy 1.7.1
* [http://www.na-mic.org/Bug/view.php?id=3160 #3160] - Make sure numpy 1.7.1 can be build on Unix and MacOSx without requiring Fortran compiler

= Discussion =
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= Possible approaches =

* Keep the current version and back-port to vs2010/12 support.

* Use different version for windows (1.7.1) and unix-like (1.4.1) system.

* Ideally, use 1.7.1 on all platform/compiler.

* Potential resource: https://github.com/ilastik/ilastik-build-win64/