test_SparseGPRegression_rbf_white_kern_1d test failure on powerpc64le arch

[Apteryks]

Hello,

Found by GNU Guix CI (https://ci.guix.gnu.org/build/2921270/)

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test_SparseGPRegression_rbf_white_kern_1d (GPy.testing.model_tests.GradientTests)
Testing the sparse GP regression with rbf kernel with white kernel on 1d data ... initializing Y
initializing inference method
adding kernel and likelihood as parameters
Adding Z as parameter
FAIL
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FAIL: test_SparseGPRegression_rbf_white_kern_1d (GPy.testing.model_tests.GradientTests)
Testing the sparse GP regression with rbf kernel with white kernel on 1d data
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/guix-build-python-gpy-1.10.0.drv-0/GPy-1.10.0/GPy/testing/model_tests.py", line 788, in test_SparseGPRegression_rbf_white_kern_1d
    self.check_model(rbf, model_type='SparseGPRegression', dimension=1)
  File "/tmp/guix-build-python-gpy-1.10.0.drv-0/GPy-1.10.0/GPy/testing/model_tests.py", line 682, in check_model
    self.assertTrue(m.checkgrad())
AssertionError: False is not true

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Ran 274 tests in 466.921s

FAILED (failures=1, skipped=3)

Thanks!

[MartinBubel]

Hi @Apteryks
could you please retry using GPy==1.13.1? Tests have been migrated from nose to pytest and some things have changed.