use old Python environment when using old Julia environment
MODIFY
repo2docker/buildpacks/julia/julia_require.py
repo2docker/buildpacks/julia/julia_require.py
"""Generates a Dockerfile based on an input matrix with REQUIRE for legacy Julia"""
+
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion as V
import os
+
from ..python import PythonBuildPack
@@ -11,6 +14,16 @@ class JuliaRequireBuildPack(PythonBuildPack):
minor_julias = {"0.6": "0.6.4", "0.7": "0.7.0", "1.0": "1.0.4", "1.1": "1.1.1"}
major_julias = {"1": "1.1.1"}
+ @property
+ def python_version(self):
+ # IJulia doesn't build on julia 0.6
+ # due to old incompatibilities with Jupyter-core >= 4.5,
+ # so use the similarly-old Python 3.5 base environment
+ if V(self.julia_version) < V("0.7"):
+ return "3.5"
+ else:
+ return super().python_version
+
@property
def julia_version(self):
require = self.binder_path("REQUIRE")

use old Python environment when using old Julia environment