Remove hdl21 and vlsirtools to allow numpy 2

KNOWN_ISSUES.md

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Example:
 
 The visualization tool "AppCSXCAD" will not work in the container with our default settings (`vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow (0x....): Cannot create GLX context.  Aborting.`). The issue has been located to be connected with the environment variable "LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT". As a workaround, we suggest either unsetting the variable or setting it to 0 (`unset LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT` or `export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=0`) which is persistent for the running terminal or run AppCSXCAD with the variable set to zero inline: `LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=0 AppCSXCAD`.
 
+### Hdl21/Vlsirtools
+
+We (temporarily) removed `Hdl21` and `Vlsirtools`, as they force `numpy` to version 1. All other packages allow `numpy` 2, so this removal, until the dependencies are fixed.
+
 ## Build
 
 ### Boost

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ This document summarizes the most important changes of the individual releases o
 * Move install for as many Python-packages as possible from APT to PIP (to get newer versions).
 * Remove alias for `xschem` and `magic`, instead properly install RC files in `/headless`.
 * Remove `netlistsvg`, as it is requiring the large node.js package.
+* Remove `hdl21` and `vlsirtools` to allow `numpy` 2.
 
 ## 2024.07
 

_build/images/base/scripts/99_basepkg_install.sh

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ pip3 install --upgrade --no-cache-dir \
 	fusesoc==2.3 \
 	gdsfactory==8.7.0 \
 	gdspy==1.6.13 \
-	hdl21==6.0.0 \
 	openlane==2.1.2 \
 	openram==1.2.48 \
 	pygmid==1.2.12 \
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ pip3 install --upgrade --no-cache-dir \
 	scikit-rf==1.2.0 \
 	siliconcompiler==0.26.1 \
 	spyci==1.0.2 \
-	vlsirtools==6.0.0 \
 	volare==0.18.1
 
 #FIXME OpenLane2 goes last to get its dependencies right