From d8abf716bbe2bc775dd976d74eff342b94d7e865 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Clark <seclark@nextquestion.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 10:55:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] python3Packages.datatable: drop

---
 .../python-modules/datatable/default.nix      | 89 -------------------
 pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix             |  1 +
 pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix            |  2 -
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 91 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pkgs/development/python-modules/datatable/default.nix

diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datatable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datatable/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 66b5a814ae43..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datatable/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pipInstallHook,
-  pythonAtLeast,
-  blessed,
-  docutils,
-  llvm,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  typesentry,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "datatable";
-  version = "1.1.0";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.13";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "h2oai";
-    repo = "datatable";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-U6FYqjbVed/Qsxj/8bgwRd2UlK0dq/i61Fg56Br+lzs=";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # tarball doesn't appear to have been shipped totally ready-to-build
-    substituteInPlace ci/ext.py \
-      --replace-fail \
-        'shell_cmd(["git"' \
-        '"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" or shell_cmd(["git"'
-    echo '${version}' > VERSION.txt
-
-    # don't make assumptions about architecture
-    substituteInPlace ci/ext.py \
-      --replace-fail \
-        'ext.compiler.add_linker_flag("-m64")' \
-        'pass  # removed -m64 flag assumption'
-
-    # Fix flatbuffers span const member assignment issue
-    # Remove const from member variables to allow assignment operator to work
-    substituteInPlace src/core/lib/flatbuffers/stl_emulation.h \
-      --replace-fail \
-        'pointer const data_;' \
-        'pointer data_;' \
-      --replace-fail \
-        'const size_type count_;' \
-        'size_type count_;'
-  '';
-  DT_RELEASE = "1";
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    typesentry
-    blessed
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    llvm
-    pipInstallHook
-  ];
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    docutils
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  LLVM = llvm;
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-isystem ${lib.getInclude stdenv.cc.libcxx}/include/c++/v1";
-
-  # test suite is very cpu intensive, only run small subset to ensure package is working as expected
-  enabledTestPaths = [ "tests/test-sets.py" ];
-
-  disabledTests = [
-    # skip tests which are irrelevant to our installation or use way too much memory
-    "test_xfunction_paths"
-    "test_fread_from_cmd2"
-    "test_cast_huge_to_str"
-    "test_create_large_string_column"
-  ];
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "datatable" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "data.table for Python";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/h2oai/datatable";
-    license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index d6c65e2ed9ba..991a63bfb8ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ mapAliases {
   configshell = throw "'configshell' has been renamed to/replaced by 'configshell-fb'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   cx_Freeze = throw "'cx_Freeze' has been renamed to/replaced by 'cx-freeze'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   cx_oracle = throw "'cx_oracle' has been renamed to/replaced by 'cx-oracle'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
+  datatable = throw "'datatable' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # added 2026-02-02
   dateutil = throw "'dateutil' has been renamed to/replaced by 'python-dateutil'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   debian = throw "'debian' has been renamed to/replaced by 'python-debian'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   dictpath = throw "'dictpath' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pathable'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 05afd5e13696..ecb242f805b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3599,8 +3599,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   datashaper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datashaper { };
 
-  datatable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datatable { };
-
   datauri = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datauri { };
 
   datefinder = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datefinder { };