Changes suggested in review...

fury/tests/test_material.py

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def test_manifest_pbr(interactive=False):
         sphere = get_sphere('symmetric362')
         shape = (11, 11, 11, sphere.vertices.shape[0])
         fid, fname = mkstemp(suffix='_odf_slicer.mmap')
-        odfs = np.memmap(fname, dtype=float, mode='w+', shape=shape)
+        odfs = np.memmap(fname, dtype=np.float64, mode='w+', shape=shape)
         odfs[:] = 1
         affine = np.eye(4)
         mask = np.ones(odfs.shape[:3])
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ def test_manifest_standard(interactive=False):
         sphere = get_sphere('symmetric362')
         shape = (11, 11, 11, sphere.vertices.shape[0])
         fid, fname = mkstemp(suffix='_odf_slicer.mmap')
-        odfs = np.memmap(fname, dtype=float, mode='w+', shape=shape)
+        odfs = np.memmap(fname, dtype=np.float64, mode='w+', shape=shape)
         odfs[:] = 1
         affine = np.eye(4)
         mask = np.ones(odfs.shape[:3])

fury/ui.py

@@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ def _set_position(self, coords):
             track_position[0] += self.track.size[0] / 2.
 
         self.track.position = track_position
-        self.handle.position = self.handle.position.astype('float')
+        self.handle.position = self.handle.position.astype(float)
         self.handle.position += coords - self.position
         # Position the text below the handle.
         if self.orientation == "horizontal":
@@ -2415,8 +2415,8 @@ def _set_position(self, coords):
             track_position[0] -= self.track.size[0] / 2.
         self.track.position = track_position
 
-        self.handles[0].position = self.handles[0].position.astype('float')
-        self.handles[1].position = self.handles[1].position.astype('float')
+        self.handles[0].position = self.handles[0].position.astype(float)
+        self.handles[1].position = self.handles[1].position.astype(float)
 
         self.handles[0].position += coords - self.position
         self.handles[1].position += coords - self.position

fury/utils.py

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def numpy_to_vtk_cells(data, is_coords=True):
         connectivity + offset information
 
     """
-    data = np.array(data,dtype="object")
+    data = np.array(data,dtype=object)
     nb_cells = len(data)
 
     # Get lines_array in vtk input format

pytest.ini

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 [pytest]
 filterwarnings =
-    ignore: Converting `np.character` to a dtype is deprecated. :DeprecationWarning
-    # a BIG part of 60k something warnings on pytest -svv fury/tests/test_actors.py are due to deprecated use of <np.data_type> in dipy & vtk, 
-    # where simply data_type could be used, hence ignoring the whole packages.
-    # need to refactor to something where only neglect the np.data_type deprecation warnings
-    once:::dipy
-    once:::vtk
-
+    #Ignore all the deprecated method usages in site-packages.
+    ignore::DeprecationWarning:vtk.*:
+    ignore::DeprecationWarning:dipy.*: