Numpy v1 as a dependency intead of v2

[okdimok]

pyproject.toml specifies "numpy~=1.26.4" as a dependency here but most of the NGC images already ship with NumPy v2, and this makes it impossible to seamlessly install aiperf into modern NGC image.

[okdimok]

For example,

$ docker run --rm nvcr.io/nvidia/pytorch:25.12-py3 python -c "import numpy; print(numpy.__version__)"


=============
== PyTorch ==
=============

NVIDIA Release 25.12 (build 245654590)
PyTorch Version 2.10.0a0+b4e4ee8

...
2.1.0

[debermudez]

@okdimok can you give me a set of repo instructions that results in an error?
I want to see if I can resolve this.