gdal_array missing from latest python bindings?

[chau]

I cannot run this command any more:

from osgeo import gdal_array?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\osgeo\gdal_array.py", line 17, in <module>
    _gdal_array = swig_import_helper()
  File "C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\osgeo\gdal_array.py", line 16, in swig_import_helper
    return importlib.import_module('_gdal_array')
  File "C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\Python27\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
    __import__(name)
ImportError: No module named _gdal_array

I cannot find any _gdal_array*.pyd in my OSGeo folder related to Python 2.7, only for python 3.7.

Latest gdal seems to be 3.1.4rc2-1 and unlike all other gdal packages (which can revert back to 3.0.4-2), I cannot revert back to a previous version with exactly the packagegdal-python: The GDAL/OGR Python Bindings and Scripts.

Has something gone wrong in the latest build?

[jef]

because the update to 3.1.4 didn't reflect that python2 is _obsolete - moved to the _obsolete directory.