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@@ -32,11 +32,18 @@ Multiple field selection from a array of structured type currently
returns a new array and raises a FutureWarning. In 1.9 it will return a
readonly view.
-The numeric and numarray compatibility modules will be removed in 1.9.
+The numpy/oldnumeric and numpy/numarray compatibility modules will be
+removed in 1.9.
Compatibility notes
===================
+The doc/sphinxext content has been moved into its own github repository,
+and is included in numpy as a submodule. See the instructions in
+doc/HOWTO_BUILD_DOCS.rst.txt for how to access the content.
+
+.. _numpydoc: https://github.com/numpy/numpydoc
+
The hash function of numpy.void scalars has been changed. Previously the
pointer to the data was hashed as an integer. Now, the hash function uses
the tuple-hash algorithm to combine the hash functions of the elements of