Restore install._install with a comment to capture its requirement on earlier...

Restore install._install with a comment to capture its requirement on earlier NumPy versions. Fixes #199.

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extra : amend_source : a76d060c98e0048506e5aadddd675151db9d273c

CHANGES.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 CHANGES
 =======
 
+-----
+3.5.1
+-----
+
+* Issue #199: Restored ``install._install`` for compatibility with earlier
+  NumPy versions.
+
 ---
 3.5
 ---

setuptools/command/install.py

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import platform
 import distutils.command.install as orig
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsArgError
 
+# Prior to numpy 1.9, NumPy relies on the '_install' name, so provide it for
+#  now. See https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/199/
+_install = orig.install
+
 class install(orig.install):
     """Use easy_install to install the package, w/dependencies"""