This is a bugfix only release in the 1.6.x series.
#1834: einsum fails for specific shapes
#1837: einsum throws nan or freezes python for specific array shapes
#1838: object <-> structured type arrays regression
#1851: regression for SWIG based code in 1.6.0
#1863: Buggy results when operating on array copied with astype()
#1870: Fix corner case of object array assignment
#1843: Py3k: fix error with recarray
#1885: nditer: Error in detecting double reduction loop
#1874: f2py: fix –include_paths bug
#1749: Fix ctypes.load_library()
#1895/1896: iter: writeonly operands weren’t always being buffered correctly