excluded version 1.16 of numpy in setup.py because it is incompatible with pytables < 3.5

Author: alixdamman

.travis.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ install:
     # might want to avoid the later by installing all dependencies manually
     # except scipy and install pandas with --no-deps
     - conda create -n travisci --yes python=${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION:0:3}
-            numpy pandas pytables matplotlib xlrd openpyxl
+            numpy!=1.16.* pandas pytables matplotlib xlrd openpyxl
             xlsxwriter pytest pytest-pep8
     - source activate travisci
 

setup.py

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ def readlocal(fname):
 DESCRIPTION = "N-D labeled arrays in Python"
 LONG_DESCRIPTION = readlocal("README.rst")
 SETUP_REQUIRES = []
-INSTALL_REQUIRES = ['numpy >= 1.13', 'pandas >= 0.13.1']
+# excludes numpy 1.16.* because it is incompatible with pytables < 3.5
+INSTALL_REQUIRES = ['numpy >= 1.13, != 1.16.*', 'pandas >= 0.13.1']
 TESTS_REQUIRE = ['pytest', 'pytest-pep8']
 
 LICENSE = 'GPLv3'