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DOC: Add changelog entry for new lapack_lite
Also, update authors of lapack_lite

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Bundled version of LAPACK is now 3.2.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NumPy comes bundled with a minimal implementation of lapack for systems without
a lapack library installed, under the name of ``lapack_lite``. This has been
upgraded from LAPACK 3.0.0 (June 30, 1999) to LAPACK 3.2.2 (June 30, 2010). See
the `LAPACK changelogs`_ for details on the all the changes this entails.

While no new features are exposed through ``numpy``, this fixes some bugs
regarding "workspace" sizes, and in some places may use faster algorithms.

.. _`LAPACK changelogs`: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/release_notes.html#_4_history_of_lapack_releases

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Regenerating lapack_lite source
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:Author: David M. Cooke <cookedm@physics.mcmaster.ca>
:Authors: * David M. Cooke <cookedm@physics.mcmaster.ca>
* Eric Wieser (upgraded lapack version on 2017-03-26)

The ``numpy/linalg/f2c_*.c`` files are ``f2c``'d versions of the LAPACK routines
required by the ``LinearAlgebra`` module, and wrapped by the ``lapack_lite``
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