Merge 'zarr-developers/master' into 'jeromekelleher/fix-blosc-errors'

Author: jakirkham

numcodecs/gzip.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def encode(self, buf):
         buf = ensure_contiguous_ndarray(buf)
         if PY2:  # pragma: py3 no cover
             # view as u1 needed on PY2
+            # ref: https://github.com/zarr-developers/numcodecs/pull/128#discussion_r236786466
             buf = buf.view('u1')
 
         # do compression