Add modified Manchester libs

Author: kalavinka

spinn_frontend_common/.travis.yml

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+language: python
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - python: "2.7"
+    - pytest
+
+virtualenv:
+  system_site_packages: true
+
+before_script:
+  - python ./setup.py install
+script: "py.test ."

spinn_frontend_common/README.md

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+This package provides functionality which are common to front ends that translate application level programs into 
+exeuctables which run on a SpiNNaker machine.
+
+Requirements
+
+In addition to a standard Python installation, this package depends on:
+
+    six
+    enum34
+    SpiNNStorageHandlers
+    DataSpecification
+    PACMAN
+    SpiNNMan
+    SpiNNMachine
+    PyNN
+    numpy
+
+These dependencies, excluding numpy, can be installed using pip:
+    pip install six
+    pip install enum34
+    pip install SpiNNStorageHandlers
+    pip install DataSpecification
+    pip install PACMAN
+    pip install SpiNNMan
+    pip install PyNN
+    pip install SpiNNFrontEndCommon
+    pip install SpiNNMachine
+
+Details of the installation of numpy on various operating systems are shown below.
+
+If you are using virtualenv, please also follow the instructions below to install numpy. Further instructions for adding this global package to your virutalenv are detailed in the "User Installation" and "Developer Installation" sections below.
+Ubuntu Linux
+
+Execute the following to install both gtk and pygtk: sudo apt-get install python-numpy
+Fedora Linux
+
+Execute the following to install both gtk and pygtk: sudo yum install numpy
+Windows 7/8 64-bit
+
+Download and install http://spinnaker.cs.manchester.ac.uk/.../numpy-MKL-1.8.1.win-amd64-py2.7.exe
+Windows 7/8 32-bit
+
+Download and install http://spinnaker.cs.manchester.ac.uk/.../numpy-MKL-1.8.1.win32-py2.7.exe