use description field
allow additional kwargs to override generated ones (eg for metavars)
add metavar control options and rename make_init
fix typo and adapt tests to main_options
autogenerate main_options by default
remove commented code
fix usage and allow to set the envvar_prefix
fix logical error that made the unittests crash
Merge branch 'master' into generaloption_eb
aestethic rules toi placement of author in docstring
fix conflicts after merge with master
Merge branch 'uft8_decoding_deprecated' of github.com:boegel/vsc-base into generaloption_eb
Merge branch 'generaloption_eb' of github.com:stdweird/vsc-base into generaloption_eb
support dash in option names
python 2.4 compatibility
Merge branch 'generaloption_eb' of github.com:stdweird/vsc-base into generaloption_eb
don't use super since logging.Logger doesn't derive from object in Python v2.6 and prior versions
don't use setupClass and tearDownClass, don't work as expected in Python 2.6 (and prior)
fix license header comments
fix double-prefixed comments