Merge pull request #170 from boegel/v1.3.x

bump version to v1.3.1dev
revert back to hardcoding path for Python library dir, since it's hardcoded by setuptools/distribute as well
fix error msg
Merge pull request #184 from boegel/det_pylibdir

hardcode Python lib path, since setuptools/distribute hardcode it
Merge branch 'v1.3.x' into develop
fix configure step for Bowtie, $CPP is not defined
Merge pull request #185 from boegel/v1.4.x

fix configure step for Bowtie, $CPP is not defined
CPP is actually the C++ compiler
Merge pull request #186 from boegel/v1.4.x

CPP is actually the C++ compiler
update release notes
bump version to v1.4.0rc1
fix long line
Merge pull request #187 from boegel/v1.4.x

udpated release notes for v1.4.0, and bump version
bump version to v1.4.0
bump version to v1.5.0dev