Merge pull request #368 from AppScale/testing

Merging 1.6.8 into master
Merge pull request #417 from AppScale/testing

bumped version number to 1.6.9
Merge pull request #431 from AppScale/testing

Fixes broken build script for numpy/matplotlib
updated bootstrap version, removed textured bg, minor UI tweaks
added app size limit to upload app
removed mysql
removed mysql from appscale
Removed DIST which is already set in build.
Moved install_functions so it's called after $APPSCALE_HOME is defined.
updating monitoring link if a user would otherwise see None there
Merge pull request #491 from shatterednirvana/none-in-monitoring-link

updating monitoring link if a user would otherwise see None there
removed log line
Merge pull request #492 from nlake44/log

removed log line
Merge pull request #481 from DrOctogon/admin-console-v1

updated bootstrap version, removed textured bg, minor UI tweaks
removed retries
Merge pull request #494 from nlake44/retry

removed retries
fixing commiting a new user string
Merge pull request #495 from nlake44/channel

fixing commiting a new user string
correctly updating dashboard root for db name and replication info
Merge pull request #496 from shatterednirvana/none-in-replication-and-db-name

correctly updating dashboard root for db name and replication info
returning cached node info instead of calculating it on every request