Merge branch 'release/2.8.0.2' into develop
Add serialisation methods #2719
Travis build on python-2.6 also #2345
Merge pull request #20 from prakashpp/feature/task-2345

Travis build on python-2.6 also #2345
Migration to 3.0 #3129
Merge pull request #22 from priyankarani/feature/migration

Migration to 3.0 #3129
Merge branch 'release/3.0.1.0'