freshen README, format it with markdown
Merge pull request #1 from paulfitz/master

update README
wow, NEWS doesn't get updated often
update packaging: README -> README.md
Fixed missing @s in yarpconfig.cmake.in. Separated application examples (working out of the box) from application templates
Merge pull request #2 from elen4/yarp-2.4

Fixed missing @s in yarpconfig.cmake.in. Separated application examples ...
Remove old junkyard directory
Do not try to delete junkyard files in release script
Merge pull request #4 from drdanz/remove-junkyard

Remove junkyard
convince ACE that alphasort can indeed be passed to scandir
include PlatformStdlib.h to define ACE_stat on Windows
add test+comments to ResourceFinder; be more tolerant of programs specifying a non-existent policy
fixed compilation error for _WIN64. (see InterlockedIncrement64)
Add .mailmap file
[Cleanup]
Merge branch 'master' into yarp-2.4
added new github repo for yarp
changed build windows script to manage new github repo
Include GooCanvas link directories when building gyarpbuilder
Update and sort alphabetically .mailmap file