move function get_channel_dirs from add_bbb_errors.py to utils.py so that it can beused also frim within doSM.py
move function get_channel_dirs from add_bbb_errors.py to utils.py so that it can beused also frim within doSM.py
increase robustness of stable options for significance calculation
increase flexibility of use of stable option for max-likelihood --stable and stable-old
fixed small typo in comments
added options --new-merging and --new-merging-threshold to test new merging asproposed by Andrew. Once de decide that the new merging becomes default we might modify these options again.
Merge pull request #215 from roger-wolf/master

Modifications made fro testing Andrew's new merging