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
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
Merge branch 'master' into yarp-2.4
Fix patch for TinyXML
Use system include instead of relative for tinyxml
Merge branch 'master' into yarp-2.4