Change permissions on script/about to make executable

Fixes #1379
Merge pull request #131 from zoombody/bug/1379-script-about

Change permissions on script/about to make executable
backport test fix from 2.2devel
update gems and fix capybara
update version numbers to 2.1.1
Bump Rails version to 2.3.15
bundle update rails
update the mongrel workaround
update version numbers to 2.1.2
Update the mongrel workaround to use any Rails version > 2.3.8
Bump Rails to version 2.3.16
Bump version to 2.1.3