simplify rails version checks
don't alias a method that doesn't exist
ConnectionSpecification has moved and BasicObject is deprecated
bump the version down for only a minor update
use the correct version comparator
get the specs passing for rails 4
handle rails 4.0 scopes in associations
handle the new-style AR associations that take a scope as the first
argument and options as the second.
add rails 4 to the appraisals file
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:tchandy/octopus

Conflicts:
	lib/octopus/version.rb
Merge branch 'feature/fix_travis_config' of github.com:bricknmo/octopus
fix 1.8 compatibility
more fixes for ruby 1.8 and travis
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:tchandy/octopus
Updating license in the Gemspec file
Dropping support for Rails 3.0 :+1:
Adding default ruby version
Rails 3.1 should use the same patch to make validations work
Updating travis config file
Octopus 0.7.0