reduced number of retries on root to one instead of five
fixed abs paths issues when deploying a .tar.gz app
merged back deleted code
unit test for relative path fix"
Merge pull request #199 from briandrawert/fix-abs-path-deploy-2

Fix abs path issues when deploying tar.gz files
fixed sending over spot instance price when automatically set, and updated unit tests
Merge pull request #200 from shatterednirvana/specify-spot-price-flag

fixed sending over spot instance price when automatically set, and updated unit tests
bumped version number
Merge pull request #201 from shatterednirvana/release-1.6.9

bumped version number
Merge pull request #195 from shatterednirvana/one-retry-for-root-login-check

reduced number of retries on root to one instead of five
Merge pull request #7 from AppScale/testing

sync with main branch