Initial commit
Added common scripts.
Added some basic Travis testing.
Added travis-ci badge.
Added apparently necessary update step.
Added a common version check module.
Fixed the project language for Travis.
Forced nosetests to exclude OWLS modules.
Add 'common/' from commit '4e9ee1c90864a2f194320a3707b0438f32225ec2'

git-subtree-dir: common
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git-subtree-split: 4e9ee1c90864a2f194320a3707b0438f32225ec2