Merge pull request #31 from ledgersmb/1.4

sync over 1.4 branch
Fix date format incompatibilities due to Dojo widget submitting iso8601
formatted dates -- which old code handled poorly; working around that.
(grafted from 8d40cb2b1bf2b0a0f4a658c7171c3d627c20422a)

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Merge pull request #162 from ehuelsmann/1.4

1.4: Fix date format incompatibilities due to Dojo widget submitting iso8601
Merge pull request #35 from ledgersmb/1.4

sync over 1.4 branch
Add tool to run patch upgrades from the command line (instead of running setup.pl).

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Merge pull request #166 from ehuelsmann/1.4-cmdline-upgrade

1.4: cmdline upgrade patch releases
Merge pull request #168 from einhverfr/1.4

Fixes assembly cogs issues
Merge pull request #171 from einhverfr/1.4

Refactoring mfg lot material for better mfg support later
Merge pull request #27 from ledgersmb/1.4

bringing up to date