resolve issue with failing unit test due to groupId not existing
Merge pull request #14937 from basepi/yamldates14860

Add additional example for datetime YAML idiosyncrasy
Merge pull request #14974 from whiteinge/doc-names-release-notes

Add mention of the ``names`` expansion to the 2014.7 release notes
Merge pull request #14986 from steverweber/slspath_fix

include trailing slash for slspath template var
Merge pull request #14987 from rallytime/remove_arg

Remove unused argument from boto_cloudwatch_alarm.absent
Merge pull request #14989 from brandentimm/fix-grains-filterby-doc

Fixed example usage in docstring for grains.filter_by
Merge pull request #14997 from rallytime/api_wheel_fix

Change self.wheelclient.w_funcs to self.wheelclient.functions
Merge pull request #14998 from cachedout/event_block

Do not use non_blocking mode on master event bus
Merge pull request #14999 from nshalman/fix-ssh-shim-esky

lack of ssh_py_shim.py breaks esky builds
Merge pull request #15004 from rallytime/ps_test_fix

Don't stacktrace with old versions of psutil on certain functions
Merge pull request #15005 from cachedout/auth_no_check

Optimize auth
Merge pull request #15007 from UtahDave/2014.7fixwinunicode

use unicode strings
remove comments regarding boto failure - relevant only to versions prior to 2.4.0 / release date prior to 15-May-2012
add tcp-dumper for visualzing salt-master network activity
fix missing brace
pylinting and cleanup
more linting
fix mail address
Don't document the state.event function aliases
Fix incorrect function name in event state module example