Merge pull request #16 from smuzaffar/master

New version V2_2_5_pre9
Merge pull request #17 from smuzaffar/master

cram was ignoring the comment # if it occurs at first line
Merge pull request #19 from smuzaffar/master

new version V2_2_6_pre1
various fixes/features: site specific configuration; scram man pages added; deprecated release checks