Revert "almost ready for a release candidate"

This reverts commit 361cc6eb6b5926914969282ebbc64d93c672d3cf.
minor update
Merge branch 'master' into dev
Merge branch 'master' into dev
Merge branch 'master' into dev
Merge branch 'master' into dev
Merge branch 'master' into dev
Merge branch 'master' into dev
minor update
Revert "Merge branch 'master' into dev"

This reverts commit eacdb2c7893a37ebe3a5b45dea8c5796f7566046, reversing
changes made to 3c029a275967ad751ca24784310cd7aa2452b04b.
removed request files
Merge branch 'master' into dev
Merge branch 'master' into dev
fixed merge conflicts
Merge branch 'master' into dev
fixed conflict
merged master, fixed conflicts
merged master and resolved conflicts
Merge branch 'master' into dev
Merge branch 'master' into dev