fix flaky yql cli test

we can stabilize this test by disabling the ssl cert validation in node
specify the nodejs env for this test config
Merge branch 'fix-yql-cli-test' into dev-master
Bump version numbers to 3.16.0-rc-1.
Bump history version to 3.16.0.
Merge branch 'permit-arbitrary-logs' into release-3.16.0
Merge branch 'master' into release-3.16.0