don't update qpackages as pylabs.org is no longer available
Merge pull request #518 from Incubaid/fix-ci

don't update qpackages as pylabs.org is no longer available
Merge branch '1.7' into 1.7-for-1.8
Merge pull request #517 from Incubaid/1.7-for-1.8

1.7 for 1.8
fix plugin example for the changed user functions/hooks in 1.8