branching off 1.0 to work on module.xml overhaul, refs #834
merge 4389675056feac52237c97c614df96d24a0ff946...6f380e107bdeaedaf7ccdb4ced56d7afbb0d8d1a (from 1.0)
merge 016422dbc3e925f6524b2bbaabecb35b48a558ab...e4c0cf9005685731e70c1cf234132e20b47466be (from 1.0)
merge 37045939f37ea021873aac5f9ac3aa04da1f59d0...f10019e740b0ae18977c2c59385294282af98f8d (from 1.0)
merge [2768:2769/branches/1.0
New module.xml config handler with new module.xml format (example is in the sample app). no schema yet. refs #834
merge 868ca18f013b69101ce38531472564b50e385efd...01d4831d2b7fd6fa45c97a70c85086ee3be116fc (from 1.0) (ported change from ff7b1f8fbd3e380b3a2ef265b4b010b6af81ac0d adapted in 01d4831d2b7fd6fa45c97a70c85086ee3be116fc, refs #839
got rid of the requirement to specify the module name in module.xml (so redundant...), refs #834
new build system module.xml code template, refs #834
first take at a module.rng; impl please revisit (not sure bout attribute data types). was damn easy though. <3 RNG. refs #834
added data-agaviboolean type (allows true, false, yes, no, on and off in any case
cleaned up module.rng, refs #834
merging in contents from source:/branches/david-module_dot_xml_redesign@2781 (and amended CHANGELOG), closes #834