if manpath (provided by man-db) is not present fallback to something sane
expect curses.error instead of general exception when checking for colors support
implemented which mode into spm-tools
supporint multiple files compressoin in misc.archive_compress()
added pack mode (spm-tools)
added mime test to prevent magic module bugs
minor improvements to the spm man page
removed pychecker and the check done by it
shorten SITEDIR definition

at the cost of installation flexibility improved Makefile
readability, those who need to adjust it can override it during
the `make install` step
making use of pod2man output option

using redirections is always bad, avoiding it during manual pages
generation is most likely a good idea to avoid rare and odd issues.
this may decrease the portability when old version of Perl is used
tough so beware (works fine with v5.16.3)
updated spm-tools Bash completion
removed non-standard directory from fallback man path
updated dependencies
version bump to 2.2.7
removed PyCheker from dependencies in README
updated code rate