(MAINT) add ability to generate history for branch other than 'master'

- want to be able to generate a new HISTORY.md file based upon a
  provided branch name
Merge pull request #396 from anodelman/make-gem

(GEM) create beaker 1.17.0 gem
Revert "(QENG-997) Add PE installer answer for jvm puppet."

This reverts commit b06b6313de24da82a031b6b04dc95042812b4445.

The installer doesn't actually function with this answer set, so we
certainly shouldn't be making it the default.
Merge pull request #398 from nicklewis/revert-jvm-master

Revert "(QENG-997) Add PE installer answer for jvm puppet."
Merge pull request #397 from anodelman/maint

(MAINT) add ability to generate history for branch other than 'master'
(GEM) create beaker 1.17.1 gem
(HISTORY) update HISTORY.md for 1.17.1 gem