Merge pull request #32 from ledgersmb/1.3

sync over 1.3 branch
Merge pull request #34 from ledgersmb/1.3

sync over 1.3 branch
Backport of 1.4 version of patch-release-upgrade.pl.
Merge pull request #167 from ehuelsmann/1.3-cmdline-upgrade

1.3: cmdline upgrade patch releas