Initial commit
Added common scripts.
Added some basic Travis testing.
Added travis-ci badge.
Added apparently necessary update step.
Added a common version check module.
Fixed the project language for Travis.
Add 'common/' from commit 'c466bf38a75865e5f7d60d6ca0ebf15cbff25a07'

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Forced nosetests to exclude OWLS modules.
Some initial work on testing.
Merge commit '4e9ee1c90864a2f194320a3707b0438f32225ec2'