closing a bad statement twice should not segv
deleting dead code
Backport: Avoid $LDFLAGS being nil when building locally

Ruby 2.0 mkmf uses $LDFLAGS in several places and being set as nil is bad
if previously it had a correct value.
Fix mini ports compilation issue

Host might not be set when doing native compilation.
Prepare for release
Unset environment variables during cross compilation

Also, revert back the release date, we didn't release it :'(
Use newer rake-compiler
Now prepare for release

(For real this time)
Resolve bug #65. Correctly convert blob values to ruby
Add test for calling function with blob argument (#65).
Also, improve testing of blob storage in general, utilizing Blob type to correct column affinity.
Improve test for #65 to prove that the blob is passed into the function correctly
Backport: Add MIT license reference to gemspec.

Conflicts:
	tasks/gem.rake
Merge pull request #97 from jdberry/patch-65-stable

Backport patch for #65 to 1.3 stable branch
Adjust CHANGELOG with merge commits
Backport: Reset before CHECKing the status

When SQLite3::ConstraintException is raised, the error message will always
be "constraint failed", which isn't helpful enough. So sqlite3_reset()
should be called before CHECKing to get more specific error messages from
sqlite3_errmsg().

For more information, have a look at: http://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/step.html
Backport gem cross-compilation changes

Related to Pull #103 and #104
Backport: convert from test/unit to minitest
Update ChangeLog with merge backports
Backport: Removed unused pointer
Update ChangeLog with backports