minor version bump
proposed fix for #295 - crash during get_params on maven jobs
added travis buttons to readme
version bump
add the __version__ feature to the package
added a way of getting the api version from the command-line
added tagging of releases
fix some pep8 violations
added additional versions of python to the travis configuration;
tidy up travis files
add doc upload step to the release script
mega tidy-up of the docs
tidy up links section