Merge pull request #138 from bitprophet/better-relay-queue-size-0.9.x

Relay queue size metrics
0.9.x nodaemon backport (rebase of #144 to 0.9.x branch)
[instrumentation] Record the black/white list metrics (backport to 0.9.x)

Backport of pr #224 to 0.9.x branch
fixed replication (backport pr #175 to 0.9.x)
Merge pull request #271 from deniszh/0.9.x_nodaemon

0.9.x nodaemon backport (rebase of #144 to 0.9.x branch)
Merge pull request #272 from deniszh/0.9.x_instrumentation

[instrumentation] Record the black/white list metrics (backport to 0.9.x)
fixing stupid typo
Merge pull request #273 from deniszh/0.9.x_replication_fix

fixed replication (backport pr #175 to 0.9.x)
backport #202 to 0.9.x, fixes #279
Merge pull request #280 from obfuscurity/fix-log-mkdir

Backport #202 to 0.9.x, fixes #279
revert replication change, refs #175
Merge pull request #291 from obfuscurity/backport_revert_replication_change

Revert replication change, backport to 0.9.x, refs #175
Merge pull request #19 from Kixeye/0.9.x-misc

Pull in Upstream Changes