[maven-release-plugin] prepare release 1.7.2.201401110837

Added tests and brought in some additional tools to help keep this utility up to date.  Still needs more tests.
[maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration

- restored to match released version
Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/jdereg/java-util into HEAD
- Restored to release version + added in some of Ken's new tests and the ByteUtilities class