add contrib list
fix pom syntax
[maven-release-plugin] prepare release metrics-datadog-0.1.7
[maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration
Clean up HttpTransport to follow conventions in the fluent client docs
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master'

* upstream/master:
  [maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration
  [maven-release-plugin] prepare release metrics-datadog-0.1.7
  fix pom syntax
  add contrib list
  Upgraded fluent-hc to 4.3.4 due to bug
Formatting fix
Merge pull request #7 from ankurcha/master

Clean up HttpTransport to follow conventions in the fluent client docs
allow for different metrics registries
formatting
follow google code style
[maven-release-plugin] prepare release metrics-datadog-0.1.8
[maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration
Fixed an import statement