Parth's Session Timeout Fix in GitHub

Applies Parth’s session timeout fix to GitHub.

closes: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/43
Merge pull request #63 from hartsock/session-timeout

Parth's Session Timeout Fix in GitHub
IRC channels on README.md

add IRC channels on README.md
README.md - release schedule

Notes on release schedule on front page.
Fix SessionOrientedStub and StubAdapterAccessor
Update README.md - note on versions 

Update to point casual users to pypi and pip installs.
Update README.md - fix introductory language

Change in language indicates this is *the* official VMware SDK binding.
Update README.md - python 3.x not supported

I've added this line to warn off one of the more common complaints I get, developers writing new code appear to frequently get tripped up on Python 3 support.
Updated Copyright Years

Updated copyright years to 2014 where applicable
Merge pull request #75 from mmattioli/master

Updated Copyright Years
Update .gitignore - ignore patches

Do not let patch files accidentally merge.
initial fixture based testing setup

* new dependencies files
* makes testing possible
* defines fixture storage paths
* creates initial fixture for testing
* defines test requirements
* fixes connection fault so that it raises a traceback for diagnostics

partial https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/42
blocks https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/55
Merge pull request #84 from hartsock/testing

initial fixture based testing setup
Update README.md - add badges

Status badges for community contributors to monitor project health.
smart connect test and fixture

A smart connect test and fixture to validate that the
SmartConnect class is behaving properly.

partial: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/42
python3: travis testing for python 3

Turn on travis testing for Python 3.

partial: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/55
python3: urlib2 to requests

migrate from urllib2 to requests in the connect.py module. starting to
fix issue #13

partial: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/55

see also: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/pull/66
python3: remove unused imports

We can now safely remove these imports.

partial: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/55
python3: absolute import

Use absolute import from the __future__ module to prepare
the library for use in python 3

partial: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/55
python3: Iso8601 print_function

Moves Iso8601 to using the print_function.
NOTE(should not use print at all here)

partial: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/55