[#2016] add new example code for API plugins which include newly created in and out Packing Instructions
[#2016] added embedded packing instruction for further clarity
[#1404] fix type punning issue
[#2011] proper sql comments use --
[#2002] fill out more upgrade steps and update links to websites (irods.org and wiki.irods.org)
[#2002] [#858] README updates for 4.0.0
[#1404] Fix cppcheck error
[#2014] additional updates to iapitest
[#2014] fix errors introduced by cppcheck fix
[#1404] Yet another fix for the apitest type casting
[#2017] added a boost::any to the l1 descriptor table, also removed reNetcdf.cpp (none of these functions are used)
[#2002] changelog update for 4.0.0
[#2002] [#1395] updates to manual for 4.0.0
[#2002] [#1395] a note about standard_conforming_strings
[#858] skipping testallrules while reconfiguring test backend
[#858] name the Oracle plugin correctly
[#858] clean up oracle install script, had mentioned mysql