move docstring at top of the module
fix relative imports
remove duplicate key in dict
use raw strings for regexp with escape sequences
remove crufty work arounds

these datetime workarounds are no longer needed in 7.0
print statement fixes

convert the print statement to a WARN level log line or to a call to the print
function, depending on the context.
'floating' docstring fixes

move module docstrings to the top of the module
convert some 'docstrings' to comments
remove useless docs
please flake8 about blank lines
Merge pull request #74 from gurneyalex/7.0-fix-pylint

Refactoring: fix Travis build on 7.0 branch