Correct spelling, fix phrasing, line wrap.
Merge pull request #391 from alex/spelling-fixes

Correct spelling, fix phrasing, line wrap.
Include a long description in our setup.py
Also use an absolute path for the about file
add to author list
Merge pull request #397 from alex/long-description

Include a long description in our setup.py
backend support check now lists which backend caused the skip
Merge pull request #399 from reaperhulk/ego-stroking

Add to author list
Merge pull request #398 from reaperhulk/backend-skip-backend-name

Show which backend caused a skip
Merge branch 'master' into setup-install-extension

Conflicts:
	setup.py