* automated the versionName and versionCode nonsense.
* write out the VERSION file while we're updating the AndroidManifest.xml
* dynamically pull in rootProject/private.properties to load in
  customized parameters without clobbering parallel, daemonized
  compilation
* added a release_check.sh script to check the existence of a
  private.properties file prior to compilation of a release
* added release_check as a Makefile target and dependency to release
added . before invoking rename release
as per comments in https://github.com/mozilla/MozStumbler/pull/923#issuecomment-57693674
Merge pull request #923 from crankycoder/features/github-1.0-release

Automate a bunch of build problems