* Support random data generation in utilities. Update first 8 byte element in each 4k block on updates to defy dedup.
* Incorporate different packet types into mdtest/md-workbench.
* Integrated utilities memory pattern tools into IOR. Now all tools use the same patterns.
* Added IOR long option for compatibility between IOR and other tools.
* Added new tests for random buffers.
Uploaded new mdtest patterns. Make them invariant to line nrs.
Added md-workbench tests.
Added --oversubscribe option if MPI understands it (needed for some systems)
Leading whitespace is stripped from each line of the ior input file. This
allows indented comments to be treated as comments. However it does NOT allow
one to specify excessive whitespace inside of the `ior start` and `ior stop`
magic phrases.
Also added a test to catch regressions in this functionality.
- travis now tests the packaged source to detect missing source/headers
- basic tests are less sensitive to the directory from where they are run
- fixed some missing files from the `make dist` manifest
- updated the format of NEWS to work with `make dist`
Julian M. Kunkel