rename complete - next release candidate

This is expected to be the final release, barring any bugs found in final testing. The naming has been updated, and the build is posted on PyPI.

everything done but the naming

This was going to be the content of the first release, but then we decided to name the published object differently. This one is functionally complete, has full smoke-testing, and runs on Python 2.7.x and 3.5.x.