Squashed 'moose-core/' changes from 52eeb541e..3498c1801

3498c1801 Bumped version to 3.1.2
fc1492094 Added AUTHOR and bumped the version up.
b5898ac30 Added missing 'moose.chemUtil' module.
d7c938283 Fixed revision issue.
1c1bbe059 Added GetRevision macro to get current timestamp.
ba9ec990e Write the version to VERSION file so setup.py file can use it.
4e9aa317f Not reading version file anymore.
315837d77 Changes from master branch.
557184389 Packaging related changes from master branch to chamcham branch.
4d5c6a5d8 NO version file should be in-source.
de2531056 Merge commit 'efa006c9' into chamcham
9df1ba7fa Merge commit 'efc1324a' into chamcham
726e71c06 cleanup in demo, filemenu links
d5c539194 adding missing files
5291f7c4f missing folder/files
760274cbc Changes made to gui to work with moose-core
be92816c8 Merge commit '36ca236d' into chamcham
a6a05eff7 Merge commit '41be11d5...