added deprecation notice in the README and set repostatus to 'unsuppo…

…rted' #214

fix link check

fix for npm install

use a more recent ansible on global installations (corresponding to l…

…atest Ubuntu LTS)

Merge branch 'develop' into master

Merge branch 'develop' into master

Merge branch 'develop'

Merge branch 'develop'

Merge branch 'develop'

Merge branch 'develop'