Merge -c 1161779 from ../trunk to 1.5.  Preparing for 1.5.3 RC build.

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 Avro Change Log
 
-Avro 1.5.3 (unreleased)
+Avro 1.5.3 (25 August 2011)
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
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     AVRO-880. Java: Upgrade snappy-java to 1.0.3.2.
     (Alejandro Abdelnur via cutting)
 
-  BUG FIXES
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 Avro 1.5.2 (12 August 2011)
 
   NEW FEATURES