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testing the idea of analyses that can be empty for blocking purposes (it does not block while it is empty)

bugfix: alldead mode did not set cause_of_death; now it sets it always to FATALITY (yes, there is certainly a better solution)

job_error table now holds jobs' termination messages; workers do not die when jobs die, but can be instructed to to so

adding a silent option (do not try to synchronize too much when the hive load is too high) and maximise_concurrency option (try to run as many concurrent analyses as possible instead of lots of jobs of one single analysis)

Added an optional Bio::EnsEMBL::Analysis argument to get_num_needed_workers subroutine, to only get the number of workers needed for this analysis

jobs that were created outside the database.  Also added ability to not
write (doesn't execute write_output or dataflow jobs).  Improved logic so
that if a job is specified, but something is wrong that the worker fails
rather than reverting to autonomous behaviour mode.
Fully tested by running a complete homology production test.