REPO: Transfer internal updates for 1.2108.1 to github

Merge pull request #9 from faodel/kelpie/refactor-object-capacities

KELPIE: Update ObjectCapacities

REPO: Transfer internal updates for 1.1906.1 to github

Update NEWS.md for v1.1811.2 release

REPO: Removed auto-gen'd files and added missing .gitignore

REPO: Initial transfer from private repo to open source