OK - so I have to admit I *hate* the fact that PIP seems to require a
subdirectory named like the library.
But since the PIP package is something really nifty to have (thanks to
@tony again!!!), I updated the codebase to hopefully conform with what
PIP expects. Testruns so far look promising...
first, this fixes#607
also, i think it slightly simplifies code to make "simple" stuff like
names, etc. attributes instead of methods all the time.
so, expect this to be extended to other components, as well.
