Add README notes and CHANGELOG entries

documentation for usage of the new optional calling-method logging
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# 0.11.0
* feature: Add optional logging of caller method
# 0.10.0
* feature: Add a test hook (#180)

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time="2015-03-26T01:27:38-04:00" level=debug msg="Temperature changes" temperature=-4
time="2015-03-26T01:27:38-04:00" level=panic msg="It's over 9000!" animal=orca size=9009
time="2015-03-26T01:27:38-04:00" level=fatal msg="The ice breaks!" err=&{0x2082280c0 map[animal:orca size:9009] 2015-03-26 01:27:38.441574009 -0400 EDT panic It's over 9000!} number=100 omg=true
exit status 1
```
To ensure this behaviour even if a TTY is attached, set your formatter as follows:
```
log.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{
DisableColors: true,
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})
```
If you wish to add the calling method as a field, instruct the logger via:
```
log.SetReportMethod(true)
```
This adds the caller as 'method' like so:
```json
{"animal":"penguin","level":"fatal","method":"arcticcreatures.migrate","msg":"a penguin swims by",
"time":"2014-03-10 19:57:38.562543129 -0400 EDT"}
```
```text
time="2015-03-26T01:27:38-04:00" level=fatal method=arcticcreatures.migrate msg="a penguin swims by" animal=penguin
```
#### Example
The simplest way to use Logrus is simply the package-level exported logger: