bump version to v1.2.0.0rc1 and update release notes for v1.2.0.0

don't disable optarch for WRF

don't disable optarch for WRF, it's not needed, disabling aggressive optimizations by using -O2 suffices

fix version for xtable R package

add/fix easyconfigs that were recognized missing/broken during regtest for v1.2.0

This reverts commit 5a119f49.

Revert "remove ZeroMQ PyZMQ, netpbm is missing as dep, and uses an interactive Perl script for configure, so lot's of work to do before it can be added properly"

This reverts commit 0d1b968e.

This reverts commit 8271ef82.

remove ZeroMQ PyZMQ, netpbm is missing as dep, and uses an interactive Perl script for configure, so lot's of work to do before it can be added properly

This reverts commit b2808445.

This reverts commit ff03d425.

fix typos and add missing easyconfigs for dependencies