Updates

Sorry for my previous, rather excited email - it was dashed off in the 
middle of a big update. Here's a slightly calmer summary of what's 
what:

(1)	I've got my repository access back (albeit by somewhat contorted 
means). I have used this opportunity to commit various fixes to the 
core, and have pushed these into both the bleeding and alpha trees. I 
have in fact broken my own rules, pushing untested code into the alpha 
branch. However, I thought it relatively important that people get MSN 
back.

(2)	I have also put the latest ebqt into bleeding and alpha. This may 
prove to have been an unwise move - I'm having trouble getting it 
working. I'll talk about this in a separate email.

(3)	I'm gradually working through, adding the stuff I've created since I 
last had access. So far, I have added eb-console, a full-strength 
command-line client which replaces the rather hurriedly-created 
GUIcomms sample client. It uses the GNU readline library, thereby 
allowing you to edit command lines before sending, and provides 
history, tab completion and contextual help on all client-to-server 
commands (tab key for that too). Look for it in the eb-console/ 
directory of whichever tree you're using.

(4)	I *think* the core at least is ready to release alpha-10. Could 
people please test the code currently in Subversion? Looking at the 
Changelog, there's *so* much in there that really ought to be released. 
We're also coming dangerously close to meeting beta criteria (chat 
logs, file transfer).

Thanks a lot, especially for hanging on (well, those of you who have at 
any rate ;^)) as I get put through the mill in connectivity terms :^)

Meredydd