> I'm still working on the actual metadata of that branch, as well as
> etc/NEWS and doc, but in the mean time maybe you could look at the code to
> see if you have any objections there.

OK, I have a first cut at the doc done.
So, here's what I'm proposing, presented as a single diff.
Some commit messages still need to be improved (and I just noticed that
the files' copyright lines also need to be fixed), but other than that,
I think it's about ready.

Comments?  Objections?


        Stefan