0.1.8   fixed some bugs with the make dist target. Same as last version,
	but *should* compile now without any tweaking on 
	gcc v3.0.2 (and hopefully later?) and gcc v2.95.

0.1.7   some exception cleanup, some steps towards user authentification
	(server using multiple sockets).

0.1.6pre4
	cleaning up the cvs, making make dist work for more easily
	making more frequent releases

...     mainly bug fixes, including some very very hard to find
	trouble in memory allocation when multithreading

0.1.5	Plugin support.

	Multithreading support, 
	try ./configure --enable-multi-threading <other options>
	for using this feature

	Interactive script for automatic installation of prerequisites:
	SnakeCharmer
	Perl modules.
	Try ./configure --enable-interactive <other options>
	for using this feature

	Better socket code. Got rid of some emabarassing workarounds.

0.1.4	improvement of Perl query engine

0.1.3	first "preliminarily GNUed version for the FSF"
	There are a couple of bugfixes and new features, as well as a 
	change of the name from Viper to GIFT

0.1 sourcecode evaluation package for the FSF

