Long-overdue updates

[Sam Phillips]

On 4/7/07, Brian Rice <water at tunes.org> wrote:
> I'm attempting to get the alpha repository to run all build targets
> without end-user tweaking. I'll set up some automation so that I can
> track this down with minimal effort from here on. I will probably
> remove the main/alpha repository distinction for simplicity's sake,
> so that it's as simple as possible for a visitor to arrive and get a
> usable system.

This in itself is great news for me.  Throughout the past 6 months (off and on)
I've been attempting to tweak my build environment in various small ways just
to get it to bootstrap from a "pure" alpha branch check out.

Cheers,
Sam