>Please note that this prerelease is an upgrade on the "1.4" release
>branch, i.e. it's an upgrade from the 1.4 and 1.4.1 releases.  It
>is, however, not directly comparable to the "current" development
>versions, which have names of the form 1.4A, ..., 1.4P etc.  It's a
>mistake thinking that 1.4.2_ALPHA is an upgrade from e.g. 1.4P;
>doing so can cause you lots of problems, so don't go there...

Although I'm not a fan of the current version numbering, I think
this will help the average user.  Thanks for putting this paragraph
in, Havard!

--Ken