2.4b1 released

Written for Bazaar by Vincent Ladeuil on 2011-03-28

The Bazaar team is happy to announce availability of a new
release of the bzr adaptive version control system.
Bazaar is part of the GNU system <http://gnu.org/>.

This is the first beta of the 2.4 series, leading up to a 2.4.0 release
in August 2012. Beta releases are suitable for everyday use but may
cause some incompatibilities with plugins. Some plugins may need small
updates to work with 2.4b1.

2.4b1 includes a new changelog merge plugin, better configuration for
external merge tools and some enhanced features for the configuration
files.

It also includes bug fixes for 2.0.7, 2.1.4 and 2.2.5 and ~40 fixes of
its own so all known fixed bugs are included here.

Thanks to everyone who contributed patches, suggestions, and feedback.