Netrek Client BRMH brmh-2.6.0-pre20090729

First import of BRMH 2.6.0 dev tree into launchpad.

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Netrek Client BRMH
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brmh.dev
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brmh-2.6.0-pre20090729
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Update BRMH trunk in preparation for a 2.6.0 release. First public snapshot release of 2.6.0.

Removed RSA, added spacebar-to-enter-from-motd, some display/formatting changes, and code cleanup.

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General changes:
- Removed RSA and added extended version string support, as RSA is deprecated
- Added support to re-enter from the MOTD after death by hitting the space bar
  with the same ship/race as the previous ship
- "lag (st. dev.)" in the ping stats window is now "stdev (rtt)", as "lag" is
  a very poor and incorrect definition of round trip time variation
- The "new" playerlist introduced in 2.5 is now default; the old behavior can
  be restored from the options screen or in the rc file (specifically,
  "sortPlayers" and "sortPlayersObs" now default to "on" instead of "off")
- Added IPv6 support (note: temporarily removed from the 20090729 release)
- Default cloaked ship characters on galactic changed to '><'
- Sample xtrekrc with appropriate 2.6 settings included (plus a DDuddy macro!)

Code changes:
- Handle unknown feature packets more gracefully
- Removed mp/gmp support as these are no longer needed after stripping RSA
- Deprecated specific Ultrix build support, as it was RSA-specific
- Removed various miscellaneous RSA-related code that is no longer needed

TODO for final release of BRMH 2.6:
- Finish IPv6 support (testing requires finishing IPv6 support in the server)
- Fix bug where nearby ships might not show on the tactical upon entry until
  a ship action packet is sent to the server
- Auto-close tactical/galactic info and other dialogs after a user-specific
  period of time, defaulting to leaving them open until closed as before
- Fix TTS (may be pushed to a future release depending on complexity)
- Display slot # along with ship speed with none, either, or both configurable
- Respond to pig call
- Clean up included xtrekrc and include 1280x1024+ version

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