* Work around the fact reading from http never returns EOF
* Dirty hack to avoid segfault on exit if we don't open at least a valid file

* Now MRLs such as ssh://user:pass@server work.

* MRLS are of the form gnomevfs://ssh://user:pass@ (if anybody has something better)
* Still some issues with some accesses (smb for instance) where it seems it required to open the directory in which the file is before opening the file itself.

* Prevent the autoplay function from playing the Shoutcast url for the xmllist. The SD modules already does this by itself. (fixes #8)

* use the current copyright scheme in the about-box; removed a useless colon introduced in the last commit

only take into account "stable" releases when release_type == stable
stable and testing when == testing
stable, testing and nighlty when == nightly
all when !=
(still need a way to change release_type in the intf ... i'm lazy. default
set to "testing")

* Fixes a problem where playlist_Play was playing items that were no longer in the playlist. (Play item, playlist_Stop, remove item, add new items (enqueue), playlist_Play, and you would get the old item). This fixes it, but i think it might be a problem that actually resides deeper in the playlist core.

* Up the mms caching from 3200 ms to 5000ms. (unfortunately this is needed for a large number of streams)

* Loop at the beginning of the playlist instead of the beginning of the current node when loop is enabled

This should be the right fix, but testing is welcomed.

 * skins2/vars/playtree.cpp: removed some debug lines

* save the prefs only shortly before the app exits (makes the utilisation of the extended-panel much faster)

* Go back to the first item when hitting "next" on the last item. Go to the last item with "prev" on the 1st item.

(patch contributed by Brian Robb)

  Does not work on the fly, because that requires recreating the window atm.

* src/misc/win32_specific.c: fixed minor memory leak on win32. Patch courtesy of Brian Robb (vascy at hotmail).

* modules/gui/skins2/*: a couple of msvc build fixes. Patch courtesy of Brian Robb (vascy at hotmail).

In fact it seems there is some missing __VLC__ in the msvc makefile. Flikky migth investigate