+Added GFS utility function bend_assoc_is_alive which returns 1 if
+association is still alive (client is connected); 0 otherwise (client
+closed connection). This allows busy servers to stop working for
+impatient clients.
+
+Fixed bug #740: Handle SRU records referring to xmlns's outside recordData.
+
+Fixed bug #722: Allow Z39.50 Init Options to be specified / retrieved.
+Client code may now interrogate options such as "init_opt_sort" to
+find out whether the server claims to support various options.
+
+--- 2.1.40 2006/11/27
+
Added utilities yaz_{set,get}_esn to set/get element set name from
record composition.