+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.
+
+--- 2.1.40 2006/11/27
+
+Added utilities yaz_{set,get}_esn to set/get element set name from
+record composition.
+
+Removed the build of libyazthread.la. The libyaz.so is the threaded version
+of YAZ and has been so since YAZ 2.1.10.
+
+Implemented ZOOM_record_error which returns error information for
+record (surrogate diagnostic).
+
--- 2.1.38 2006/10/31
Updates for SRU Update by Ko van der Sloot: