* update_rib_firmware now accepts firmware version numbers and will install the
specified version
* xmldata now respects timeouts and refuses to use a proxy
* Several small bugfixes
Backward incompatibility note: update_rib_firmware accepts a callback that gets
called with progress updates. The messages this callback gets have been
simplified an no longer contain LF or ANSI characters, all responsibility for
correct presentation now lies with the progress callback.