hotfix: override automatic setting of EHIVE_ROOT_DIR to outwit unfriendly Meadows. Thanks, Lel!
incorporate the EHIVE_ROOT_DIR fix
introducing code version that you can require via "use Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::Version 2.0"
The main scripts now report code and DB schema versions via calling a centralized Utils method
Added a short description of changes for version 1.9
Ported the versioning code to version/2.0 branch, added the branch description to Changelog