switch version label to b2; odd numbers will now be used only for release tags and even numbers will be used for flux development
add feature to save persistent arguments to make in the metainfo_dir and take the hack out of the port_opts file that ran a risk of being clobbered by the ports system
add a sanity check
add -S to nu_update to only perform snapshotting then exit
push ahead to MySQL 5.6
quell warning. we must upgrade to pkg-ng before august is over