A lot of small changes (search-n-replace) make a big commit:

  - fixed update bug in book.module
  - provide a log message when both adding and updating book pages
  - all configurable variables are now accessed through "variable_get()":
  - rewrote watchdog and submission throttle and removed watchdog.inc
  - improved robustness of sections.inc
  - imporved story.module
  - updated ./database/database.sql

- various smaller improvements

- fixed bug in diary module

Commiting my work of last Sunday:

 - removed ban.inc and ban.module and integrated it in account.module
   under the name "access control" --> the ban code was not really up
   to standard so this has now been dealt with.  This refactoring and
   reintegration cuts down the code size with 100 lines too.  :-)
   (The ban.module code was really old and it showed.)

 - added node.module and made the other modules reuse some of this
   code --> cut down the code size of modules by at least 100 lines
   and adds stability.

 - added a status() function to admin.php to display a conform status
   message where appropriate.  See admin.php for usage.

 - removed $theme->control() and made comments.inc handle this itself
   wrapped in a $theme->box().  No need to clutter the themes with
   such complexity --> updated all themes already. :-)

 - some small visual changes to some administration pages to be more
   consistent across different modules.

- fixed issue depricated call-by-reference issues
- fixed small visual glitch in includes/function.inc
- changed SQL tables around a bit to be more consistent
  (result: small changes to a lot of different files)
- improved robustness of includes/node.inc
- improved output of cron.module
- improved output of node.php

- large commit of everything else that has been queued in my backlog:
  it's not 100% stable yet

- various smaller updates before I start watching Formula 1 with [a] a
  0.5 liter box of Haagen-Dhaz (Belgian Choclate) and [b] my laptop on
  my lap for drupal hacking.  Life hardly can get any better than this.

- added a new faq module with administration interface

- improved comment module - code revision
- improved backend module - moreover headlines now work
- (automatically) stripped tabs and trailing whitespaces from
  Jeroen's theme.

- updated CHANGELOG

- improved the "menu" hook
- replaced the "open submission queue" (submission.php and submission.inc)
  with an optional module (submission.module).
- tidied up the HTML code of some files

- small updates

- a 2nd batch of various updates