Release 2.24

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Tue, 3 Dec 2013, Joel Brobecker wrote:

> Maciej, let me know when the patches are in, and I'll work on producing
> the release within the next day or two.

 I have committed the change now, thanks for your help with getting it 
done.  You have previously requested a small description of the change for 
the purpose of making a release announcement -- please let me know if the 
commit message is enough for your needs or whether you'd prefer something 
more elaborate.

  Maciej