Change build process to use external libraries when available. Option to force using builtins available.
Bring statsjson output into the library, this will allow us to iterate quicker on stats without breaking ABI.
Refactor logging more, provide API to set global logging option.
Start change of structure in header files, install them in librist subdir.
API to get version (based on vcs tag)
Soname versioning based on libtool style.