diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 536b3f1..3b3c184 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,34 +1,25 @@
-Wicd 1.6.x Branch
-
-Major Changes:
-- Improved tray icon and gui images (thanks to Martin Sagastume)
-- Reorganized network list in the gui for easier navigation
-- New experimental ioctl backend, which is more cpu-friendly than the 
-  previous one 
-- Added a curses client (thanks to Andrew Psaltis)
-- Added a right-click connection menu to the tray icon
-- Added options to specify a dns domain and search domain for static networks
-- Reworked the Preferences menu to be more in line with GNOME standards
-- Added support for global scripts
-- Made it possible to have optional entries in encryption templates
-
-Minor Changes and Other Enchancements:
-- Better autoconnection behavior
-- Tray/GUI will survive the daemon being killed
-- Reasons for connection failures will now bubble back to the GUI
-- Add/Remove wired profile system is now more user-friendly
-- Support for using resolvconf instead of directly editing /etc/resolv.conf
-- Wicd won't blindly kill dhcp clients / wpa_supplicant any more
-- Added an option to automatically switch from a wireless network to a wired 
-  one as soon as a cable is plugged in
-- Moved scanning to its own thread, which makes GUI and daemon more responsive
-  during scans
-- Made it possible to specify macros in script entries
-- The gui will now display the encryption entry dialog if you attempt to 
-  connect to an encrypted network without entering a password
-- Static gateway entry is now optional
-- Passwords with leading or trailing whitespace are now stored properly
-- Many init/config script, man page, and setup.py fixes/updates, including
-  better autodetection of file placement with regard to sleep hooks and 
-  kde autostart files (thanks to Robby Workman)
+MAIN CHANGES:
+- New and improved tray icon and gui images.  (Thanks to Martin Sagastume).
+- Re-organized network list in the GUI to be easier to navigate.
+- Added new experimental ioctl backend, which is more CPU friendly than the previous one.
+- Added a curses client (Thanks to Andrew Psaltis).
+- Added a right-click connection menu to the tray icon.
+- Add options to specify a dns domain and search domain for static networks.
+- Re-worked Preferences menu to be more in line with GNOME standards.
+- Support for global scripts.
+- Make it possible to have optional entries in encryption templates.
 
+SMALL CHANGES:
+- Better autoconnection behavior.
+- Tray/GUI will survive the daemon going down.
+- Reasons for connection failures will now bubble back to the GUI.
+- Add/Remove wired profile system is now more user-friendly.
+- Support for using resolvconf instead of directly editing /etc/resolv.conf. 
+- Wicd won't blindly kill dhcp clients / wpa_supplicant anymore.
+- Added an option to automatically switch from a wireless network to a wired one as soon as a cable is plugged in.
+- Move scanning to its own thread, which makes GUI and daemon more responsive during scans. 
+- Make it possible to specify macros in script entries.
+- GUI will now display the encryption entry dialog if you attempt to connect to an encrypted network without entering a password.
+- Static gateway entry is now optional.
+- Passwords with leading or trailing whitespace are now stored properly.
+- Many init/config script, man page, and setup.py fixes/updates (Thanks to Robby Workman).
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a66f187..376552c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import subprocess
 
 # Be sure to keep this updated!
 # VERSIONNUMBER
-VERSION_NUM = '1.6.0a2'
+VERSION_NUM = '1.6.0a3'
 # REVISION_NUM is automatically updated
 REVISION_NUM = 'unknown'
 CURSES_REVNO = 'uimod'
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ CURSES_REVNO = 'uimod'
 os.chdir(os.path.abspath(os.path.split(__file__)[0]))
 
 try:
-    if os.path.exists('.bzr') and os.system('bzr') == 0:
+    if os.path.exists('.bzr') and os.system('bzr > /dev/null 2>&1') == 0:
         try:
             os.system('bzr version-info --python > vcsinfo.py')
         except:
@@ -463,14 +463,10 @@ try:
     print 'Using pid path', os.path.basename(wpath.pidfile)
     print 'Language support for',
     for language in os.listdir('translations/'):
-        if not language.startswith('.'):
-            codes = language.split('_')
-            short_language = language
-            if codes[0].lower() == codes[1].lower():
-                short_language = codes[0].lower()
-            print short_language,
-            data.append((wpath.translations + short_language + '/LC_MESSAGES/',
-                        ['translations/' + language + '/LC_MESSAGES/wicd.mo']))
+        print language,
+        data.append((wpath.translations + language + '/LC_MESSAGES/',
+                    ['translations/' + language + '/LC_MESSAGES/wicd.mo']))
+    print
 except Exception, e:
     print str(e)
     print '''Error setting up data array. This is normal if 
diff --git a/wicd/autoconnect.py b/wicd/autoconnect.py
index b591076..b68a5c7 100755
--- a/wicd/autoconnect.py
+++ b/wicd/autoconnect.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from wicd import dbusmanager
 
 import dbus
 import time
-import gobject
 import sys
 
 if getattr(dbus, 'version', (0, 0, 0)) < (0, 80, 0):
diff --git a/wicd/configmanager.py b/wicd/configmanager.py
index 9426e53..24d8dd4 100644
--- a/wicd/configmanager.py
+++ b/wicd/configmanager.py
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ class ConfigManager(RawConfigParser):
         
         # Try to intelligently handle the type of the return value.
         try:
-            ret = int(ret)
+            if not ret.startswith('0') or len(ret) == 1:
+                ret = int(ret)
         except (ValueError, TypeError):
             ret = Noneify(ret)
         # This is a workaround for a python-dbus issue on 64-bit systems.
diff --git a/wicd/dbusmanager.py b/wicd/dbusmanager.py
index 6cd3ec3..17e9e0c 100644
--- a/wicd/dbusmanager.py
+++ b/wicd/dbusmanager.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ A module for managing wicd's dbus interfaces.
 #
 
 import dbus
-from dbus import DBusException
 if getattr(dbus, "version", (0, 0, 0)) < (0, 80, 0):
     import dbus.glib
 else:
diff --git a/wicd/gui.py b/wicd/gui.py
index 47227ba..e792579 100644
--- a/wicd/gui.py
+++ b/wicd/gui.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import pango
 import gtk
 import gtk.glade
 from dbus import DBusException
-from dbus import version as dbus_version
 
 from wicd import misc
 from wicd import wpath
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ from wicd import netentry
 from wicd.misc import noneToString
 from wicd.netentry import WiredNetworkEntry, WirelessNetworkEntry
 from wicd.prefs import PreferencesDialog
-from wicd.guiutil import error, GreyLabel, LabelEntry, SmallLabel
+from wicd.guiutil import error, LabelEntry
 from wicd.translations import language
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -709,7 +708,7 @@ class appGui(object):
         try:
             daemon.WriteWindowSize(width, height, "main")
             daemon.SetGUIOpen(False)
-        except dbusmanager.DBusException:
+        except DBusException:
             pass
 
         if self.standalone:
diff --git a/wicd/logfile.py b/wicd/logfile.py
index 408aea2..639a912 100644
--- a/wicd/logfile.py
+++ b/wicd/logfile.py
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import sys
 import os
 import time
 
-import wicd.wpath as wpath
-
 class SizeError(IOError):
     pass
 
diff --git a/wicd/monitor.py b/wicd/monitor.py
index 82727cd..4accb0e 100755
--- a/wicd/monitor.py
+++ b/wicd/monitor.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ when appropriate.
 
 import gobject
 import time
-import sys
 
 from dbus import DBusException
 
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ def diewithdbus(func):
             ret = func(self, *__args, **__kargs)
             self.__lost_dbus_count = 0
             return ret
-        except dbusmanager.DBusException, e:
+        except DBusException, e:
             print  "Caught exception %s" % str(e)
             if not hasattr(self, "__lost_dbus_count"):
                 self.__lost_dbus_count = 0
diff --git a/wicd/netentry.py b/wicd/netentry.py
index 28722ab..460f387 100644
--- a/wicd/netentry.py
+++ b/wicd/netentry.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import misc
 import wpath
 import dbusmanager
 from misc import noneToString, stringToNone, noneToBlankString, to_bool
-from guiutil import error, SmallLabel, LabelEntry, GreyLabel, LeftAlignedLabel, string_input
+from guiutil import error, LabelEntry, GreyLabel, LeftAlignedLabel, string_input
 
 from translations import language
 
diff --git a/wicd/prefs.py b/wicd/prefs.py
index f511c42..30d7a5d 100644
--- a/wicd/prefs.py
+++ b/wicd/prefs.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ handles recieving/sendings the settings from/to the daemon.
 
 import gtk
 import gobject
-import pango
+#import pango
 import os
 import gtk.glade
 
diff --git a/wicd/wicd-client.py b/wicd/wicd-client.py
index bcb4900..0c34f7e 100755
--- a/wicd/wicd-client.py
+++ b/wicd/wicd-client.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import gobject
 import getopt
 import os
 import pango
-import time
 import atexit
 from dbus import DBusException
 
diff --git a/wicd/wicd-daemon.py b/wicd/wicd-daemon.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/wicd/wnettools.py b/wicd/wnettools.py
index 51ad50c..d09e8f2 100644
--- a/wicd/wnettools.py
+++ b/wicd/wnettools.py
@@ -112,10 +112,9 @@ def GetWirelessInterfaces():
 
     """
     dev_dir = '/sys/class/net/'
-    ifnames = []
-    
-    ifnames = [iface for iface in os.listdir(dev_dir) if os.path.isdir(dev_dir + iface)
-               and 'wireless' in os.listdir(dev_dir + iface)]
+    ifnames = [iface for iface in os.listdir(dev_dir)
+               if os.path.isdir(dev_dir + iface) and 
+                  'wireless' in os.listdir(dev_dir + iface)]
     
     return ifnames
 
@@ -134,10 +133,7 @@ def IsValidWpaSuppDriver(driver):
     """ Returns True if given string is a valid wpa_supplicant driver. """
     output = misc.Run(["wpa_supplicant", "-D%s" % driver, "-iolan19",
                        "-c/etc/abcd%sdefzz.zconfz" % random.randint(1, 1000)])
-    if re.match("Unsupported driver", output):
-        return False
-    else:
-        return True
+    return not "Unsupported driver" in output
     
 def neediface(default_response):
     """ A decorator for only running a method if self.iface is defined.