I have just updated to SVN-2497 via xdelta, and started a quick game to test.
Good news:
* there is a new button "Hire employees"
* savegames work again
Bad news:
* only soldiers are available (no workers, scientists, medics) yet
* the base does not have the 2 free scientists as before,
so you cannot research anything.
* Base#2 has an empty name
* edit during "rename base" does not echo the keystrokes
* mismatched Soldier-Names: the first soldier in the team
is shown with the name of first soldier in the hire-list
* The bug 'Cannot "Enter" mission site + Aircraft jumps away' is still there,
ufoconsole.log now says "Dropship not near landingzone: mis->active: 1"
* Picture for weapon_flac (aircraft) is gone