Reverted the last change, which was incorrect;  but since the
version had been updated and the new tarball posted to the website,
the version number needs to jump ahead to make sure that the
website tarballs the reverted repository.

VERSION

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 26eb25c..fd8cf7b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.577
+1.0.579