Yo! Thank you so much!
I just downloaded the lastest pre-release. And I'm having no issues with fipm so far.
Sorry I didn't see this till today- I thought I was set up to get notifications on this thread but I wasn't. Oops!
Anyway, if it would be helpful, I can post here about any "unintended consequences" I run into using fipm in the pre-release build.
You rock! Thanks for patching this for me (: