Check connectivity and queues on a RabbitMQ server

Changes for v1.3.1 - 2023-12-04T19:26:19Z

• Update README (Andrew Hewus Fresh)
• Pull request #7: Patch - SM-4514 - Make strict an author test (Andrew Hewus Fresh)
• Pull in Makefile update from upstream (Andrew Hewus Fresh)
• Make strict.t an author test (Andrew Hewus Fresh)