Sage-2.8.3 is now in feature freeze though -- I won't make
any changes except bug and build fixes to get this release out.

The first release candidate is posted here:

http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/was/dist/s/dist

If it works well, then I'll release it probably tomorrow morning.

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Critical Linear algebra bugs and memory leaks:

#498

Package updates:
#500

The following is a list of defects with patches/fixes. We should verify that the issue still exists and the the patch does fix the issue:

#400 #403 #439

Potentially low hanging fruit:

#434

To be classified:

#59, #78, #167, #176, #225, #227, #231, #233, #395, #401, #464, #466, #477, #483, #488

Delayed until later:
#454, #224, #431, #452, #455, #465

Build improvements:
#472

Improved sage-script:
#473

High Level CHANGELOG:

• Michael Abshoff: General build, debugging, etc., contributions.
• Martin Albrecht: Much new code for working with matrices over certain polynomial rings
• Michael A and Martin A: fixed serious memory leaks in integer linear algebra
• Tom Boothby: Greatly improved __pow__ and generic_power
• Tom Boothby: Preliminary notebook support for internet explorer
• Robert Bradshaw: Added first version of new java/notebook based 3d plotting capabilities.
• Robert Bradshaw: Improvements to coercion code
• Robert Bradshaw and David Joyner: New Rubik's cube solver code interface code.
• Paul Dehaye: Interface improvements
• Mike Hansen: Lie interface
• David Joyner, Tom Boothby, Robert Miller: Update to guava in the GAP spkg.
• Joel Mohler (with Craig Citro and David Harvey): Move c_lib back into the main SAGE repo (no more sage_c_lib); NTL wrapper improvements
• William Stein: New Modular forms code.
• William Stein: upgraded maxima to version 5.13.0
• William Stein: Fix some quaternion algebra bugs; Fix bug with current directory in notebook.