Folks,
With the end of the year approaching, it's time to start preparing for the 9.0 stable release.
We'll follow the same schedule as every year, with code freeze in early December, and a final release sometime in January. This year, the code freeze period will start on December 8th.
So if you have things that you'd like to see included in 9.0, make sure to submit them soon, so that there's enough time for review before code freeze starts.