Hi All,

There are now some 14 non-merge commits in the 1.7.x branch including the critical diagonal leak fix. I think there is maybe one more critical backport and perhaps several low priority fixes, documentation and such, but I think we should start up the release process with a goal of getting 1.7.1 out by the middle of April.

The development branch has been accumulating stuff since last summer, I suggest we look to get it out in May, branching at the end of this month.

Thoughts?

Chuck