Hey, We're doing a bunch of bug fixin' and issue killin' in advance of an early release of 1.4.3-rc1, which is scheduled for this saturday, october 31st (ooh spooky!). 1.4.3-final will be out a week after that, possibly earlier.
Apologies for the issue spam, please bear with us for two more days while we empty the queue :) If you have any bugs, requests, etc, now's the time to speak up! -Dormando