If anyone knows of bug-related fixes that aren't yet applied, please speak up. I'm thinking of making a snapshot today, leading to a bug-fix release, coreutils-7.6, next week.
Eric, I'm open to the idea of using the latest from gnulib if you think it's worthwhile. If that would mean a bit of adaptation in coreutils, I can postpone the snapshot to Monday. Personally, I've been using tools built off of next for weeks.