From my POV, 1.5.4 is almost ready now. There's one remaining critical bug (#4534), but I have already uploaded a patch to bugzilla, which just needs to be tested by one of the Windows people who can reproduce the problem.
I propose to introduce a "soft freeze" now, i.e., only fixes of critical bugs (such as the mentioned one) and regressions are allowed. Translation, documentation and installer work can proceed on as usual. I'd like to release 1.5.4 in about two weeks. Translators, please send your contributions not later than Feb 23. Everybody else, please check out latest branch and give it a hard real-life test. Thanks, Jürgen
