Checklist of items for this release:

• blocker tickets:

  • #6753 bug in integral_elements_in_box
  • #6755 twist.py tests seriously broken on OS X 10.5 PPC
  • #6754 numerical noise on OS X 10.5 PPC
  • #7060 notebook -- templating patch introduces numerous bugs
  • #6990 readline tab completion has an extra space appended
  • #7022 os x -- 10.6 -- generated the matplotlib font cache crashes sage
  • #6681 cliquer
  • #7064 fix warnings when building reference manual in Sage 4.1.2.alpha4
  • #6916 follow-up to #6749: fix warnings when building reference manual

• spkg updates:

  • #6849 port Sage to OS X 10.6
  • #7015 cygwin port -- ratpoints -- don't build executable since we don't need it (and fails on cygwin)
  • #6759 Update sqlite to latest release - needed for Sun's compiler
  • #7036 rubiks ignores CXX and uses g++ even if CXX is Sun compiler
  • #7019 update biopython optional package to 1.52
  • #7021 Update prereq from 0.3 to 0.4
  • #7045 update libgcrypt to the latest version 1.4.4
  • ECL #6564, #6772, #6883, and #6971

• cryptography:

  • #6461 on Schaefer's Simplified Data Encryption Standard for educational purposes
  • #6514 on Boolean function for cryptography

• Sage library

  • #7055 Fix 32-bit versus 64-bit in pbori.pyx doctest
  • #7059 Stop Sage tests from saving things to hard drive -- really!
  • #6765 Linear Programming in Tutorial's Tour!
  • #7020 Fix 32-bit versus 64-bit boolean_function issue in crypto

• script library

  • #6378 make sage -merge more user-friendly
  • #6612 sage-update selects a suiteable mirror

Release manager:

• Minh Van Nguyen
• William Stein

https://github.com/sagemath/sage/releases/tag/4.1.2