I've made a new beta build which for your consideration. If no problems are found, this build will become the next stable release. Please download, build, test, make binary packages, etc. As always, please report back with any problems (or successes, too!)
http://pike.ida.liu.se/download/pub/pike/beta/7.8.686/
Best,
Bill
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