This is primarily a bug fix release and includes the following key changes:

• 70 Bugs closed
• Added locale tab to options dialog so that locale can be overridden
• Cleanups and additions to GRASS tools
• Python Plugin Installer for installing plugins from the PyQGIS repository
• Documentation updates
• Improvements for building under MSVC

Packages for a number of platforms are available at download.qgis.org

Many thanks to all those who have contributed in testing, reporting
bugs, coding, packaging etc. Best regards for the new year from the
QGIS team!