Webchick posted in an issue somewhere a few patches that they were interested in getting in, even after the code freeze if necessary. I don't recall the link, though. Greg Knaddison wrote:
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Brian Vuyk<brian@brianvuyk.com> wrote:
Post Sept. 1, bugfixes are all we do until the release, with some noteable exceptions which are listed elsewhere.
Listed elsewhere? Where is this list - inquiring minds want to know.
My knowledge of history is that patches to improve performance, usability and a few items hand-picked by Dries+maintainer are also allowed in post-code-freeze. If there's an API or regression that is horribly broken (usually discovered when contribs start upgrading) then that can also result in a patch that changes the API or adds new features. I'm not sure if all of those will be the same this time as well. I'm kind of assuming that it is.
Regards, Greg