Hi,
I just merged https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/161584/ and branched core to the commit before it. If someone could take care of branching extensions that would be wonderful, otherwise I'll figure out how to do that over the weekend.
Bugs tagged for 1.24 release: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?action=wrap&list_id=345619&product=MediaWiki&resolution=---&target_milestone=1.24.0%20release, some have open patches awaiting review!
-- Legoktm