2.16.5/2.17.7 release prep

[Gervase Markham]

Steven Suson wrote:
>    What is the status of Custom Fields (`a la the previously available 
> Custom Fields patch)? Will this be making it into a Stable or 
> Development version soon? For the record, it certainly gets my vote! ;-)

It still has the same status - as an unofficial patch. Concerns have 
been raised about its architecture; it's quite possible than any custom 
fields function Bugzilla acquires in the future will work quite differently.

No-one is working on custom fields as far as I know.

Gerv