The first maintenance release for WordPress 2.3 series i.e. WordPress 2.3.1 is releasing soon. The first beta is  announced, and is available here.

Over twenty bugs are fixed in 2.3.1. Get the full list here. Here are some highlights.

• Tagging support for Windows Live Writer
• A login bug that affected those with a Blog Address different than
  their WordPress Address is fixed
• Faster taxonomy database queries, especially tag intersection queries
• Link importer fixes

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