What will be in 1.8.2-rc1

Just a quick update.

I am planning to merge the following to 'master':

 * regression fixes and finishing touches to a new feature

   ct/autoconf-htmldir
   jn/less-reconfigure
   as/check-ignore

 * documentation updates

   wk/man-deny-current-branch-is-default-these-days
   wk/user-manual

I'd also want to have this before the final as a regression fix.  I
haven't decided if I should do so before -rc1:

   mh/maint-ceil-absolute

Thanks.