A bit late: the what happend the first week of the year.
v0.5.1: several bugfixes for new tools
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8302
v0.5.1.1 advanced steps
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8303
8241-Warning-PotentialOutDatedDependencyWarning-Kernel-FFI-Kernel-dependenc
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8279
8280-From-Twitter-There-is-an-error-in-the-image-tutorial-related-to-read-only-literals #8281
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8281
8215 detect sum is a strange name for an unconditional loop #8299
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8299
Compiled code 'literals' do not behave the same that compiled code 'hasLiteral' #8206
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8206
improving-TFFI-semaphore-pool #8255
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8255
Renamed the method Integer >> take:, wrote a better comment and better variable names #8217
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8217
Small cleanup OCASTSemanticAnalyzer: #declareVariableNode: #8227
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8227
2138 Rubric cleanup #8222
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8222
Fix a few more package extensions #8213
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8213
Fix Compression package extensions #8211
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8211
Behavior>>#parseTreeFor: extension #8209
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8209
Cleanup MockForCompilation #8290
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8290
Cleanups in package 'TraitsV2-Tests' #8296
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8296
8283-ClassDescriptiondefinition-called-from-GTSpotterExtensionsOnClassTesttestBasic-has-been-deprecated #8301
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8301
Mostly related to unused instance variables
Remove unused class FT2BitmapSize #8247
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8247
Remove unused ivars in TaskIt #8225
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8225
Cleanup unused ivars Enlumineur #8236
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8236
Clean unused ivars in package Debugger-Model-Tests-Core #8232
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8232
Unused ivars in FTHeaderColumnCellMorph and FastTablePresenter #8249
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8249
Remove unused ivars in ClassParser package #8230
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8230
Cleanup unused ivars in ExampleForTestWithSharedPool #8238
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8238
Care on unused ivars in Microdown #8254
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8254
Remove unused vars in HandMorph #8251
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8251
Cleanup unused ivars for new EmergencyDebugger #8234
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8234
Remove unused ivar selectedItem in deprecated TreePresenter #8228
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8228
Clean unused class ivar in RGEnvironmentAnnouncer #8272
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8272
Unused ivar WorldState lastCycleTime #8259
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8259
Unused ivar in NECTestClass #8270
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8270
Clean unused ivar in Shift-ClassBuilder #8274
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8274
Unused ivars in Pillar tests #8268
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8268
Unused ivars in MonticelloMocks #8265
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8265
Unused ivar in ClassHierarchyPrinter #8261
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8261
Unused ivars in WriteBarrier Stub classes #8257
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8257
Care on unused ivars in StepThroughTest #8278
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8278
Cleanup unused ivar in FLDebuggerStackMaterialization #8245
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8245
Unused ivars in FluidClassBuilder #8263
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8263
Care on unused ivars in ThreadedFFI #8276
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8276
Unused ivars in Kernel slot classes #8285
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8285
RubTextEditor has unused ivar #8292
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8292
Unused ivars in Rubric Spec2 dialogs #8294
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8294