Though it has yet to be officially acknowledged on the CyanogenMod blog (and Cyanogen himself posted an official progress update on CM9 just a few days ago), it appears that CM7.2 Release Candidate (RC) 1 is nearly here - an official changelog has been posted to the CM source review.
The official changelog, courtesy of redditor MikeEx:
New devices: Samsung Galaxy Ace, Mini, and Epic 4G (slider). LGE Optimus Black, 3D, Hub, Pro, Sol, and One. Motorola Atrix. Sony Ericsson Xperia Live, Pro, and Active. Huawei U8150
Common: ICS telephony fix backports - Spencer Oliver
Common: ICS Transition effects backport - Russ Underhill
Common: ICS Rotation effects backport - Tanguy Pruvot
Common: Lockscreen updates and new styles - Andrew Sutherland, Danny Baumann, Danesh M, Sven Dawitz
Common: Fix color banding in Gallery while displaying 32bpp images - Sang Tae Park
Common: T9 predictive Phone dialer - Danesh M, Pawit Pornkitprasan
Common: ADB over network
Common: Updated translations - (everyone)
Common: Media player and recorder fixes for a number of corner cases - CAF, Danny Baumann
Common: Profile resets - Ladios Jonquil
Common: Assorted Wifi fixes
Common: Control haptic in quiet hours - Danesh M
Common: Bluetooth MAP support - Jonathan Bensen
Common: Support for Bluetooth GPS dongles - Cuong Bui
Common: Better support for mouse and usb keyboards - Emilio Lopez, Tanguy Pruvot
Common: Fix timezone detection in Hawaii - Warren Togami
Common: Allow photo storage selection when possible - Greg Kochaniak
Common: Improved Calendar reminder options - Danny Baumann
Common: Improved AVRCP 1.3 compatibility
Common: Improved external keyboard and mouse behaviour on some corner cases - Tanguy Pruvot
Common: Status bar battery icon configuration - Simon Davie
OMAP Common: Support for recent OMAP3/OMAP4 devices - omapzoom
p990: Add FM Radio support
p990/p999: fix background calls, fix HDMI output in 1080p
zeppelin, morrison, motus: Fixed camera zooming issues
Samsung Galaxy S devices: Add tv-out
Samsung Galaxy S devices: Device specific settings section
Samsung Galaxy S GSM devices: Fix emergency dialing
Several devices: Fix device identification on Android Market: crespo, jordan, blade, v9
Nothing especially groundbreaking, though there are plenty of nice features in there - likely enough so to hold those more cautious users who are uncomfortable flashing kanged CM9 builds in lieu of the real thing.
[via reddit]