BUG: Various issues with maybe_convert_objects (GH #2845)
BUG: Another issue with maybe_convert_objects (GH #2845)
TST: Corner case tests for maybe_convert_objects (GH #2845)
BUG: HDFStore - missing implementation of bool columns in selection
Merge pull request #2849 from jreback/pytables_bug

BUG: HDFStore - missing implementation of bool columns in selection
DOC: prepend missing >>> to docstring Examples in set_index.
BUG: proper conversion of string to bool HDFStore selection
Merge pull request #2855 from jreback/pytables_bug

BUG: proper conversion of string to bool HDFStore selection
Merge pull request #2848 from lexual/typofix_propgate

Typo fix: propgate -> propagate.

thanks!
TST: avoid platform dependency, close #2854
ENH: update describe_option to report default and current value
Merge pull request #2857 from lodagro/issue_2854

TST: avoid platform dependency, close #2854
thanks!
TST: update describe_option to report default and current value
BLD: use 1.7.0 final in travis py3.3 environment
BUG: fixup GH #2751; make sure that we cast to platform numeric
     when a list is specified; use the Series codepath
     for initial list conversion (change from using DataFrame)
TST: added test for overflow in df creation
DOC: RELEASE and whatsnew updated for DataFrame from lists change
CLN: cleaned up _possibly_convert_platform
CLN: moved some functionality from series._sanitize to com._dtype_from_scalar
DOC: whatsnew updates
CLN: in common.py merged _dtype_from_scalar and _infer_dtype
     yield _infer_dtype_from_scalar