http://mojang.com/2016/02/minecraft-snapshot-16w06a/
Some bugs in the game are more annoying than others. So we decided to take
care of some of the bugs that were good candidates for winning a “most
popular bugs” contest. We are very sorry for closing tickets with a large
fan base. These issues will be missed, but we are relatively sure that their
fans will find other interesting bugs to follow.
We are also getting very close to the first 1.9 pre-release. Please make sure
you vote on the most severe bugs in the bug tracker if you want to make sure
we look at them before releasing 1.9.
Notable changes:
Better riding mechanics for boats, horses, minecarts and saddled pigs
The elytra texture now defaults to the cape texture if no custom texture
is uploaded and the player owns a cape
Some sounds are sounding better now
Some sounds are sounding different now
Most sounds are still sounding exactly as before
Most entities in the game should now move much smoother
Villagers are not making fun of players anymore when nobody is around
Bugs fixed in this snapshot:
[Bug MC-1058] - Some Entities cannot be seen when on the edge of the
screen
[Bug MC-90245] - Skeletons Strafe off of Cliffs
[Bug MC-90605] - Constant teleporting between Nether and Overworld
[Bug MC-91803] - In the game / title does not automatically play
background music / cave ambient sounds
[Bug MC-92289] - Extra strongholds spawn in positions Mojang didn’t
intend
[Bug MC-94209] - Typo in soundevent name “subtitles.enity.generic.explode
”
[Bug MC-95416] - Item duplication in multiplayer