See Ctools - Critical - Multiple Vulnerabilities - SA-CONTRIB-2015-141.
This is mainly a bug and security release for ctools 7.x. If you want some of the new features, please look at ctools 1.9.
Changes since ctools-1.7
This is an incremental security and bugfix release for ctools.
Looking to fix future D6 CTools issues? Find japerry or merlinofchaos in #drupal-scotch, #drupal-contribute, or #drupal-panels -- and become a maintainer for D6 CTools.
Changes since 6.x-1.13:
This is a security release, it fixes Search API Autocomplete - Moderately Critical - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) - SA-CONTRIB-2015-140. You are advised to update your version of Search API Autocomplete as soon as possible.
Stable release has been long time coming. It's finally here with a security fix. From now on we can have proper treatment for security issues.
Changes since 7.x-1.0-rc7:
See Quick Edit - Moderately Critical - Cross Site Scripting - SA-CONTRIB-2015-137
Changes since 7.x-1.1:
Fixes #2516976: Fix security issue and make release to bring back D6 releases.