diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ef27f3c2e..dd810c203 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Incompatible changes
   flushed left (no text flow around table.) The position now defaults to center in
   both cases, and it will obey Docutils 0.13 ``:align:`` option (refs #3415, #3377)
 * option directive also allows all punctuations for the option name (refs: #3366)
+* #3413: if :rst:dir:`literalinclude`'s ``:start-after:`` is used, make ``:lines:``
+  relative (refs #3412)
 * ``literalinclude`` directive does not allow the combination of ``:diff:``
   option and other options (refs: #3416)
 
@@ -116,6 +118,9 @@ Bugs fixed
   gets wrong PDF page dimensions
 * #3399: quickstart: conf.py was not overwritten by template
 * #3366: option directive does not allow punctuations
+* #3410: return code in :confval:`release` breaks html search
+* #3427: autodoc: memory addresses are not stripped on Windows
+* #3428: xetex build tests fail due to fontspec v2.6 defining ``\strong``
 
 Testing
 --------
diff --git a/doc/markup/code.rst b/doc/markup/code.rst
index 397836d3d..cb3e55bdc 100644
--- a/doc/markup/code.rst
+++ b/doc/markup/code.rst
@@ -184,12 +184,12 @@ Includes
    string option, only lines that precede the first lines containing that string
    are included.
 
-   With lines selected this way it is still possible to use ``lines``, the
-   numbers being now interpreted relative to the already selected lines.
+   With lines selected using ``start-after`` it is still possible to use
+   ``lines``, the first allowed line having by convention the line number ``1``.
 
    When lines have been selected in any of the ways described above, the
-   line numbers in ``emphasize-lines`` refer to the selection, with the
-   line count starting at ``1``.
+   line numbers in ``emphasize-lines`` also refer to the selection, with the
+   first selected line having number ``1``.
 
    When specifying particular parts of a file to display, it can be useful to
    display the original line numbers. This can be done using the
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ Includes
    .. versionadded:: 1.3
       The ``diff`` option.
       The ``lineno-match`` option.
-
+   .. versionchanged:: 1.6
+      With both ``start-after`` and ``lines`` in use, the first line as per
+      ``start-after`` is considered to be with line number ``1`` for ``lines``.
 
 Caption and name
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/sphinx/builders/html.py b/sphinx/builders/html.py
index 129d142f9..f777ecacc 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/html.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/html.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 """
 
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 import zlib
 import codecs
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ INVENTORY_FILENAME = 'objects.inv'
 LAST_BUILD_FILENAME = 'last_build'
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+return_codes_re = re.compile('[\r\n]+')
 
 
 def get_stable_hash(obj):
@@ -348,7 +350,7 @@ class StandaloneHTMLBuilder(Builder):
         self.globalcontext = dict(
             embedded = self.embedded,
             project = self.config.project,
-            release = self.config.release,
+            release = return_codes_re.sub('', self.config.release),
             version = self.config.version,
             last_updated = self.last_updated,
             copyright = self.config.copyright,
diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
index 4a27f50b2..8f17cf5aa 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
@@ -6,7 +6,22 @@
 %
 
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1995/12/01]
-\ProvidesPackage{sphinx}[2017/02/06 v1.6 LaTeX package (Sphinx markup)]
+\ProvidesPackage{sphinx}[2017/02/18 v1.6 LaTeX package (Sphinx markup)]
+
+%% for deprecation warnings
+\newcommand\sphinxdeprecationwarning[4]{% #1 the deprecated macro or name,
+% #2 = version when deprecated, #3 = version when removed, #4 = message
+  \edef\spx@tempa{\detokenize{#1}}%
+  \spx@ifundefined{sphinx_depr_\spx@tempa}{%
+     \global\expandafter\let\csname sphinx_depr_\spx@tempa\endcsname\spx@tempa
+     \expandafter\AtEndDocument\expandafter{\expandafter\let\expandafter
+         \sphinxdeprecatedmacro\csname sphinx_depr_\spx@tempa\endcsname
+         \PackageWarningNoLine{sphinx}{^^J**** SPHINX DEPRECATION WARNING:^^J
+         \sphinxdeprecatedmacro\space will be (or has been)
+         deprecated at Sphinx #2^^J and will be removed at Sphinx #3.^^J
+         #4^^J****}}%
+  }{% warning already emitted (at end of latex log), don't repeat
+  }}
 
 % we delay handling of options to after having loaded packages, because
 % of the need to use \definecolor.
@@ -887,13 +902,11 @@
 % use of ``notice'' is for backwards compatibility and will be removed in
 % Sphinx 1.7.
 \newenvironment{notice}
-  {\AtEndDocument{\typeout
-{**** DEPRECATION WARNING:^^J
-This document was probably built with a Sphinx extension using ``notice''^^J
-environment. At Sphinx 1.7, ``notice'' environment will be removed. Please^^J
-report to extension author to use ``sphinxadmonition'' instead.^^J%
-****}}%
-   \begin{sphinxadmonition}}{\end{sphinxadmonition}}
+  {\sphinxdeprecationwarning {notice}{1.6}{1.7}{%
+  This document was probably built with a Sphinx extension using ``notice''^^J
+  environment. At Sphinx 1.7, ``notice'' environment will be removed. Please^^J
+  report to extension author to use ``sphinxadmonition'' instead.^^J%
+  ****}\begin{sphinxadmonition}}{\end{sphinxadmonition}}
 
 % Allow the release number to be specified independently of the
 % \date{}.  This allows the date to reflect the document's date and
@@ -1183,22 +1196,34 @@ report to extension author to use ``sphinxadmonition'' instead.^^J%
        \firstchoice@false\else\firstchoice@true\fi
    \spx@originalcaption }
 
-% by default, also define macros with the no-prefix names
 \ifspx@opt@dontkeepoldnames\else
+  \let\spx@alreadydefinedlist\@empty
   \typeout{** (sphinx) defining (legacy) text style macros without \string\sphinx\space prefix}
   \typeout{** if clashes with packages, set latex_keep_old_macro_names=False
     in conf.py}
   \@for\@tempa:=code,strong,bfcode,email,tablecontinued,titleref,%
                 menuselection,accelerator,crossref,termref,optional\do
-{% first, check if command with no prefix already exists
-  \expandafter\newcommand\csname\@tempa\endcsname{}%
+ {% first, check if command with no prefix already exists
+  \spx@ifundefined{\@tempa}{%
   % give it the meaning defined so far with \sphinx prefix
   \expandafter\let\csname\@tempa\expandafter\endcsname
                   \csname sphinx\@tempa\endcsname
   % redefine the \sphinx prefixed macro to expand to non-prefixed one
   \expandafter\def\csname sphinx\@tempa\expandafter\endcsname
                   \expandafter{\csname\@tempa\endcsname}%
-}%
+  }{\edef\spx@alreadydefinedlist{\spx@alreadydefinedlist{\@tempa}}}%
+ }%
+  \ifx\spx@alreadydefinedlist\@empty\else
+    \expandafter\@tfor\expandafter\@tempa\expandafter:\expandafter=\spx@alreadydefinedlist\do
+    {% emit warning now
+     \PackageWarning{sphinx}{not redefining already existing \@backslashchar\@tempa\space!^^J%
+        Anyhow, Sphinx mark-up uses only \string\sphinx\@tempa.}%
+     % and also at end of log for better visibility
+     \expandafter\sphinxdeprecationwarning\expandafter{\csname\@tempa\endcsname}{1.6}{1.7}
+       {\sphinxdeprecatedmacro\space already existed at Sphinx loading time! Not redefined!^^J
+         Sphinx mark-up uses only \string\sphinx\expandafter\@gobble\sphinxdeprecatedmacro.}%
+    }%
+  \fi
 \fi
 
 % additional customizable styling
diff --git a/sphinx/util/inspect.py b/sphinx/util/inspect.py
index 3cb795339..58e750a53 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/inspect.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/inspect.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if False:
 # relatively import this module
 inspect = __import__('inspect')
 
-memory_address_re = re.compile(r' at 0x[0-9a-f]{8,16}(?=>)')
+memory_address_re = re.compile(r' at 0x[0-9a-f]{8,16}(?=>)', re.IGNORECASE)
 
 
 if PY3: