Still not fixed in newest pre-released. 12w25a
Slimes still despawning in swamp biomes.
To add to what Fienxjox said, I also set a customized world to swampland only, created a bunch of command blocks to kill all mobs except slimes, and then ensured it was a full moon. Still most slimes flash in and out, with very few slimes actually remaining spawned. Needs fixing.
This was in 14w21b.
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