First reported at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sage-support/qexNzA3iDzE
See downstream report at http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/16176
(%i1) load(simplify_sum);
(%i9) simplify_sum(sum(1/x^2,x,2,inf));
2
%pi
(%o9) ---- - 1
6
(%i10) sum(log(1-1/x^2),x,2,inf);
inf
====
\ 1
(%o10) > log(1 - --)
/ 2
==== x
x = 2
(%i11) simplify_sum(sum(log(1-1/x^2),x,2,inf));
inf + 2
(%o11) log(-----------)
2 (inf + 1)
This bug is fixed in git (commit 727fe82).