Issue #1355798 by Kjartan, xjm: Fixed Installer on PHP <5.3 results in parse error instead of warning about old php.

Issue #334024 by klausi, catch, beejeebus, sun: Use const keyword to define constants instead of define().

Nate Lampton authored Oct 30, 2011 and catch committed Nov 01, 2011

Issue #22336 by quicksketch, scor, boombatower, and rfay. Move all core Drupal files under a core subdirectory.

Nate Lampton authored Oct 30, 2011 and catch committed Nov 01, 2011

Issue #22336 by quicksketch, scor, boombatower, and rfay. Move all core Drupal files under a core subdirectory.

#722974 by chx, moshe weitzman, David_Rothstein: Fixed install script returns a blank page for PHP 5.1.

- Patch #590656 by pwolanin, Pasqualle: harden one-time login links against vulnerability from disclosure of SQL backups, or SQL 'SELECT' injection.

#299308 by redndahead, Dave Reid, dropcube, catch, redndahead, and dbabbage: Add POD to installation requirements.

#420358 follow-up by Dave Reid: Rename profiles default => standard and expert => minimal, for consistency with labels.

#420358 by yoroy, David_Rothstein, JacobSingh, et al: Rename core's installation profiles to be more clear.

- Patch #530652 by sun: _user_password_dynamic_validation() should be a #process of password_confirm().

#615528 by David_Rothstein: Fixed Incorrect code comment regarding DrupalFakeCache in the installer.

- Patch #544360 by Gábor Hojtsy, ksenzee, David_Rothstein, seutje, JacobSingh, paul.lovvik, EclipseGc et al: Dashboard module 1.0. Wo-hoot!

#561452 by pwolanin and David_Rothstein: Add API function to get module/theme info without rebuilding it.

#589754 by rfay and Crell: Fixed non-recoverable install if invalid database specified in settings.php.

- Patch #572618 by effulgentsia, pwolanin, sun: all theme functions should take a single argument. Code clean-up and performance improvement. Woot.

- Patch #578520 by sun | c960657, mfb, Dries, catch, mattyoung: make  in url() only accept an array. Another nice API clean-up!

before a form builder function, to facilitate common form elements. Clean-up
from form_builder changes from CTools patch. Has nice side-benefit of making
all form functions' signatures consistent.