- Patch #335385 by Dave Reid: fixed maxlength of path alias fields to be consistent with the database.

#216404 by Rob Loach: path_nodeapi() only worked for users with permissions, although node loading requires the path to be loaded.

Partial backport from HEAD

- Patch #92992 by webchick and neclimdul: clean up documentation that is superseded by the new 'by module' administration dashboard.

- Patch #81740 by merlinofchaos, webchick, moshe, neclimdul et al: added package support to the modules page.

  Restores the old node API.

- Patch #76444 by chx, moshe, eaton, angie et al: make it possible to control access to form elements.

- Patch #77919 by chx, eaton, moshe, et al: enable programmaticaly submitted forms via the pull model.

See: http://drupal.org/node/64279#t-placeholders

   + reorganized ?q=admin/settings
   + deprecated the _settings hook

- Patch #46746 by Matt: fixed inconsistent encoding of path aliases.  Fixes broken URLs on profile pages.

- Patch #39778 by chx: obliterate nodeapi op form in favor of the forms API's way of doing things.  Tested with help from webchick.