Issue #1833516 by Berdir, chx, catch, webchick: Add $settings for low-level configuration - move things out of .

Issue #1814086 by samhassell, fgm: Convert autoloader_mode in drupal_classloader() to its own global.

Issue #1824778 by vijaycs85, ACF, pcambra, cam8001: Covert css_gzip_compression() and js_gzip_compression() variables to CMI system.

Issue #1828612 by David_Rothstein: Fixed hook_views_query_substitutions() missing from hook_hook_info().

Issue #1828612 by dawehner, damiankloip: Fixed hook_views_query_substitutions() missing from hook_hook_info().

Issue #1539940 by jwilson3, infiniteluke, mrf, ryanissamson: Fix up README files to encourage good placement of themes, modules, and profiles

Issue #1436814 by gary4gar, kid_icarus, webchick, droplet, andypost: Fixed Fast 404 'Not found' pages are missing a doctype.

Issue #1772708 by alexpott, sun, chx, catch, beejeebus: Fixed The configuration directories can not be outside of DRUPAL_ROOT.

Revert "Issue #1772708 by alexpott: Fixed The configuration directories can not be outside of DRUPAL_ROOT."

This reverts commit e003e4c5.

This reverts commit 81666e2b. Sorry, did NOT mean to push that; was testing the CMI UI patch.

Issue #932110 by Albert Volkman, David_Rothstein, marji, jurgenhaas: On some servers, Drupal 7 allows administrators to directly execute arbitrary code even without the PHP module.

Issue #1741804 by beejeebus, sun, chx, alexpott, matason: Implement a config import/staging directory.

Issue #1018324 by Albert Volkman, webbykat, disasm,  jhr, jorap: Add info and examples to docs on how to set up multi-site

Issue #562042 by cburschka, Rob Loach, sun, scor: Added Search for install profiles in sites/[all|site]/profiles folders, and move core profiles into /core/profiles.

Issue #1619446 by Niklas Fiekas: Fixed All autocomplete and drupal_json_output() responses are broken (returning Ajax instead of JSON).

- Patch #7881 by mikeytown2, gwynnebaer, Patrizio, sylus, effulgentsia: add support to drupal_http_request() for proxy servers.

Issue #1118520 by sun, Dave Reid, mr.baileys: Added inclusion of a settings.local.php file in settings.php.

Issue #692366 by underq, bradweikel, willmoy, kid_icarus | foripepe: Fixed Stop forcing language/mirror for PHP manual links.