#607008 by dww, Gerhard Killesreiter, JacobSingh, and chx: Changed Fix bugs in https support and use  https for authorize.php if available.

#612396 by jim0203 and dman: Fixed Notice: Undefined index: process_input() in _form_builder_handle_input_element().

#192056 by effulgentsia, Dave Cohen, andypost, hswong3i, geodaniel, pwolanin, and dahacouk: Ensure user's raw login name is never output directly.

- Patch #619566 by sun: performance improvement: don't invoke hook_url_outbound_alter() if there's nothing to invoke.

- Patch #567064 by yched, sun: widgets done 'the easy way' have too many limitations. Removes more code than it adds!

- Patch #572452 by catch, JoshuaRogers: drupal_get_filename() and drupal_load() should not use drupal_static(). Performance improvement.

- Patch #618938 by pwolanin: fixed Drupal version is not being available until the end of bootstrap.

- Patch #200931 by Darren Oh, asimmonds: fixed schema not being available in hook_install()/hook_enable().

#610290 by dww and sun: system_run_authorized() shouldn't always drupal_goto() so it can be used in submit handlers.

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

#613912 by dww: Move host and port into a collapsed 'Advanced settings' fieldset on the authorize.php connection settings forms.

#610204 by effulgentsia, Gábor Hojtsy, sun, Damien Tournoud and ksenzee: API changes to support overlays: lays ground work for implementation.

#561452 follow-up by David_Rothstein: Use helper functions rather than file scans to retrieve module data on permissions page.

#609728 by dww and JacobSingh: Skip authorize.php step in update manager if webroot files are owned by the httpd user.