#210219 follow by myself: update_sql() does not support placeholders, so we should compose our own SQL ourselfs

#210219 by htalvitie, yched: initialize block caching properties properly on install (and update bugos RC2 sites as well)

Translating menu items and taxonomies is not a core feature, so do not mislead users. Noticed while translating to Hungarian.

#206881 by ScoutBaker: (minor) fix whitespace at TRANSLATION_ENABLED, so the phpdoc shows up properly

#207330 by c960657: allow custom URL rewriter to work on base_url and fix urlencoding of front page URL with a path prefix

#172571 by fgm, slightly modified: document that theme_xml_icon() was superceded in most cases by theme_feed_icon()

#212864 suggestion by pp, patch by gdevlugt: use format_date() for RSS item dates instead of date() to honor site time zone settings

#204415 by Lynn, traxer, pwolanin: migrate node type URLs to a path model based on menu paths, so conflicts between action and node type names are not a problem

#200028 by agentrickard, dww: cache more project module data, so there is less burden on Drupal when generating admin pages (performance)

#214058 by catch, Arancaytar: forum form alter was mistakenly dropping the parent field in all taxonomy forms

#209663 by Matt V., ScoutBaker, Arancaytar: document that the modules and themes folders are only for core modules and themes

#212126 report by salvis, patch by myself: allow clearing of drupal_html_to_text() URL list, so it can be used multiple times on the page

#204411 by chx, slightly modified: heal a possible MySQL import error when the anonymous user becomes broken

#212921 by fgm: remove unused reference on update_process_info_list() parameter list, which causes strict warnings in PHP 5

#211742 by theborg, chx: detect and solve the problem when blocks are assigned to invalid regions (happens in theme development)

#204411 by catch: elevate MySQL requirements to 4.1.1 (the first production MySQL 4.1.x was 4.1.5 anyway)

#208768 by dvessel, Arancaytar: language direction should be in the HTML source, so it is more accessible even without CSS

#194494 by Jax, slightly expanded: unify empty password handling is MySQL and MySQLi installer and runtime drivers