- Patch #1019596 by RoboPhred: field_read_instance() doc says it will not return deleted instance, but that is a parameter option.

#915906 by jbrown, yched: Fixed Deleting node type with only instance of a field leaves the field in a strange zombie state

#616240 follow-up by yched, dereine, marvil07: Make Field UI screens extensible from contrib - part II.

- Patch #902264 by Damien Tournoud: move hook_field_schema() to .install files so we can get the upgrade path to work.

- Patch #780154 by chx, noahb, dhthwy, pwolanin, aspilicious, jhodgdon, dereine, bjaspan: listing API for field API.

- Patch #754794 by yched: _field_write_instance() writes useless 'entity_type()' info in the serialized 'data' column.'

#706962 by yched: Fixed No way to remove field instance from a bundle without removing instance from all bundles.

- Patch #603236 by bjaspan, catch: add count facility to field_attach_query(). Was ready before code freeze.

- Patch #470242 by yched, bjaspan: fixed namespacing for bundle names to avoid users rendering their site unusable.

- Patch#583020 by c960657 | yched, Dries: fixed warning about missing argument 2 for field_delete_instance() in node_configure_fields().