- Patch #202775 by michaelfavia, jabapyth: fixed database testing and error handling during installation.

#483808 by chx and Crell: Default DBTNG conditions to IN when an array of values is passed in, to match the field query API.

#392494 by yched and bjaspan: Provide a query API for Field API. This is necessary because we can't assume fields will be stored in a database, due to pluggable storage backends.

- Patch #156582 by c960657, Damien Tournoud, townxelliot: added support for timeouts to drupal_http_request().

#480660 follow-up by c960657: unset variables, since array_slice() can cause issues on some versions of PHP.

- Patch #481794 by mr.baileys: made the one-time link be active immediately so we can remove a hack from the tests.

- Patch #361277 by michaelfavia, Brandonian, catch, et al: remove the 'post settings' admin screen and relocate options.

#445748 by dww and Dave Reid: Add a hook_update_projects_alter() for modules that wish to do modify data in update status module.