Issue #2487588 by YesCT, Leksat, Schnitzel, alexpott, anavarre, xjm: Move CMI import/export directory "staging" to "sync", as it is confused with staging environments

Issue #2452499 by arpitr: Remove deprecated function definition for entity_load_by_uuid() and its references

Issue #356399 by dawehner, beejeebus, catch, sidharrell, klausi, nlisgo, Josh Waihi, Berdir, martin107: Optimize the route rebuilding process to rebuild on write

Issue #2395395 by alexpott, effulgentsia, Gábor Hojtsy: TestBase lacks a config method to be used consistently in tests

Issue #2312093 by alexpott, yched, andypost, swentel | xjm: Rename FieldInstanceConfig to FieldConfig.

Issue #2287727 by yched, swentel, alexpott: Rename Field[instance]Config classes and entity types (again).

Issue #697760 by sun: Replace getInfo() in tests with native phpDoc + annotations (following PHPUnit).

Issue #1906810 by dawehner, damiankloip, tstoeckler, kgoel, fubhy, jrglasgow, xjm, Gaelan, socketwench: Require type hints for automatic entity upcasting.

Revert "Issue #1906810 by dawehner, damiankloip, tstoeckler, kgoel, fubhy, jrglasgow, xjm, Gaelan, socketwench: Require type hints for automatic entity upcasting."

This reverts commit c9e73f7d.

Issue #1906810 by dawehner, damiankloip, tstoeckler, kgoel, fubhy, jrglasgow, xjm, Gaelan, socketwench: Require type hints for automatic entity upcasting.

Issue #2277941 by yched: Allow injecting an arbitrary FieldConfig when building a FieldInstanceConfig.