#587706 follow-up by plach: trim GET['q'] centrally in request_path() so subsequent places don't have to do it.

#282191 follow-up by plach: Remove ambitious parts of translatable fields UI from core that are no longer relevant, given what made it into Drupal 7.

- Patch #732486 by Damien Tournoud, JacobSingh: drupal_add_http_header()  req ; make Status a normal header and drupal_add_http() header shouldn't return a list of headers.

#710142 by Berdir, moshe weitzman, chx: Handle exceptions in shutdown functions (with tests). Hopefully the last of these weird 'Stack frame in Unknown line 0' errors.

#716348 by grendzy and hefox: Documentation of drupal_get_path() and system table missing the fact that 'profile' is stored there now.

#325169 by moshe weitzman: Move t() to bootstrap.inc to stop fatal errors when called from error handlers.

- Patch #325169 by mundanity, Arancaytar, Crell, chx, picco, alexw: move error/exception handler higher up in the bootstrap process.

#281405: Temporarily raise memory requirement to 40M, to cut down on support requests post-alpha. Let's work to get this back to 32M shortly. :)

- Patch #590656 by pwolanin, Pasqualle: harden one-time login links against vulnerability from disclosure of SQL backups, or SQL 'SELECT' injection.

- Patch #661420 by justinrandell, David_Rothstein: made installation of modules much more efficient.

#358815 by David_Rothstein, meatsack, and John Morahan: Fixed performance of drupal_get_install_files() with large file trees.

- Patch #601548 by Damien Tournoud, moshe weitzman: loosen the dependency between t() and the theming layer.

#281405 by quickcel and catch: Update minimum RAM recommendation to 32MB. Would love to remove this patch by the time we ship.

#619666 by effulgentsia, casey, and catch: Changed Introduce new pattern for drupal_static() in performance-critical functions.

#620688 follow-up by chx and effulgentsia: Fixed drupal_static_reset() is broken, with expanded test coverage.