- Patch #331611 by sun, joshmiller, TheRec, Rob Loach, Damien Tournoud: add a poormanscron-like feature to core.

#326539 by JohnAlbin, sun, cha0s, ultimateboy, Rob Loach, Damien Tournoud: Convert 'class' attribute to use an array, not a string.

- Patch #552958 by Gábor Hojtsy: create 'regional and language' section in 'configuration and modules'.

#551080 by Gábor Hojtsy: List non-container items (stuff in the toolbar) on /admin for a complete overview.

#517814 by jmstacey, justinrandell, pwolanin, drewish, Jody Lynn, aaron, dopry, and c960657: Converted File API to stream wrappers, for enhanced private/public file handling, and the ability to reference other storage mechanisms such as s3:// and flicker://.

#370454 follow-up by chx: Enhance comments to page cache simplification patch, and add in missing settings.default.php hunk.

- Patch #508458 by catch, Gábor Hojtsy, yoroy: created 'Configuration and modules' section so we can start moving over configuration items. Let's see how this goes ...

#531476 by aaron and mfb: Add favicon mimetype as a theme setting to avoid expensive calls to file system.

#489762 by JohnAlbin: Add theme lineage information to .info file cache and fix several edge-case bugs.

- Patch #536440 by Gábor Hojtsy: the attached patch moves the Structure >> Themes section to the top level Appearance item as outlined in the D7UX IA.

- Patch #511748 by moshe weitzman: pushing rending to later in the cycle so there is more room for customization.

- Patch #211747 by chx, alex_b, dww: allow specifying version information as part of module dependencies.

#193366 by Anthony Hersey: Move various rebuild functions to module page submission rather than viewing for vastly increased performance.

- Patch #497590 by Dave Reid: remove pointless 'system paths only' warning from admin/settings/site-information.

- Patch #276615 by mikeytown2: only clear the CSS cache when submitting the form, not when displaying the form.

- Patch #221399 by smk-ka, jeffschuler, lilou, earnie et al: make it possible to enable blocks on 404 pages.

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