#368674 by bjaspan, Eaton, chx, and yched: Provide hooks to allow hybrid field/bundle-level storage for fields in core.
#297972 by scor, yched, Steven Jones, and heyrocker: Allow drupal_execute() to be performed within batch API (with tests).
#369964 by yched and bjaspan: Refactor field validation and error reporting. Field API no longer coupled to Form API. Hooray.
#410638 follow-up by foxtrotcharlie and David Rothstein: Fix help text on blocks so that 'Powered by' doesn't show up on all system blocks.
- Patch #273137 by pwolanin, David_Rothstein, chx, et al: split navigation to user and administration menu. Will require follow-up patches.
- Patch #353883 by Damien Tournoud, killes, et al: converted queries to the new database abstraction layer.
- Patch #309586 by mr.baileys: IP address from XFF header contains spaces and improved code comments.
#402804 by roychri and Damien Tournoud: Add assertions to check if text was found only once or more than once.
- Patch #394488 by csevb10, tizzo et al: convert the OpenID module to the new database abstraction layer.
- Patch #394374 by cwgordon7, wretched sinner, et al: improved language of comment status. Usability improvement based on testing in Baltimore.
