- Patch #566494 by Dave Reid, chx, JoshuaRogers, David_Rothstein, Gábor Hojtsy, moshe weitzman, Rob Loach, TheRec, catch: fixed cron doing a full bootstrap on every page request (including cached ones).

- Patch #607238 by agentrickard: fixed user_modules_uninstalled() calling hook_permission() for already uninstalled modules.

#601642 by ctmattice1: Fixed Old databases might have a small {system}.weight, to help fix upgrade path.

#211182 by Damien Tournoud, David_Rothstein, clemens.tolboom, scor, hunmonk, et al: Allow updates to specify dependencies to ensure they run in a predictable order.

- Patch #539220 by dww, mr.baileys: missing validation handlers should not be silently ignored by FAPI.

#700686 by dww: Make ArchiverInterface::listContents() return a simple list of files, rather than a keyed array, which is inconsistent between extension handlers.

#700862 by David_Rothstein: Fixed Test for empty node log messages doesn't actually test what it's supposed to.

- Patch #579448 by c960657: fixed OpenID specification violation. Search for OP Identifier element to authenticate.

#504076 follow-up by jhodgdon, yoroy, sun, et al: Scare the living bejeebus out of people in the text format configuration help text.