- Patch #601570 by effulgentsia: hook_exit() and other cleanup needs to happen for AJAX requests too.

- Patch #544360 by Gábor Hojtsy, ksenzee, David_Rothstein, seutje, JacobSingh, paul.lovvik, EclipseGc et al: Dashboard module 1.0. Wo-hoot!

#561452 by pwolanin and David_Rothstein: Add API function to get module/theme info without rebuilding it.

- Patch #351249 by stBorchert, coreyp_1, BrightLoudNoise, catch, kkaefer, sign: finer control over the Parent Menu select box.

#560780 by quicksketch, ksenzee, Arancaytar, yched, and arianek: Added Image Field to image.module. Hellooooo, native image handling in core! :D

#589754 by rfay and Crell: Fixed non-recoverable install if invalid database specified in settings.php.

- Patch #601250 by Dave Reid, VeryMisunderstood: allow anonymous users to use personal contact forms.

#557292 follow-up by dmitrig01 and sun: Fix typo in tpl.php file causing node titles to not be linked.

- Patch #601016 by Dave Reid: remove contact_site_page() and contact_personal_page() and use the forms directly.