- Patch #836748 by aaronbauman, jhodgdon: improve documentation about install/enable/etc. hook invocation order.

- Patch #635212 by sun, David_Rothstein, ryandekker, tstoeckler: fallback format is not configurable.

- Patch #715108 by Damien Tournoud, Berdir, Josh Waihi, Crell, chx, justinrandell: Make merge queries more consistent and robust.

- Patch #415250 by Jaza, R.Muilwijk, jhodgdon: remove unused parameter from comment_admin_overview().

- Patch #825318 by effulgentsia, katbailey: Drupal.attachBehaviors() is called an extra time, unnecessarily and for document context, when there is no form.

- Patch #836700 by james.elliott: upgrade to jQuery UI 1.8 doesn't include proper dependencies for dialog.

- Patch #690746 by jbrown, Ognyan Kulev, Crell, MichaelCole, Damien Tournoud: text column type doesn't reliably hold serialized variables.

#803926 by dhthwy: Fixed File field shouldn't allow any file extension to be uploaded when the list of allowed extensions is left blank.

- Patch #836962 by aaronbauman: field_cache_clear() called twice sequentially when installing modules.

- Patch #834710 by solotandem, jhodgdon: filter_xss() documentation does not indicate a return value.

#833094 by carlos8f, David_Rothstein: Fixed Ajax requests in installer cause cron to run prematurely.