#118345 by sun: Make user.module conform to standard presave/insert/update/form_alter hook paradigm.

- Patch #122098 by Damien Tournoud, catch, mdixoncm: split comment.timestamp into 'created' and 'changed' columns, just like for nodes.

- Patch #597832 by markus_petruxm: add (),  arguments to field_access() to enhance the context for hook_field_access().

- Patch #564886 by dmitrig01, JacobSingh, clemens.tolboom, David_Rothstein: remove 'expanded' checkbox from menu item overview.

#67234 by Ralf, Dave Reid, David_Rothstein, Rob Loach, dww, et al: Added a permission to update.php.

#592704 by BarisW and Mike Wacker: Display number of unapproved comments in the approval queue menu item.

- Patch #572618 by effulgentsia, pwolanin, sun: all theme functions should take a single argument. Code clean-up and performance improvement. Woot.

- Patch #597784 by Dave Reid: rename 'administer site-wide contact form' to 'administer contact forms'.

- Patch #595982 by moshe, chx: use #tableselect instead of ugly theming on admin users and admin nodes.

- Patch #456088 by dww, JohnAlbin | Dave Reid, Gábor Hojtsy, pwolanin, tic2000, meba: sub-themes not notified of security updates for base themes.

- Patch #343502 by Dave Reid, sun | dbabbage, Dries, boombatower: allow tests to require and test existence of modules. Required to make testing contributed modules possible.

#412518 by catch, bangpound, and yched: Convert taxonomy_node_* to field API (with upgrade path). Say buh-bye to old, crusty code.