allow sstable2json to work on index sstable files
patch by jbellis and tjake for CASSANDRA-3059

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Remove assertion causing test failures because GarbageCollectorMXBean sucks

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Fix NPE in describe_ring with a mixed cluster.
Patch by brandonwilliams, reviewed by jbellis for CASSANDRA-3032

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merge from 0.7

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clarify index_interval explanation
patch by mdennis for CASSANDRA-3074

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Fix parsing of the Keyspace and ColumnFamily names in numeric and string representations in CLI
patch by Pavel Yaskevich; reviewed by Jonathan Ellis for CASSANDRA-3075

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Always hint counters
patch by slebresne; reviewed by jbellis for CASSANDRA-3099


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fix log4j initialization in EmbeddedCassandraService
patch by jbellis; reviewed by tjake for CASSANDRA-2857

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add http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#cli_keys to 0.8 Upgrading section

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fix corner cases in Range.differenceToFetch
patch by Tyler Hobbs; reviewed by Stu Hood for CASSANDRA-3084

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update CHANGES for #3023 and #3044

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Add validation that Keyspace names are case-insensitively unique
patch by Jonathan Ellis; reviewed by Pavel Yaskevich for CASSANDRA-3066

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Catch invalid key_validation_class before instantiating UpdateColumnFamily
patch by Jonathan Ellis; reviewed by Pavel Yaskevich for CASSANDRA-3102

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make Range and Bounds objects client-safe
patch by Mck SembWever and jbellis for CASSANDRA-3108

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Make repair report failure when a participating node dies
patch by slebresne; reviewed by jbellis for CASSANDRA-2433


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Fix handling of the empty byte buffer by ReversedType
patch by frousseau; reviewed by slebresne for CASSANDRA-3111


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