allow all bits values as type parameters. closes #6081
Make Latex completion in strings
commit msys_build.sh for reusing dependencies from nightlies

(cherry picked from commit a716faf52f175ae7f5b5a277af0bbc9530481c27)

add linux-to-windows cross compile to msys_build.sh

be more careful about ARCH vs XC_HOST

use windows version of 7z with wine for cross-compile

use pcre_h.jl from binary instead of downloading pcre rpm

use a switch case, remove appveyor specific code

(cherry picked from commit b3b84568c0936162178eed473b62c9d22e80e0bc)
Create appveyor.yml

(cherry picked from commit fae354ea0a8977654906987502e3b3e8843d6873)

Don't run appveyor on personal branches for now

they should still build when there is a PR opened for them
(cherry picked from commit 9322ca44b791a05657f9d1eef852ee1c7d514647)
add release-0.3 to appveyor

modify msys_build.sh to download release installer instead of nightly

remove commented-out MSVC parts

release-0.3 uses utf8proc instead of mojibake
Add AppVeyor build status badge

modify status badges for release-0.3 branch
Merge pull request #9173 from JuliaLang/tk/backport-appveyor

RFC: backport appveyor to release-0.3
Fixes space completion in paths in the REPL like: cd C:\\Program\ Files\\
Document `join`'s optional `last` parameter.

From #9159
(cherry picked from commit 6ee0fcbeee2a550f30bbc9adde78628e0d1010f9)
Add some more release-candidate steps

from PR #8758, removed item 9 which is not applicable to release branch
(cherry picked from commit 3dbe554c9b077fadbdd5457bc7f1467de113d6be)

Conflicts:
	Makefile
make curl flags more robust in msys_build.sh

use https://status.julialang.org

set MARCH on appveyor

(cherry picked from commit ce29d785098564b61af0c65113595b1af7ba0acb)

[ci skip] since this is expected to fail on win32 right now due to #9185
improve/fix windows backtraces and win64 memory over-consumption issue

cherry-pick of 'Merge pull request #9190 from JuliaLang/jn/win32_backtraces'
Fix #9146 by changing signature in umferror from Int to Integer
Forcefully add files in `Pkg.generate`

Makes the generation more robust and avoids potential clashes with any
global `.gitignore`.

ref: #9193
(cherry picked from commit 847c134f8667b8637d4d8ccf5dd8eb6f74288a4e)
Merge pull request #9164 from dhoegh/Backport_space_in_path_completion

Backport of #8838 and #9143 squashed
Merge pull request #9165 from dhoegh/Backport_latex_completion_strings

Backport of #8989 and #9137 squashed.
code formatting cleanup
wip: corrected debuginfo for windows dll's

Conflicts:
	src/debuginfo.cpp
determine jl_in_sysimg based on memory location rather than file name

(cherry picked from commit a140c6b7cbfbb9d92e22b11f917ad9b1f7af7377)
fix typos & such

(cherry picked from commit 7a14b3fc2e0e4b0117734a413f207e2fad67e7fc)

Conflicts:
	src/debuginfo.cpp