Background Updates: Spread them over the hour. Props Pento. Merges r26149 to the 3.7 branch. Fixes #25833 for 3.7.

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Update the 3.7 branch's version numbers. fixes #25985.

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Default Themes: Update POT files for the 3.7 branch.

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Forward pingback IP during pingback verification.

Merges [27872] to the 3.7 branch.

props tellyworth, nacin.
fixes #27613.

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Background Updates: Fix a PHP fatal error which could be encountered on some systems when using FTP.

Merges [26148] from 3.8 to the 3.7 branch.

props dd32.
fixes #25817.

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When checking filesystem permissions for core updates, only check the permissions of the files which we need to alter.

Merges [26014] from 3.8 to the 3.7 branch.

fixes #25771.

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Core Upgrader success statistics: Pass the version of WordPress we're upgrading from, as well as the version being upgraded to.

Merges [26016] and [26017] from 3.8 to the 3.7 branch.

fixes #25772.

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Updates: When a failed Background Update occurs, only show the failed update nag if the user hasn't yet updated if it was an early abort.

Merges [26186] from 3.8 to the 3.7 branch.

props SergeyBiryukov.
fixes #25887.

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Core Updates: Fix a case where options (db_version specifically) can end up with stale values in the cache after a update is performed.

Merges [26448] and [26734] from 3.8 to the 3.7 branch.

props dd32.
fixes #26173.

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Cron: Fix a case where a cache inconsistency can cause wp_clear_scheduled_hook() to enter an infinite loop.

Merges [26782] from 3.8 to the 3.7 branch.

props dd32.
fixes #25773.

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Fix a regression in wp_mkdir_p() where the $mode of the parent folder is not correctly applied to all created paths.

Merges [26449] and [26927] from 3.8.x to the 3.7 branch.

props dd32.
fixes #25822.

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Prefix the notoptions cache key in the multisite site-options group with $wpdb->siteid to avoid collisions.

Merges [26304] (and [26305]) from 3.8 to the 3.7 branch.

props wonderboymusic.
fixes #25883.

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Remove links_recently_updated_time (hardening).

Merges [27917] from the 3.8 branch to 3.7 branch.

see #27649.

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Update Plupload Silverlight binary to 1.5.8 in the 3.7 branch.

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Background Updates: Record plugin & theme update statistics like we do for core updates.

Pass plugin/theme update objects into the Background updater for consistency with core & translations.

Merges [27905] to the 3.7 branch.

props dd32.
fixes #27633.

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Background Updates: Fix a PHP Warning caused by a Upgrader instance being passed into the Theme & Plugin $extra_stats parameter.
Background Updates: Fix two variable typos in r27905

Merges [27906],	[27928]	to the 3.7 branch.
Fixes #27633.

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Better checks for contributors when saving posts.

Merges [27976] from the 3.8 branch to the 3.7 branch.

props dd32, kovshenin, plocha.
fixes #27452.

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Avoid stomping of bulk postdata inside the bulk_edit_posts() loop.

Merges [27990] to the 3.7 branch.

props kovshenin.
see [27964], see #27452.

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3.7.2-RC1

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Harden HMAC verification. props duck_. [28053] for 3.7.

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