Forward pingback IP during pingback verification.

Merges [27872] to the 3.8 branch.

props tellyworth, nacin.
fixes #27613.

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Fix validation issue in get_the_password_form() caused by wpautop().

Merges [27134] to the 3.8 branch.

props andykeith.
fixes #27071.

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Use .screen-reader-text class instead of an alt attribute for overlay button labels on Themes screen.

Merges [27119] to the 3.8 branch.

props bramd.
fixes #26603.

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Themes screen: Use a normal error for WP_Theme errors.

Merges [27760] to the 3.8 branch.

fixes #27235.

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Fix two CSS issues in the 3.8 branch.

 * Comments dashboard widget: Use the proper class to avoid stretched "unapproved" red lines. [27564]
 * Fix the tags input in small viewports and make it a more reasonable size. (Was unusable in Firefox.) [27254]

fixes #26910, #27082.

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Revert [27609] from the 3.8 branch, as it should have been applied to trunk. see #27453.

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Remove links_recently_updated_time (hardening).

Merges some of [27916] to the 3.8 branch.

props Tom Adams.
see #27649.

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Update Plupload Silverlight binary to 1.5.8 in the 3.8 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 3.8 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 3.8 branch.
Fixes #27633.

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Better checks for contributors when saving posts.

Merges [27964] and [27975] to the 3.8 branch.

props dd32, kovshenin, plocha.
see #27452.

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

Merges [27990] to the 3.8 branch.

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

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3.8.2-RC1

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Harden HMAC verification. props duck_. [28053] for 3.8.

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Bump Akismet external in the 3.8 branch to 2.6.0.


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3.8.2

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Tag 3.8.2

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more submodules updates
Merge tag '3.8.2' of git://github.com/WordPress/WordPress into lechnology
upstream updates