Introduct :auto mode for :file_staging_uses_destdir which tries the dest_dir first and falls back to tmpdir when unsuccessful.
Use platform_specific_path in chef shell
Fixes based on PR comments.
Dedicated error for content staging issues. Comment fixes in config.rb.
stop recomputing locale -a constantly

fixes an outstanding issue on the locale -a guessing
also fixes perf issues in the rspec tests (e.g. deploy
provider)
Merge pull request #2427 from opscode/jdmundrawala/path-sep-refactor

Use platform_specific_path in chef shell
Merge pull request #2424 from opscode/sersut/chef-2356

:auto mode for :file_staging_uses_destdir
Fix typo in release notes.
Revert 7ff6de20561ba20b0a6876c66e1ddd3271a10084 as we don't need it
anymore; bug has been fixed plus we don't care about Ruby 1.8.7.
Put back "gem update --system"
Merge pull request #2425 from opscode/lcg/memoize-locale

stop recomputing locale -a constantly
Merge branch 'tball/restore-050d148' - this merges PR https://github.com/opscode/chef/pull/2073 into master after the force-push shenanigans
WIP: lazy deep merging
remove lots of useless deep merge duping
remove cache resetting
fix ImmutableAttributeModification exception
fix reset_cache specs busted by removing that
add specs busted by dup removal
typo fix in specs
revert to serdar's deep_merge de-dup version