AVRO-1436. C#: Fix tests to run multiple times.  Contributed by David Taylor.

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AVRO-1441. Java: Improve documentation for Maven configuration.  Contributed by Jesse Anderson.

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AVRO-1447. Java: Remove dead code from example in documentation.  Contributed by Jesse Anderson.

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tweak test to reduce runtime from 2 minutes to 10 seconds


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AVRO-1439. Java: Add AvroMultipleInputs for mapred.  Contributed by Harsh J.

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AVRO-974. Add a Perl implementation of Avro.  Contributed by Yann Kerhervé & John Karp.

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AVRO-1449. Java: Optionally validate default values while reading schemas.

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AVRO-1439. Fix to work when -Dhadoop.version=2.
Hadoop2 depends on Commons Codec 1.3, while Hadoop1 depends on 1.4.


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AVRO-1458. Java: Setting char record field via reflection affects other fields

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AVRO-1455. Deep copy does not need to create new instances for primitives.

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AVRO-1454. Java: Fix GenericData#toString and AvroAsTextRecordReader to generate valid Json for NaN and infinities.

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AVRO-1472. Java: Clarify parse method in getting started guide.  Contributed by Michael Knapp.

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AVRO-1473. Java: Fix references to names in the empty namespace.  Contributed by Gabriel Reid.

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AVRO-1465. Java: Improve the error message when union dispatch fails.  Contributed by Gabriel Reid.

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AVRO-1459. Ruby: Fix a typo in Rakefile that breaks 'gem install'.  Contributed by Tomas Svarovsky.

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AVRO-1471. Java: Permit writing generated code in different character encodings.  Contributed by Eugene Mustaphin.

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AVRO-1482. In specification, place null first in unions as best practice.

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AVRO-1402. Support for DECIMAL type (as a record mapping).

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Revert r1584605. AVRO-1402. Support for DECIMAL type (as a record mapping).

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AVRO-1402. Add optional subtypes to specification.  Contributed by tomwhite & Ryan Blue.

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