Review pull requests

[manuschneider]

The pull requests have been piling up for a while. Some of the changes are needed in current projects, and it would be great if they could be approved soon. Please check the requests, comment and approve what can be merged. I marked my requests with Pending check/approval where they are ready to be merged.

[ianmccul]

I don't have write access but I'll get codex to review the high priority ones