Minor cleanup from Mikael's review

into  big_geek.:C:/Work/mysql/mysql-5.1-bug17720

Fix this by passing the HA_EXTRA_PREPARE_FOR_DELETE onto the newly added or about to be dropped partitions
so they have an opportunity to close their OS file handle.

into  linux.site:/home/reggie/work/mysql-5.1

into  mysql.com:/home/mydev/mysql-5.1-bug11527

into  mysql.com:/extern/mysql/5.1/generic/mysql-5.1-new

into  mysql.com:/usr/home/bar/mysql-5.1-new.b16316

into  mysql.com:/extern/mysql/5.1/generic/mysql-5.1-new

into  mysql.com:/extern/mysql/5.1/generic/mysql-5.1-new

into  mysql.com:/home/mydev/mysql-5.1-bug11527

(ASCII space).  For Bug#16857.

  Try find in order 'mysqld-nt', 'mysqld', 'mysqld-debug' and 'mysqld-max'
mysqld_safe.sh:
  Don't try 'mysqld-max' before 'mysqld' if no server given, bug#17861

into lmy004.:/work/mysql-5.1-bug17494

into  selena.:H:/MYSQL/src/#17595-mysql-5.0

into lmy004.:/work/mysql-5.1-bug16406

into  mysql.com:/extern/mysql/5.0/bug17476/mysql-5.0

into lmy004.:/work/mysql-5.1-bug17494

into  mysql.com:/home/alexi/bugs/mysql-5.1-merged

into  mysql.com:/home/alexi/bugs/mysql-5.1-16175

                 time per connection
  Removed const_string() method from Item_string (it was only used in one
  place, in a bad way). Defer possible SP variable, and access data directly
  instead, in date_format item.

  cloned

into mysql.com:/M50/mysql-5.0

xml.result, xml.test:
  Adding test case.
item_xmlfunc.cc:
  Fixed that Item_nodeset_func derived classes
  didn't take into account charset of the XML value
  and always worked using "binary" charset.

database
 - Fix test case for systems with "lowercase names"

into serg.mylan:/usr/home/serg/Abk/mysql-5.1

per run, failing ALL mysql_real_connect() calls - nobody noticed,
the test always appeared to "pass".

into  mysql.com:/usr/home/bar/mysql-5.1-new.b14527

into mysql.com:/M50/mysql-5.0

into lmy004.:/work/mysql-5.1-bug17494

into lmy004.:/work/mysql-5.1-bug16406

into mysql.com:/home/hf/work/mysql-5.1.mrg

into mysql.com:/home/hf/work/mysql-5.0.9088

into mysql.com:/home/hf/work/mysql-5.0.9088

into  mysql.com:/home/mydev/mysql-5.1-bug11527