Added mantidqt.python_interfaces_directory as one of the Mantid properties that needs to be transformed from relative to absolute. Re #1881

Rename Framework code directory to just that. Also delete Main and VS & Eclipse project file. Re #1881.

Fixed the particular issue of python crashing, but it is not clear for me why Mantid should work at all without Mantid.properties file. re #1594

  InstrumentName

This means there will be two input properties which can be used to specify and IDF:

  Filename
  InstrumentName

If Filename is specified then use that this filename. If not then it is required that an InstrumentName is specified. And an appropriate filename is created at runtime (search the Workspace's Run object for "startdate"/"starttime" and get IDF search directory from Config) 

Modify all loaders (except LoadEmptyInstrument) to load inst using this InstrumentName property
 
re #1997

Fix a small bug when saving a user properties file that contains line continuation characters. Fixes #1935

CPR tests are due.

Updated Python scripting startup to be slightly friendlier to this. 
Mantid part first so that the build goes in the right order.
Re #1791

Added trailing slash to release dir in ConfigService. Adding it to MANTIDPATH is both non-standard and makes other parts of the code break. Re #1594

Long overdue one-liner that will make life in pythonland much easier (MANTIDPATH environment variable). Re #1594

re #1691 - adjusting ConfigService to send POCO Notifications on change of a user property. Adding test for this. Adjusting the InstrumentSelector widget in MantidPlot to pick up on these signals and act on them.

Removed references to instrument prefixes which are now handled with the facilities XML file. The MantidPlot config dialog now includes the instrument selector widget rather than a standard combobox. Re #1533

Added getInstrumentFilename() method to return the filename of the instrument geometry defintion file. refs #1463

Also cleared some warnings. Re #1416

more doxygen warning hunting

Added new class MaskedProperty to mask some of the properties of ICat algorithms
Added ICat download directory to Build/Tests/Mantid.Properties file

Add a curve fitting page to the MantidPlot settings dialog to allow setting the AutoBackground property. Also fixed a minor issue in the Config service saveConfig that was overly zealous with adding new line endings to the saved file. Re #1310

Fix for problems with saving property files that contain line continuation characters. Also added a test for this. Re #1248.

Fix for Windows when ConfigService saving causes a crash if it encounters a blank line in the original file. Re #1248

Allow property values within the ConfigService to be changed at run time. Added a function to save the current configuration to a file. Re #1248

Re-jig the ConfigService so that the logging doesn't start up until after the Mantid.user.properties file has been dealt with. Re #1161.

Downgrade some of the logging messages in the ConfigService - they weren't necessarily errors and could be confusing. Re #1161.

Update SANS script and interface to include options to specify the range over which the transmission curve should be fitted. Re #1153.
Minor update to ConfigService to correctly handle non-existant directories in the properties file. Re #1152

Improved the handling of scripts paths in the ConfigService so that there are two separate keys for the Python scripts: those required by Mantid and those specified by users.
Updated SANS interface so that it better handles being unable to find the reduction script. Re #1152