(cherry picked from commit 1c3d83df)

(cherry picked from commit 3ef067cc)

(cherry picked from commit f903192c)

use continuous memory for internal buffers

(cherry picked from commit e2a9df40)

(cherry picked from commit 036c3b4e)

(cherry picked from commit 7b1eb3af)

(cherry picked from commit 6a05939e)

(cherry picked from commit 3934d61d)

(cherry picked from commit 32d7c195)

(cherry picked from commit 887736bc)

(cherry picked from commit 1b8c2589)

(cherry picked from commit 3a1bb933)

(cherry picked from commit dfb49097)

(cherry picked from commit d7bb1025)

And refactor the code to make sure that the dev and runtime package lists are
in sync.

(cherry picked from commit 4722b2d0)

(cherry picked from commit f100cdb6)

This ensures that test data is not dependent on the order the tests are
executed in.

(cherry picked from commit 1245cd17)

(cherry picked from commit 793bdaad)

(cherry picked from commit 370d1ff2)

(cherry picked from commit 47cee871)

(cherry picked from commit b70e27e0)

(cherry picked from commit d1b882dd)

(cherry picked from commit b2489d31)

(cherry picked from commit 7719da95)

(cherry picked from commit 85576598)

opening a folder is system specific - made system specific code
added license