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* fix source/path and GIT_* issues, 801
* fix invalid assertion, 855
* environ.py refactor/clenup, 856
* Better messaging for yaml parsing errors, 862
* fix typo, 863
* make CONDA_PY and CONDA_NPY available in build.sh, 837
* execute source fetchers (e.g., git, hg) in the _build environment, 843
* use memory map rather than read() to reduce memory usage, 866
* fix svn url on Windows in checkout tool test, 867
* fix empty files bug, 869
* improve Visual Studio logic, 861
* add files in order of increasing size to improve access times to tar, 870
* VS_YEAR, VS_VERSION, VS_MAJOR and CMAKE_GENERATOR environment variables, 872