Guys, I finalized and pushed ignite-1282 branch (binary object format) into ignite-1.5. Even though there were no comments from the community around the design on the latest stages of the development, I encourage community to take a look at the changes and provide feedback.
Also, while I was finalizing the branch, I fixed some issues that were introduced by the latest optimizations and merges between ignite-1.5 and ignite-1282. Even though the TC was good, it does not mean it revealed all the sporadic test failures, so if you see a suspicious test, please post it here on in a separate topic. Thanks! --AG