diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6ecca78e05..383bec81f6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Contributing
 
 Symfony2 is an open source, community-driven project. If you'd like to contribute,
 please read the [Contributing Code][1] part of the documentation. If you're submitting
-a pull request, please follow the guidelines in the [Submitting a Patch][2] section.
+a pull request, please follow the guidelines in the [Submitting a Patch][2] section
+and use the [Pull Request Template][3].
 
 [1]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/index.html
 [2]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/patches.html#check-list
+[3]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/patches.html#make-a-pull-request
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f50ccefeb3..8ec144b00d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,17 +46,19 @@ Contributing
 
 Symfony2 is an open source, community-driven project. If you'd like to contribute,
 please read the [Contributing Code][4] part of the documentation. If you're submitting
-a pull request, please follow the guidelines in the [Submitting a Patch][5] section.
+a pull request, please follow the guidelines in the [Submitting a Patch][5] section
+and use [Pull Request Template][6].
 
 Running Symfony2 Tests
 ----------------------
 
 Information on how to run the Symfony2 test suite can be found in the
-[Running Symfony2 Tests][6] section.
+[Running Symfony2 Tests][7] section.
 
 [1]: http://symfony.com/download
 [2]: http://symfony.com/get_started
 [3]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/
 [4]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/index.html
 [5]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/patches.html#check-list
-[6]: http://symfony.com/doc/master/contributing/code/tests.html
+[6]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/patches.html#make-a-pull-request
+[7]: http://symfony.com/doc/master/contributing/code/tests.html
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/InternalController.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/InternalController.php
index 641deb7683..ce674b190c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/InternalController.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/InternalController.php
@@ -31,6 +31,35 @@ class InternalController extends ContainerAware
      */
     public function indexAction($path, $controller)
     {
+        // safeguard
+        if (!is_string($controller)) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('A Controller must be a string.');
+        }
+
+        // check that the controller looks like a controller
+        if (false === strpos($controller, '::')) {
+            $count = substr_count($controller, ':');
+            if (2 == $count) {
+                // the convention already enforces the Controller suffix
+            } elseif (1 == $count) {
+                // controller in the service:method notation
+                list($service, $method) = explode(':', $controller, 2);
+                $class = get_class($this->container->get($service));
+
+                if (!preg_match('/Controller$/', $class)) {
+                    throw new \RuntimeException('A Controller class name must end with Controller.');
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw new \LogicException('Unable to parse the Controller name.');
+            }
+        } else {
+            list($class, $method) = explode('::', $controller, 2);
+
+            if (!preg_match('/Controller$/', $class)) {
+                throw new \RuntimeException('A Controller class name must end with Controller.');
+            }
+        }
+
         $request = $this->container->get('request');
         $attributes = $request->attributes;
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/HttpKernel.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/HttpKernel.php
index 8beaf28c0b..6aba2501d6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/HttpKernel.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/HttpKernel.php
@@ -151,8 +151,13 @@ class HttpKernel extends BaseHttpKernel
 
         $request = $this->container->get('request');
 
-        // controller or URI?
-        if (0 === strpos($controller, '/')) {
+        // controller or URI or path?
+        if (0 === strpos($controller, 'http://') || 0 === strpos($controller, 'https://')) {
+            $subRequest = Request::create($controller, 'get', array(), $request->cookies->all(), array(), $request->server->all());
+            if ($session = $request->getSession()) {
+                $subRequest->setSession($session);
+            }
+        } elseif (0 === strpos($controller, '/')) {
             $subRequest = Request::create($request->getUriForPath($controller), 'get', array(), $request->cookies->all(), array(), $request->server->all());
             if ($session = $request->getSession()) {
                 $subRequest->setSession($session);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Controller/InternalControllerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Controller/InternalControllerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b35ff1424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Controller/InternalControllerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\Controller;
+
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\InternalController;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+class InternalControllerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @expectedException        \RuntimeException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage A Controller class name must end with Controller.
+     */
+    public function testWithAClassMethodController()
+    {
+        $container = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface');
+
+        $controller = new InternalController();
+        $controller->setContainer($container);
+
+        $controller->indexAction('/', 'Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::getPathInfo');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException        \RuntimeException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage A Controller class name must end with Controller.
+     */
+    public function testWithAServiceController()
+    {
+        $container = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface');
+        $container
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('get')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(new Request()))
+        ;
+
+        $controller = new InternalController();
+        $controller->setContainer($container);
+
+        $controller->indexAction('/', 'service:method');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Locale/Tests/Stub/StubLocaleTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Locale/Tests/Stub/StubLocaleTest.php
index ed08aac272..b081815453 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Locale/Tests/Stub/StubLocaleTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Locale/Tests/Stub/StubLocaleTest.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class StubLocaleTest extends LocaleTestCase
 
     public function testGetCurrenciesData()
     {
-        $symbol = $this->isSameAsIcuVersion('4.8') ? 'BR$' : 'R$';
+        $symbol = $this->isGreaterOrEqualThanIcuVersion('4.8') ? 'BR$' : 'R$';
 
         $currencies = StubLocale::getCurrenciesData('en');
         $this->assertEquals($symbol, $currencies['BRL']['symbol']);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpProcess.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpProcess.php
index 90c38af2fe..aeb53475f0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpProcess.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpProcess.php
@@ -57,18 +57,9 @@ class PhpProcess extends Process
     }
 
     /**
-     * Runs the process.
-     *
-     * @param Closure|string|array $callback A PHP callback to run whenever there is some
-     *                                       output available on STDOUT or STDERR
-     *
-     * @return integer The exit status code
-     *
-     * @throws Exception\RuntimeException
-     *
-     * @api
+     * {@inheritdoc}
      */
-    public function run($callback = null)
+    public function start($callback = null)
     {
         if (null === $this->getCommandLine()) {
             if (false === $php = $this->executableFinder->find()) {
@@ -77,6 +68,6 @@ class PhpProcess extends Process
             $this->setCommandLine($php);
         }
 
-        return parent::run($callback);
+        return parent::start($callback);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/PhpProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/PhpProcessTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bcdd2f05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/PhpProcessTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Process\Tests;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Process\PhpProcess;
+
+class PhpProcessTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+
+    public function testNonBlockingWorks()
+    {
+        $expected = 'hello world!';
+        $process = new PhpProcess(<<<PHP
+<?php echo '$expected';
+PHP
+        );
+        $process->start();
+        $process->wait();
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $process->getOutput());
+    }
+}