Added the defaultNorm() method to the DescriptorExtractor class. This method returns the default norm type for each descriptor type. The tests and C/C++ samples were updated to get the norm type directly from the DescriptorExtractor inherited classes.
This was reported in feature report #2182 (http://code.opencv.org/issues/2182). It will make it possible to get the norm type usually applied matching method for each descriptor, instead of passing it manually.
Pull requests:
#943 from jet47:cuda-5.5-support
#944 from jet47:cmake-2.8.11-cuda-fix
#912 from SpecLad:contributing
#934 from SpecLad:parallel-for
#931 from jet47:gpu-test-fixes
#932 from bitwangyaoyao:2.4_fixBFM
#918 from bitwangyaoyao:2.4_samples
#924 from pengx17:2.4_arithm_fix
#925 from pengx17:2.4_canny_tmp_fix
#927 from bitwangyaoyao:2.4_perf
#930 from pengx17:2.4_haar_ext
#928 from apavlenko:bugfix_3027
#920 from asmorkalov:android_move
#910 from pengx17:2.4_oclgfft
#913 from janm399:2.4
#916 from bitwangyaoyao:2.4_fixPyrLK
#919 from abidrahmank:2.4
#923 from pengx17:2.4_macfix
Conflicts:
modules/calib3d/src/stereobm.cpp
modules/features2d/src/detectors.cpp
modules/gpu/src/error.cpp
modules/gpu/src/precomp.hpp
modules/imgproc/src/distransform.cpp
modules/imgproc/src/morph.cpp
modules/ocl/include/opencv2/ocl/ocl.hpp
modules/ocl/perf/perf_color.cpp
modules/ocl/perf/perf_imgproc.cpp
modules/ocl/perf/perf_match_template.cpp
modules/ocl/perf/precomp.cpp
modules/ocl/perf/precomp.hpp
modules/ocl/src/arithm.cpp
modules/ocl/src/canny.cpp
modules/ocl/src/filtering.cpp
modules/ocl/src/haar.cpp
modules/ocl/src/hog.cpp
modules/ocl/src/imgproc.cpp
modules/ocl/src/opencl/haarobjectdetect.cl
modules/ocl/src/pyrlk.cpp
modules/video/src/bgfg_gaussmix2.cpp
modules/video/src/lkpyramid.cpp
platforms/linux/scripts/cmake_arm_gnueabi_hardfp.sh
platforms/linux/scripts/cmake_arm_gnueabi_softfp.sh
platforms/scripts/ABI_compat_generator.py
samples/ocl/facedetect.cpp
