* issue 400.2.4: register IResearchView sync tasks with IResearchFeature, remove unused configuration parameter
* set flag before notify, fix failures in new tests from 'devel'
* revert set flag before notify, fix more failures in new tests from 'devel'
* fix even more failures in new tests from 'devel', backport: do not reset notification flag if pending tasks were seen
* fix still more failures in new tests from 'devel'
* try to work around buggy test failures
* issue 401.2: split IResearchViewMeta into the user configurable part and internal state
* backport: update documentation and integration tests to reflect the IResearchViewMeta changes
* backport: addresss typo
* backport: address another typo