* Offset updates take place using TransactionWriter
* Refactor TransactionWriter in current state server
* Refactor TransactionWriter in federation sender
* Refactor TransactionWriter in key server
* Refactor TransactionWriter in media API
* Refactor TransactionWriter in server key API
* Refactor TransactionWriter in sync API
* Refactor TransactionWriter in user API
* Fix deadlocking Sync API tests
* Un-deadlock device database
* Fix appservice API
* Rename TransactionWriters to Writers
* Move writers up a layer in sync API
* Document sqlutil.Writer interface
* Add note to Writer documentation
* Updated TransactionWriters, moved locks in roomserver, various other tweaks
* Fix redaction deadlocks
* Fix lint issue
* Rename SQLiteTransactionWriter to ExclusiveTransactionWriter
* Fix us not sending transactions through in latest events updater
* Initial persistence of blacklists
* Move statistics folder
* Make MaxFederationRetries configurable
* Set lower failure thresholds for Yggdrasil demos
* Still write events into database for blacklisted hosts (they can be tidied up later)
* Review comments
Neil Alexander