This is technically "dirt with grass" that's just under a snow
cover, so in darkness the grass on these nodes will also die,
turning it into dirt.

This doesn't convert dirt_with_snow under snow.

This changes the drawtype of fences to NDT_CONNECTED nodebox drawtype.

These nodes are drawn by the client with the needed connections on
the fly as the scene is drawn. There is no logic needed by mods to
modify the nodes.

These fences connect to (1) other fences, (2) planks and (3) tree
trunks, but nothing else. They do not connect to stone, dirt, wool,
etc. This is done by the "connects_to" parameter, which takes groups
and node names.

Due to the way textures are wrapped, we can make these nodes look a
lot better by giving them a special tile.

This change requires minetest/minetest#3503.

As requested by @paramat.
Leaves are preserved by default and only decay when using place + sneak.

Spread ABM intervals evenly across 1 to 16 seconds
16s ensures no nodes are missed when player walks past
Adjust chance values to compensate, for identical action rates
Combine lavacooling ABMs into one, return to chance = 1
Grass growth: add 'neighbors = "air"' to avoid
processing the thousands of underground dirt nodes
Grass death: Reduce action rate to that of grass growth
Fire: Use chance = 1 for flame extinguishing
and flame removal when mod is disabled

This converts the call to minetest.register() for the default
fence node, so it can be called by other mods to quickly
setup other fences.

Since this creates an API, insert it into the game_api.txt.

The api looks like minetest.register(name, {def}), and has two
uncommon fields: "texture" and "material". Any normal nodedef
property can be passed through, except "drawtype". The "fence"
group will always be added.

The default fence recipe is modified to be as follows:
  wood, stick, wood
  wood, stick, wood

This recipe yields 4 fence nodes.

This allows us to create according recipes for acacia, pine,
aspen, and junglewood fences without adding new stick types:

  pine wood, stick, pine wood
  pine wood, stick, pine wood

This is a from-scratch implementation, written by heart but inspired
by (#665 - Add many wooden fences).

Stick and fences nodes are named in a consistent way.

To avoid processing spikes where catch-up is non-essential
Disable in: Lavacooling, grass growing, grass removal
and all fire mod ABMs

Mgv5/mgv7 papyrus schematic now has sand nodes as a base
Add sand beach to mgv5/mgv7 deserts

dont grow cactus on a lying one

use minetest.get_node 2 times less

do a bit what ShadowNinja wrote

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return true if the plant is set