Upgrade to D8 Fails on Windows / PHP 5.4.7

Problem/Motivation

I tested the d7 to d8 upgrade path on my local dev system, and I failed to complete the process.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. `drush dl drupal` (drupal 7.22)
2. `drush si --db-url....` (standard install profile)
3. Added two nodes, one basic page, one article with tags and an image. Each node with link in menu.
4. Deleted all files outside sites directory
5. `wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-8.x-dev.zip` last updated April 8, 2013
6. Copied all files except sites directory into drupal root directory
7. Visited example.com/update.php
8. Was redirected to example.com/core/update.php
9. WSOD
10. Visited example.com and got this error message: `Fatal error: Call to a member function get() on a non-object in \path\to\drupal\core\lib\Drupal.php on line 212`

My system:

• Windows Vista 64bit
• Xampp 1.8.1
• PHP 5.4.7
• Apache 2.4.3

I expected the update to run without errors, instead of the white screen of death. I'm having trouble tracking down an error related to update.php in my error log, but I'm definitely seeing a 500 status code in my access log.

Proposed Resolution

Discover whether the problem is my system or patch/commit drupal-8.x branch.