Don't perform some API self-tests in production mode for performance reasons

The API does a fair number of self tests and locking to assure that the
registered commands are consistent and will work. This does not need
to be done on a production system and adds additional overhead causing
somewhere between a 30 and 50% decrease in performance.

Because makeapi is executed when a build is done ensure that it is
executed in developer mode to ensure that the framework is ok.

ticket 751

makeapi

@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ def main():
         verbose=0,
         validate_api=True,
         enable_ra=True,
+        mode='developer',
     )
 
     api.bootstrap(**cfg)