Update 2.11 release notes Change-Id: I77df2fe448bd416856e36beb8bff3190e72293fa
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.11.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.11.txt index 43a8ce6..6a88ede 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.11.txt +++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.11.txt
@@ -121,8 +121,14 @@ Change Screen ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +* Remove the 'Edit Message' button from the change screen. ++ +The commit message is now edited using the inline edit feature. + * Show the parent commit's subject as a tooltip. +* Decorate abandoned changes in the 'Related Changes' list with a dark red dot. + * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2541[Issue 2541], link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2974[Issue 2974]: Allow the 'Reply' button's @@ -132,6 +138,8 @@ Side-By-Side Diff ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +* New button to switch between side-by-side diff and unified diff. + * New preference setting to toggle auto-hiding of the diff table header. + The setting determines whether or not the diff table header with the patch set @@ -161,6 +169,13 @@ Changes ^^^^^^^ +* The https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/2.11/rest-api-changes.html#message[ +Edit Commit Message] endpoint is deprecated in favor of the new +link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.11/rest-api-changes.html#put-change-edit-message[ +Change commit message in Change Edit] and +link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.11/rest-api-changes.html#publish-edit[ +Publish Change Edit] endpoints. + * Add new link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.11/rest-api-changes.html#check-change[ check change endpoint]. @@ -365,6 +380,11 @@ register static/init.js as WebUi extension if found by the plugin content scanner. +* Plugins can validate outgoing emails. ++ +Plugins implementing `OutgoingEmailValidationListener` interface can filter +and modify outgoing emails before they are sent. + * Plugins that provide initialization steps may now use functionality from InitUtil in core Gerrit. @@ -374,6 +394,9 @@ ** Get mergeable status. ** link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=461[Issue 461]: Get current user. +** Get file content. +** Get file diff. +** Get comments and drafts. Replication ^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -387,11 +410,11 @@ Daemon ~~~~~~ -* Change "Merge topic" to "Merge changes from topic". +* Change 'Merge topic' to 'Merge changes from topic'. + When multiple changes from a topic are submitted resulting in a merge commit, -the title of the merge commit is now "Merge changes from topic" instead of -"Merge topic". +the title of the merge commit is now 'Merge changes from topic' instead of +'Merge topic'. * Fix visibility checks for `refs/meta/config`. + @@ -404,7 +427,7 @@ Improve warning messages when Change-Id is missing in the commit message. ** Add a hint to amend the commit after installing the commit-msg hook. -** Don't show "Suggestion for commit message" when Change-Id is missing. +** Don't show 'Suggestion for commit message' when Change-Id is missing. Secondary Index / Search @@ -438,9 +461,55 @@ Change Screen ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2894[Issue 2894]: +Link to change screen for merged or abandoned changes in the 'Related Changes' +list. ++ +For changes in the 'Related Changes' tab that are closed the link was +bringing the user to GitWeb, and not as expected to the change screen. + +* Show a confirmation dialog before deleting a draft change or patch set. ++ +Previously there was no confirmation and a draft change or revision patch +set would be lost if the button was accidentally clicked. + +* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2533[Issue 2533]: +Improve the layout and color scheme of buttons. ++ +Several improvements have been made: ++ +** Move 'Publish' and 'Delete Change/Revision' buttons into header. ++ +If a change/revision is a draft the natural next step is to publish (or delete) +it, hence these buttons should be displayed in a more prominent place. + +** Highlight the 'Publish' button in blue. ++ +If a change is a draft the natural next step is to publish it, hence +the 'Publish' button should be highlighted similar to the quick +approve button. + +** Fix the border color of buttons on the reply popup. ++ +The buttons are blue but had white borders, which was inconsistent with the +buttons on the change screen. + +** Remove red color for 'Abandon' and 'Restore' buttons. ++ +There is nothing dangerous about these operations that justifies +highlighting the buttons in red color. When the buttons are clicked +there is a popup where the user must confirm the operation, so it can +still be cancelled. + +** Hide quick approve button for draft changes. ++ +A draft change cannot be submitted, hence quick approving it is not that +important. Hiding the quick approve button on draft changes makes space in the +header for displaying more important actions such as 'Publish'. + * Differentiate between conflicts and already merged errors in cherry-pick + -When a cherry-pick operation failed with "Cherry pick failed" error, there was no +When a cherry-pick operation failed with 'Cherry pick failed' error, there was no way to know the reason for the failure: merge conflict or the commit is already on the target branch. These failures are now differentiated and a proper error is reported to the client. @@ -477,8 +546,8 @@ * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3007[Issue 3007]: Make the selected tab persistent. + -If a change from the "Same Topic" tab was clicked, the selected tab would reset -to the default tab ("Related Changes"). +If a change from the 'Same Topic' tab was clicked, the selected tab would reset +to the default tab ('Related Changes'). Side-By-Side Diff @@ -494,7 +563,7 @@ * Fix alignment of checkboxes on project access screen. + -The "Exclusive" checkbox was not aligned with the other checkboxes. +The 'Exclusive' checkbox was not aligned with the other checkboxes. REST API ~~~~~~~~