| Release notes for Gerrit 2.9 |
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| Gerrit 2.9 is now available: |
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| link:https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.9.war[ |
| https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.9.war] |
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| *WARNING:* Support for Java 1.6 has been discontinued. |
| As of Gerrit 2.9, Java 1.7 is required. |
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| Schema Change |
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| *WARNING:* This release contains schema changes. To upgrade: |
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| java -jar gerrit.war init -d site_path |
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| *WARNING:* Upgrading to 2.9.x requires the server be first upgraded to 2.1.7 (or |
| a later 2.1.x version), and then to 2.9.x. If you are upgrading from 2.2.x.x or |
| later, you may ignore this warning and upgrade directly to 2.9.x. |
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| Release Highlights |
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| * 'Gerrit Inspector' for interactive inspection and troubleshooting of a running |
| Gerrit instance. |
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| New Features |
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| ssh |
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| * New `--all-reviewers` option on the `query` command allowing query results |
| to include information about all reviewers added on the change. |
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| * New link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/cmd-apropos.html[ |
| `apropos` command] to search the Gerrit documentation. |
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| * Deprecated `@CommandMetaData(descr)` has been discontinued. As of Gerrit 2.9 |
| `@CommandMetaData(description)` annotation must be used. |
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| REST API |
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| Documentation |
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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| * link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/rest-api-documentation#search-documentation.html[ |
| Search documentation]. |
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| Daemon |
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| * link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/dev-inspector.html[ |
| Gerrit Inspector]: interactive Jython shell. |
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| New `-s` option is added to the Daemon to start an interactive Jython shell for inspection and |
| troubleshooting of live data of the Gerrit instance. |
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| Bug Fixes |
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| Configuration |
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| * The number of accounts shown on the 'Become Any Account' login |
| screen is increased from 5 to 100. |
