Merge "Update the 2.8 release notes with recent changes"
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.8.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.8.txt
index c595b5b..f0a948d 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.8.txt
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.8.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
------------------
+* New change screen with completely redesigned UI and fully using the REST API.
+
* link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config-gerrit.html#index[
Secondary indexing with Lucene and Solr].
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@
site initialization command].
* New `auth.httpDisplaynameHeader` and `auth.httpEmailHeader` in the
-link:[http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config_gerrit.html#_a_id_auth_a_section_auth[
+link:[http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config-gerrit.html#_a_id_auth_a_section_auth[
authentication configuration].
+
When using HTTP-based authentication, the SSO can be delegated to check not only
@@ -106,6 +108,9 @@
link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config-auto-site-initialization.html[
auto-initialized on server startup].
+* link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config_gerrit.html#httpd.filterClass[
+Configurable filtering of HTTP traffic through Gerrit's HTTP protocol].
+
Web UI
~~~~~~
@@ -119,6 +124,15 @@
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+* New change screen with completely redesigned UI and using the REST API.
++
+Site administrators can
+link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config-gerrit.html#gerrit.changeScreen[
+configure which change screen is shown by default].
++
+Users can choose which one to use in their personal preferences, either using
+the site default or explicitly choosing the old one or new one.
+
* New button to cherry-pick the change to another branch.
* When issuing a rebase via the Web UI, the committer is now the logged in
@@ -142,6 +156,9 @@
on to the next patch set when the content of the file in the next patch set is
identical to the reviewed file.
+* "Uploaded Patch Set 1" change message is added on changes when they
+are uploaded.
+
REST API
~~~~~~~~
@@ -252,6 +269,9 @@
* link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/rest-api-changes.html#delete-draft-change[
Delete draft change]
+* link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/rest-api-changes.html#suggest-reviewers[
+Suggest reviewers]
+
Config
^^^^^^
@@ -505,6 +525,9 @@
^^^^^^
+* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=1072[Issue 1072]:
+Fix "Push Merge Commit" permission on refs/heads/*
+
* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=1574[Issue 1574]:
Correctly highlight matches of text in escaped HTML entities in suggestion results.
@@ -580,6 +603,11 @@
* Improve the error message when rejecting upload for review to a read-only project.
+Plugins
+~~~~~~~
+
+* Better error message when a Javascript plugin cannot be loaded.
+
Emails
~~~~~~
