Update the 2.8 release notes with recent changes
Add recent changes. Restructure the plugins section under "New
Features" to list the changes on each plugin separately.
Also fix a couple of minor formatting issues.
Change-Id: I6d2b0e77ee3be447d8dd2b0ffc504370a31bc496
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.8.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.8.txt
index 9a73635..b7ebc0b 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.8.txt
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.8.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config-gerrit.html#receive.maxObjectSizeLimit[
project configuration] to further reduce the global setting.
+* Site administrators can define a
+link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config-mail.html#_footer_vm[
+footer template] that will be appended to the end of all outgoing emails after
+the 'ChangeFooter' and 'CommentFooter'.
+
Web UI
~~~~~~
@@ -195,7 +200,7 @@
New global capabilities are added.
* link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/access_control.html#capability_generateHttpPassword[
-Generate Http Password] Allows non-administrator users to generate HTTP
+Generate Http Password] allows non-administrator users to generate HTTP
passwords for users other than themselves.
+
This capability would typically be assigned to a non-interactive group
@@ -203,7 +208,7 @@
that uses the Gerrit REST API.
* link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/access_control.html#capability_runAs[
-Run As] Allows users to impersonate other users by setting the `X-Gerrit-RunAs`
+Run As] allows users to impersonate other users by setting the `X-Gerrit-RunAs`
HTTP header on REST API calls.
+
Site administrators do not inherit this capability; it must be granted
@@ -214,11 +219,25 @@
~~~~~~~
-* The commit message length checker plugin can be configured to reject
-commits whose subject or body length exceeds the limit.
+Global
+^^^^^^
+
* Plugins may now contribute buttons to various parts of the UI.
+Commit Message Length Checker
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+* Commits whose subject or body length exceeds the limit can be rejected.
+
+Replication
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* The `{$name}` placeholder is optional when replicating a single project,
+allowing a single project to be replicated under a different name.
+
+* Projects can be matched with wildcard or regex patterns in replication.config.
ssh
~~~
@@ -232,7 +251,7 @@
New `ls-members` command].
* link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/cmd-set-members.html[
-New `set-members` command]
+New `set-members` command].
+
New command to manipulate group membership. Members can be added or removed
and groups can be included or excluded in one specific group or number of groups.
@@ -263,6 +282,9 @@
* 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.
+* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=1996[Issue 1996]:
+The "Keyboard Shortcuts" help popup can be closed by pressing the Escape key.
+
Change Screens
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -314,6 +336,12 @@
* Remove the limit in the query of patch sets by revision.
+* Add `isDraft` in the `patchSet` attribute of stream-events data.
++
+This allows consumers of the event stream to determine whether or not
+the event is related to a draft patch set.
+
+
Tools
~~~~~
