Update 2.7 release notes with recent changes
Update with recent changes and mention that 2.7 includes the
fixes from 2.6.1 and 2.6.2.
Also fix a few minor formatting issues.
Change-Id: I990826715cfe6afd481491d8dea0ac78a734a2a7
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.7.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.7.txt
index c08ffa6..0e76f61 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.7.txt
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.7.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/downloads/detail?name=gerrit-2.7.war[
http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/downloads/detail?name=gerrit-2.7.war]
+Gerrit 2.7 includes the bug fixes done with
+link:ReleaseNotes-2.6.1.html[Gerrit 2.6.1] and
+link:ReleaseNotes-2.6.2.html[Gerrit 2.6.2]. These bug fixes are *not*
+listed in these release notes.
Schema Change
-------------
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@
* Comment links configurable per project.
* Themes configurable per project.
* Better support for binary files and images in diff screens.
-* User avatars.
+* User avatars in more places.
* Several new REST APIs.
@@ -69,8 +73,8 @@
* Allow opening new changes on existing commits.
+
-The %base argument can be used with refs/for/ to identify a specific revision the server should
-start to look for new commits at. Any commits in the range $base..$tip will be opened as a new
+The `%base` argument can be used with `refs/for/` to identify a specific revision the server should
+start to look for new commits at. Any commits in the range `$base..$tip` will be opened as a new
change, even if the commit already has another change on a different branch.
* New setting `gitweb.linkDrafts` to control if gitweb links are shown on drafts.
@@ -83,9 +87,11 @@
* Allow changes to be automatically submitted on push.
+
Teams that want to use Gerrit's submit strategies to handle contention on busy
-branches can use %submit to create a change and have it
+branches can use `%submit` to create a change and have it
link:link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.7/user-upload.html#auto_merge[
-immediately submitted], if the caller has Submit permission on refs/for/<ref>.
+immediately submitted], if the caller has Submit permission on `refs/for/<ref>`.
+
+* Allow administrators to see all groups.
Web UI
@@ -95,8 +101,12 @@
Global
^^^^^^
-* User avatars are displayed in several places in the Web UI. "Diffy" is used as
-avatar for the Gerrit server itself.
+* User avatars are displayed in more places in the Web UI.
+
+* 'Diffy' is used as avatar for the Gerrit server itself.
+
+* A popup with user profile information is shown when hovering the
+mouse over avatar images.
Change Screens
@@ -122,11 +132,11 @@
Diff Screens
^^^^^^^^^^^^
-* Show images in side-by-side and unified diffs
+* Show images in side-by-side and unified diffs.
* Show diffed images above/below each other in unified diffs.
-* Harmonize unified diff's styling of images with that of text
+* Harmonize unified diff's styling of images with that of text.
REST API
@@ -210,11 +220,13 @@
the link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.7/rest-api-changes#get-change-detail[
Get Change Detail REST API endpoint].
+* Correct URL encoding in 'GroupInfo'.
+
Email
~~~~~
-* Log failure to access reviewer list for notification emails
+* Log failure to access reviewer list for notification emails.
* Log when appropriate if email delivery is skipped.
@@ -243,5 +255,5 @@
* Clarify the
link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.7/config-gerrit.html#cache_names[
-change cache configuration]
+change cache configuration].
