Update 2.13 release notes
- Add information about LFS
- Add information about hooks plugin
- Add more details about replication metrics
- Add links to metrics reporter plugins
Change-Id: Idf301d4d046885c7675c9309d0200bb79dcd5699
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.13.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.13.txt
index 07ceb4d..47f25bf 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.13.txt
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.13.txt
@@ -9,16 +9,33 @@
== Important Notes
-TODO
+The server side hooks functionality is moved to a core plugin. Sites that
+make use of server side hooks must install this plugin during site init.
== Release Highlights
+* Support for Large File Storage (LFS).
+
* Metrics interface.
+* Hooks plugin.
== New Features
+=== Large File Storage (LFS)
+
+Gerrit provides an
+link:https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/dev-plugins.html#lfs-extension[
+extension point] that enables development of plugins implementing the
+link:https://github.com/github/git-lfs/blob/master/docs/api/v1/http-v1-batch.md[
+LFS protocol].
+
+By setting
+link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.13/config-gerrit.html#lfs.plugin[
+`lfs.plugin`] the administrator can configure the name of the plugin
+which handles LFS requests.
+
=== Metrics
Metrics about Gerrit's internal state can be sent to external
@@ -45,21 +62,31 @@
report metrics to different monitoring systems. The following
plugins are available:
-* JMX
+* link:https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/admin/projects/plugins/metrics-reporter-jmx[
+JMX]
-* Graphite
+* link:https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/admin/projects/plugins/metrics-reporter-graphite[
+Graphite]
-* Elasticsearch
+* link:https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/admin/projects/plugins/metrics-reporter-elasticsearch[
+Elasticsearch]
Plugins can also provide metrics. The following metrics are provided
-by core plugins:
+by the replication plugin:
-* Replication
+* Replication latency
-** Replication time
+* Replication delay
-* TODO add more
+* Replication retry
+
+=== Hooks
+
+Server side hooks are moved to the
+link:https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/admin/projects/plugins/hooks[
+hooks plugin]. Sites that make use of server side hooks should install this
+plugin.
=== Changes
