Update Gerrit 2.6 release notes
Describe the changes that were merged recently. Change-Id: I9d95eeef15f03d35f936a2a21c9b5681646f811c Signed-off-by: Edwin Kempin <edwin.kempin@sap.com>
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@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ Web UI
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Global
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^^^^^^
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* New Login Screens
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New form based HTML screens for login allow browsers to offer the
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choice to save the login data locally in the user's password store.
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* Rename "Groups" top-level menu to "People"
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* Move "Draft Comments" link next to "Drafts" link
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@@ -142,6 +147,8 @@ too much space due to the long label texts.
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labels if enabled by
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link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/prolog-cookbook.html#_how_to_write_submit_rules[submit rules].
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* Voting on draft changes is now possible.
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* Recommend rebase on Path Conflict
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=1685[Issue 1685]:
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@@ -514,6 +521,12 @@ to be explicitly assigned, even for site administrators.
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link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/access-control.html#category_publish_drafts[publishing]
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other users' draft changes is a new permission.
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* Grant most permissions when creation `All-Projects`
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Make Gerrit more like a Git server out of the box by granting both
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Administrators and Project Owners permissions to review changes, submit
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them, create branches, create tags, and push directly to branches.
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* link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/config-gerrit.html#ldap.groupName[
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LDAP group names] are configurable, `cn` is still the default.
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@@ -589,6 +602,11 @@ Selecting publish vs. draft should be done with the options `draft` or
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refs/for/master%r=alice,publish
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----
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* Enable content merge by default
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Most teams seem to expect Gerrit to manage simple merges within a
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source code file. Enable this out of the box.
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* Added a link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/config-gerrit.html#core.useRecursiveMerge[
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server-level option] to use JGit's new, experimental recursive merger.
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@@ -660,6 +678,11 @@ Plugins
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which is included as a core plugin in the Gerrit distribution and can
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be installed during site initialization.
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* A plugin extension point for avatar images was added.
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* Allow HTTP plugins to change `static` or `docs` prefixes
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An HTTP plugin may want more control over its URL space, but still
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delegate to the plugin servlet's magic handling for static files and
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documentation. Add JAR attributes to configure these prefixes.
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Prolog
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~~~~~~
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@@ -720,6 +743,14 @@ Labels
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* Labels are no longer global;
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link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/config-labels.html[
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projects may define their own labels], with inheritance.
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* Don't create `Verify` category by default
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Most project teams seem confused with the out-of-the-box experience
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needing to vote on both `Code-Review` and `Verified` categories in
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order to submit a change. Simplify the out of the box workflow to only
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have `Code-Review`. When a team installs the Hudson/Jenkins integration
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or their own build system they can now trivially add the `Verified`
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category by pasting 5 lines into `project.config`.
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Dev
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~~~
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