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Update the 2.8 release notes with recent changes

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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
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David Pursehouse
2013-07-08 10:50:26 +09:00
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@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ Configuration
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 @@ Capabilities
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 @@ to be able to generate HTTP passwords for users from a tool or web service
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.
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Site administrators do not inherit this capability; it must be granted
@@ -214,11 +219,25 @@ Plugins
~~~~~~~
* 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 @@ configurable].
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 @@ Global
* 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 @@ Provide more informative error messages when rejecting updates.
* 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
~~~~~