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Update 2.8 release notes with recently added fixes and changes

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Also fix wrong indentation level on the "Upgrades" section, and
fix the .war file download link.

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@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Release notes for Gerrit 2.8
Gerrit 2.8 is now available:
link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/downloads/detail?name=gerrit-2.8.war[
http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/downloads/detail?name=gerrit-2.8.war]
link:https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.8-rc0.war[
https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.8-rc0.war]
Schema Change
@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ JavaScript API] for plugins.
* New build system using Facebook's link:http://facebook.github.io/buck/[Buck].
* New core plugin: Download Commands.
New Features
------------
@ -407,6 +409,16 @@ entries in Gerrit's top menu].
link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/dev-plugins.html#stream-events[
send events to the events stream].
* Plugins may now bind multiple SSH commands to the same implementation class.
* Plugins may now provide
link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/dev-plugins.html#download-commands[
download schemes and download commands].
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Commonly used download schemes and commands are moved out of core
Gerrit and are now implemented by a new core plugin, `download-commands`.
Commit Message Length Checker
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -514,6 +526,8 @@ Fix handling of projects with trailing ".git" suffix.
* Limit retrying of submitted changes to 12 hours.
* Don't allow project owners to delete branches if force push is blocked.
Configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -555,6 +569,8 @@ The "Keyboard Shortcuts" help popup can be closed by pressing the Escape key.
* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2013[Issue 2013]:
Correctly populate the list of watched changes when watching more than one project.
* Display "Working..." when header is hidden.
Change Screens
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -640,6 +656,15 @@ Global
* Plugin documentation links are opened in a new tab.
* The GitReferenceUpdatedListener.Event API is simplified.
+
The Event exposed the getUpdates method which implied that one Event
could contain updates of more than one reference. However, this feature
was never used.
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The API is simplified in the sense that one Event now corresponds to
one ref update only.
Review Notes
^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -676,12 +701,16 @@ Documentation
* The link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/index.html[
documentation index page] is rewritten in a hierarchical structure.
* Documentation of
link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config-project-config.txt[
project configuration] is added.
* Various spelling mistakes are corrected in the documentation and previous
release notes.
Upgrades
~~~~~~~~
--------
* Update JGit to 3.0.0.201306101825-r.41-g84d2738
* Update gwtorm to 1.7