Initial version of release notes for 2.9

Containing the few changes that have been merged on master since
the stable-2.8 branch was cut.

Change-Id: I76b9c764ed2ddd06ba2ec60d249cc4d87cebfd32

ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.9.txt

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+Release notes for Gerrit 2.9
+============================
+
+
+Gerrit 2.9 is now available:
+
+link:https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.9.war[
+https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.9.war]
+
+
+Schema Change
+-------------
+
+
+*WARNING:* This release contains schema changes.  To upgrade:
+----
+  java -jar gerrit.war init -d site_path
+----
+
+*WARNING:* Upgrading to 2.9.x requires the server be first upgraded to 2.1.7 (or
+a later 2.1.x version), and then to 2.9.x.  If you are upgrading from 2.2.x.x or
+later, you may ignore this warning and upgrade directly to 2.9.x.
+
+
+Release Highlights
+------------------
+
+
+* 'Gerrit Inspector' for interactive inspection and troubleshooting of a running
+Gerrit instance.
+
+
+New Features
+------------
+
+
+ssh
+~~~
+
+
+* New `--all-reviewers` option on the `query` command allowing query results
+to include information about all reviewers added on the change.
+
+* New link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/cmd-apropos.html[
+`apropos` command] to search the Gerrit documentation.
+
+
+REST API
+~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Documentation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+* link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/rest-api-documentation#search-documentation.html[
+Search documentation].
+
+Daemon
+~~~~~~
+
+
+* link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/dev-inspector.html[
+Gerrit Inspector]: interactive Jython shell.
++
+New `-s` option is added to the Daemon to start an interactive Jython shell for inspection and
+troubleshooting of live data of the Gerrit instance.
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+
+Configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+* The number of accounts shown on the 'Become Any Account' login
+screen is increased from 5 to 100.

ReleaseNotes/index.txt

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 Gerrit Code Review - Release Notes
 ==================================
 
+[[2_9]]
+Version 2.9.x
+-------------
+* link:ReleaseNotes-2.9.html[2.9]
+
 [[2_8]]
 Version 2.8.x
 -------------