Update 2.8 release notes with recent changes and fixes

Change-Id: I71f296132d157398c295e64eab3c93436a43ea51

ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.8.txt

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Release Highlights
 * Lots of new link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/rest-api.html[
 REST API endpoints].
 
+* New link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/js-api.html[
+JavaScript API].
+
 * New build system using link:http://facebook.github.io/buck/[Facebook Buck].
 
 
@@ -44,6 +47,23 @@ the 'ChangeFooter' and 'CommentFooter'.
 * New `topic-changed` hook and stream event is fired when a change's topic is
 edited from the Web UI or via a REST API.
 
+* New options `--list-plugins` and `--install-plugins` on the
+link:[http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/pgm-init.html[
+site initialization command].
+
+* New `auth.httpDisplaynameHeader` and `auth.httpEmailHeader` in the
+link:[http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config_gerrit.html#_a_id_auth_a_section_auth[
+authentication configuration].
++
+When using HTTP-based authentication, the SSO can be delegated to check not only
+the user credentials but also to fetch the full user-profile.
++
+With the config properties `auth.httpDisplaynameHeader` and `auth.httpEmailHeader`
+it is possible to configure the name of the headers used for propagating this extra
+information and enforce them on the user profile during login and beyond.
+
+* link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config_gerrit.html#_a_id_httpd_a_section_httpd[
+Configurable external `robots.txt` file].
 
 Web UI
 ~~~~~~
@@ -84,6 +104,8 @@ REST API endpoints] are added.
 
 * REST views can determine how long their response should be cached.
 
+* REST views can handle 'HTTP 422 Unprocessable Entity' responses.
+
 Access Rights
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -248,10 +270,16 @@ Global
 ^^^^^^
 
 
-* Plugins may now contribute buttons to various parts of the UI.
+* Plugins may now contribute buttons to various parts of the UI using the
+link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/js-api.html[
+JavaScript API].
 
 * Plugins may now provide an 'About' section on their documentation index page.
 
+* Plugins may now provide
+link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/config-validation.html#pre-merge-validation[
+pre-merge validation steps].
+
 
 Commit Message Length Checker
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -265,7 +293,12 @@ 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.
+* Projects can be matched with wildcard or regex patterns in `replication.config`.
+
+* The `replication start` command does not exit until replication is finished
+when the `--wait` option is used.
+
+* The `replication start` command displays a summary of the replication status.
 
 ssh
 ~~~
@@ -284,6 +317,10 @@ 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.
 
+* The full commit message is now included in the data sent by the
+link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/cmd-stream-events.html[
+`stream-events` command].
+
 
 Daemon
 ~~~~~~
@@ -299,16 +336,29 @@ Bug Fixes
 ---------
 
 
+General
+~~~~~~~
+
+
+* Use the parent change on the same branch for rebases.
++
+Since there can be multiple changes with the same commit on different branches,
+use the parent change on the same branch during rebase.
+
 Configuration
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
 * Do not persist default project state in `project.config`.
 
-* Honor `gerrit.cannonicalWebUrl` when opening browser after init.
+* Honor the `gerrit.cannonicalWebUrl` setting when opening the browser after init.
 
 * Fix 'query disabled' error when Query Limit is set.
 
+* Honor the `gerrit.createChangeId` setting from the git config in the
+The link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/cmd-hook-commit-msg.html[
+`commit-msg` hook].
+
 Web UI
 ~~~~~~
 
@@ -323,6 +373,8 @@ Correctly highlight matches of text in escaped HTML entities in suggestion resul
 * 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.
 
+* 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.
 
 Change Screens
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -367,18 +419,24 @@ ssh
 ~~~
 
 
-* The `--force-message` option is removed from the `review` command.
+* The `--force-message` option is removed from the
+The link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/cmd-review.html[
+`review` command].
 
 * link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=1908[Issue 1908]:
 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.
+* 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.
 
+* Normalize the case of review labels submitted via the
+The link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.8/cmd-review.html[
+`review` command].
+
 
 Emails
 ~~~~~~