Update 2.7 release notes with recent changes Update with recent changes and mention that 2.7 includes the fixes from 2.6.1 and 2.6.2. Also fix a few minor formatting issues. Change-Id: I990826715cfe6afd481491d8dea0ac78a734a2a7
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.7.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.7.txt index c08ffa6..0e76f61 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.7.txt +++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.7.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/downloads/detail?name=gerrit-2.7.war[ http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/downloads/detail?name=gerrit-2.7.war] +Gerrit 2.7 includes the bug fixes done with +link:ReleaseNotes-2.6.1.html[Gerrit 2.6.1] and +link:ReleaseNotes-2.6.2.html[Gerrit 2.6.2]. These bug fixes are *not* +listed in these release notes. Schema Change ------------- @@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ * Comment links configurable per project. * Themes configurable per project. * Better support for binary files and images in diff screens. -* User avatars. +* User avatars in more places. * Several new REST APIs. @@ -69,8 +73,8 @@ * Allow opening new changes on existing commits. + -The %base argument can be used with refs/for/ to identify a specific revision the server should -start to look for new commits at. Any commits in the range $base..$tip will be opened as a new +The `%base` argument can be used with `refs/for/` to identify a specific revision the server should +start to look for new commits at. Any commits in the range `$base..$tip` will be opened as a new change, even if the commit already has another change on a different branch. * New setting `gitweb.linkDrafts` to control if gitweb links are shown on drafts. @@ -83,9 +87,11 @@ * Allow changes to be automatically submitted on push. + Teams that want to use Gerrit's submit strategies to handle contention on busy -branches can use %submit to create a change and have it +branches can use `%submit` to create a change and have it link:link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.7/user-upload.html#auto_merge[ -immediately submitted], if the caller has Submit permission on refs/for/<ref>. +immediately submitted], if the caller has Submit permission on `refs/for/<ref>`. + +* Allow administrators to see all groups. Web UI @@ -95,8 +101,12 @@ Global ^^^^^^ -* User avatars are displayed in several places in the Web UI. "Diffy" is used as -avatar for the Gerrit server itself. +* User avatars are displayed in more places in the Web UI. + +* 'Diffy' is used as avatar for the Gerrit server itself. + +* A popup with user profile information is shown when hovering the +mouse over avatar images. Change Screens @@ -122,11 +132,11 @@ Diff Screens ^^^^^^^^^^^^ -* Show images in side-by-side and unified diffs +* Show images in side-by-side and unified diffs. * Show diffed images above/below each other in unified diffs. -* Harmonize unified diff's styling of images with that of text +* Harmonize unified diff's styling of images with that of text. REST API @@ -210,11 +220,13 @@ the link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.7/rest-api-changes#get-change-detail[ Get Change Detail REST API endpoint]. +* Correct URL encoding in 'GroupInfo'. + Email ~~~~~ -* Log failure to access reviewer list for notification emails +* Log failure to access reviewer list for notification emails. * Log when appropriate if email delivery is skipped. @@ -243,5 +255,5 @@ * Clarify the link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.7/config-gerrit.html#cache_names[ -change cache configuration] +change cache configuration].
