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author | Shawn O. Pearce <sop@google.com> | 2010-07-23 12:17:07 -0700 |
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committer | Shawn O. Pearce <sop@google.com> | 2010-07-26 11:17:51 -0700 |
commit | d07c92cb49eac47240c23d2482503cd97984b169 (patch) | |
tree | 2b625e0db59279174054024804d49060778d0123 | |
parent | 27f432a38d60731f9aa571f188abaa968474e62e (diff) |
Draft 2.1.4 release notesv2.1.4-rc0
Change-Id: I3f4f579ac5f1a9b745c19f01bd5e03a6316f8585
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <sop@google.com>
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diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.1.4.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.1.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d882d56fe1 --- /dev/null +++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.1.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,209 @@ +Release notes for Gerrit 2.1.4 +============================== + +Gerrit 2.1.4 is now available in the usual location: + +link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/downloads/list[http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/downloads/list] + +Schema Change +------------- + +*WARNING* This release contains multiple schema changes. To upgrade: +---- + java -jar gerrit.war init -d site_path +---- + +New Features +------------ + +Change Management +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* issue 504 Implement full query operators ++ +The search box now implments a wide range of operators and boolean +expressions, permitting complex queries such as `is:open CodeReview>=1 +(has:draft OR is:starred)` to locate open changes that have been code +reviewed, but still have unpublished drafts or were starred by the +current user. The full range of supported operators is documented +in the user guide. + +* Change lists now use query operators ++ +All current change lists have been reimplemented using query +operators, so selecting 'All open changes' actually performs the query +'is:open'. This is to help end-users learn the different operators +that are supported, and simplifies the internal implementation +considerably by removing redundant code. + +* issue 51 Tag changes with topic branches ++ +Changes can be tagged with a topic name during upload. To add the tag +'query' when pushing to branch 'master', use `git push URL +HEAD:refs/for/master/query`. To add a topic name with `repo upload` +use the `-t` command line flag. Topic names are displayed next to the +branch name in the web UI, and can be searched for with the `topic:` +query operator. + +* Filter the list of open changes by watched projects ++ +The query operator `is:watched` matches changes matching the user's +watched project list, and a new menu item was added under the My menu +to select open changes matching these watched projects. + +Web UI +~~~~~~ + +* issue 579 Remember diff formatting preferences ++ +Formatting options at the top of a side-by-side or unified diff page +are now remembered by saving the current preferences into the user's +account whenever 'Update' is clicked. + +* issue 680 Show commit message on the per-file review pages + +* issue 498 Improved keyboard navigation ++ +More keyboard bindings have been added, reducing the need to switch to +the mouse while navigating through a change and performing a review. + +* issue 395 Open new window/new tab for all files in a change ++ +New buttons permit opening all modified files of a change into +new windows or tabs. + +* issue 440 Add copy to clipboard button for change-id ++ +The Change-Id field in the upper left side of a change now support to +copy "Change-Id: I...." onto the clipboard, making it easier to paste +into a commit message. + +* issue 559 Allow copying user public ssh key to clipboard + +Email Notifications +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* issue 311 No longer CC a user by default ++ +The user who causes a notification to be sent is no longer CC'd on the +email when it is sent. This reduces the number of messages sent to a +user, but can be re-enabled through a checkbox in the Settings > +Preferences panel. + +* issue 535 Enable watching of all projects ++ +Adding the magic `\-- All Projects \--` to the watched project list +permits the user to be notified of any change occurring in any +project. Project specific entries override the notification settings +for all projects. + +* issue 492 Allow watching specific branches or any other search query ++ +In addition to watching a project, users can register a query string +to match specific changes, reducing notifications to be a smaller +subset of the changes that occur in a project. + +* issue 70 Allow file:^regex to match affected files ++ +The file:^path operator can be used in a watch filter to receive +notifications only when files matching the regular expression are +modified by the change. + +* issue 623 Include Gerrit-Owner, Gerrit-Reviewer in email footers ++ +New fields in the email footer provide additional detail, enabling +better filtering and classification of messages. + +Access Control +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Support regular expressions for ref access rules ++ +References in an access rule can now be specified by regular +expression by prefixing the reference name with ^. + +* issue 577 Support $\{username\} in access rules ++ +Adding `$\{username\}` into a reference causes the current username to +be inserted at that position. When combined with the Push Branch +permission this creates a per-user branch namespace feature, giving +each user their own "sandbox" to push changes to. + +Authentication +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Remove password authentication over SSH ++ +Adding password authentication over SSH turned out to be a major +mistake. Users primarily use SSH public keys, and the password +prompt just got in the way or confused them. Password support has +been removed from the SSH server. + +* Username cannot be changed once assigned ++ +Once a username has been selected for a user account, it +cannot be modified by the user. + +* issue 555 Make LDAP sessions persistent for the session age ++ +Web sessions are now persistent for the cache.web_sessions.maxAge +setting, rather than expiring when the browser closes. (Previously +sessions expired when the browser exited.) + +Misc. +~~~~~ + +* Add topic, lastUpdated, sortKey to ChangeAttribute ++ +Additional change fields are now exported as part of the +stream-events output. + +* issue 504 gerrit query SSH command ++ +Queries to lookup change information can be executed over SSH through +the `gerrit query` command, with results output in either human +readable text or machine readable JSON. Change queries can also be +run over HTTP with the `/query?q=<query>&format=JSON` URL. Both +interfaces are intended for automated tools. + +* Remove git diff-tree dependency ++ +Gerrit no longer requires `git` in the PATH; differences are now +constructed in pure Java code. Remote repository initialization over +SSH still requires `git` on the remote host's PATH. + +* Internal dependencies updated ++ +Updated JGit to 0.8.4.87-g395d236, log4j to 1.2.16, GWT to 2.0.4, +sfl4j to 1.6.1, easymock to 3.0, JUnit to 4.8.1. + +Bug Fixes +--------- + +Web UI +~~~~~~ + +* issue 352 Confirm branch deletion in web UI ++ +Deleting a branch now presents a confirmation dialog to give the user +a second chance to abort the destructive operation. + +* Fix some JavaScript errors under Chrome ++ +The GWT compiler started to define symbols in the same namespace as +the prettify syntax highlighting library. We moved the prettify +library into its own iframe so it has a different JavaScript namespace +in the browser. + +Misc. +~~~~~ + +* issue 614 Fix 503 error when Jetty cancels a request ++ +A bug was introduced in 2.1.3 that caused a server 503 error +when a fetch/pull/clone or push request timed out. Fixed. + +Version +------- + +df89f998d5c0fa5802a70482d4582b6313a018e4 |