Update 2.1.7 release notesv2.1.7

Change-Id: Ib2fe7ccbc1713487333e67216d5082e8e71497b8
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <sop@google.com>

1 files changed, 151 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.1.7.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.1.7.txt
index 29546d03c3..0dba5f9b7e 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.1.7.txt
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.1.7.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ Schema Change
   java -jar gerrit.war init -d site_path
 ----
 
+To export prior review information into `refs/notes/review` branches
+within each Git repository:
+----
+  java -jar gerrit.war ExportReviewNotes -d site_path
+----
+
 Memory Usage Increase
 ---------------------
 *WARNING* The JGit delta base cache, whose size is controlled by
@@ -24,6 +30,12 @@ change improves performance on big repositories, but may need a larger
 New Features
 ------------
 
+Change Data
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+* issue 64 Create Git notes for submitted changes
++
+Git notes are automatically added to the `refs/notes/review`.
+
 Query
 ~~~~~
 * Search project names by substring
@@ -46,9 +58,58 @@ can now optionally display the name of the reviewer or verifier who
 gave the score being shown in the summary column. This is an optional
 per-user preference that can be enabled in the Settings screen.
 
+* Add a "revert change"-button to a submitted patchset
++
+Clicking "Revert Change" creates a new change with the inverse of
+the submitted patch set ready for review and submission. This makes
+it easy to undo a build-breaking change right from the web UI.
+
+* issue 194 Diff patch sets
++
+Change pages now offer a selection box, "Old Version History",
+to compare patch sets against one another and view only the files
+that differ between two patch sets. This new feature can speed up
+re-reviewing a change.
+
+* issue 913 Support different color pallete when not signed in
++
+Site administrators can configure a different theme in gerrit.config for
+the signed-in and signed-out states, making it more obvious to site users
+they are currently signed-in (or not).
+
+* Add parent info to each change screen Patch Set
++
+This mirrors the data shown in the 'Commit Message' file, making
+it easy to identify the parent(s) of the commit without opening
+up the Commit Message or gitweb.
+
+* Remove the SSH key loading applet
++
+The Java based SSH key loading applet is no longer included as part of
+the Gerrit Code Review interface. Users need to copy and paste their
+SSH public key files by hand.
+
+
 SSH Commands
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * issue 674 Add abandon/restore to `gerrit review`
+* Add `gerrit version` command
+
+Change Upload
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Display a more verbose "you are not author/committer" message
+
+Documentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Detailed error message explanations
++
+Most common error messages are now described in detail in the
+documentation under 'User Guide', 'Error Messages'.  Each error is
+explained, along with possible courses of action for an end-user to
+resolve the issue.
+
+* issue 905 Document reverse proxy using Nginx
+* Updated system scaling data in 'System Design'
 
 Outgoing Mail
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -76,6 +137,18 @@ only send email notifications to change authors, excluding reviewers
 and watchers. This can be useful for automated build and testing users
 to reduce the amount of email sent to reviewers.
 
+* Hide non-visible groups from suggestion service
++
+Groups that are not visible to a user are not shown as suggestions in
+contexts where a group name completion is supported.  The previously
+mentioned 'make group visible to all users' flag can be used on a
+per-group basis to expose groups to everyone.
+
+* Use suggest.accounts to control user completion suggestions
++
+The new `suggest.accounts` configuration variable in gerrit.config
+can control how suggestions for users are offered.
+
 * Permit groups to be members of other groups
 +
 Groups can now be a member of another group, users are automatically
@@ -108,20 +181,8 @@ Site administrators can now set `auth.cookiePath` to override the
 path used for the authentication cookie, which may be necessary if
 a reverse proxy maps requests to the managed gitweb.
 
-Documentation
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-* Detailed error message explanations
-+
-Most common error messages are now described in detail in the
-documentation under 'User Guide', 'Error Messages'.  Each error is
-explained, along with possible courses of action for an end-user to
-resolve the issue.
-
-* issue 905 Document reverse proxy using Nginx
-* Updated system scaling data in 'System Design'
-
-Misc.
-~~~~~
+Replication
+~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Add adminUrl to replication for repository creation
 +
 Replication remotes can be configured with `remote.name.adminUrl` to
@@ -130,6 +191,13 @@ the normal push URL in `remote.name.url`. The adminUrl can be used by
 Gerrit to create a new repository when the normal URL is a non-SSH
 URL, such as git:// or http://.
 
+* Support HTTP authentication for replication
++
+Replication can now be performed over an authenticated smart HTTP
+transport, in addition to anonymous Git and authenticated SSH.
+
+Misc.
+~~~~~
 * Alternative URL for Gerrit's managed Gitweb
 +
 The internal gitweb served from `/gitweb` can now appear to be from a
@@ -147,6 +215,13 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 Web UI
 ~~~~~~
+* issue 853 Incorrect side-by-side display of modified lines
++
+A bug in JGit lead to the side-by-side view displaying wrong and
+confusing output of modified lines. This bug also caused some
+automatic merges to be carried out incorrectly, usually resulting in
+compile failures. Fixed.
+
 * Disallow negative/zero columns in difference views
 +
 Previously a negative or zero value in the number of columns field
@@ -176,6 +251,9 @@ instead of a scary generic "Application Error, Server Error".
 
 * issue 822 Up To Change link activates last browsed patch set
 * issue 846 Disable buttons during RPCs
+* issue 915 Always display button text in black
+* issue 946 Make sure that ENTER works in all text fields
+* issue 963 Go back to change screen if 'Publish and Submit' fails
 * Enable "Sign Out" when auth.type = CLIENT_SSL_CERT_LDAP.
 * Fix handling of "Session Expired" with SSL certificates.
 * Fix compatibility with recent releases of Gitweb.
@@ -183,8 +261,24 @@ instead of a scary generic "Application Error, Server Error".
 * Always display button text in black
 * Always disable content merge option if user can't change project
 
+commit-msg Hook
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* issue 922 Fix commit-msg hook to run on Solaris
+
 Outgoing Mail
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* issue 780 E-mail about failed merge should not use Anonymous Coward
++
+Some email was sent as Anonymous Coward, even when the user had a
+configured name and email address. Fixed.
+
+* Fix calculation of project owners
++
+When sending out new changes for review, Gerrit automatically
+tries to address the project owners on the To line of the outgoing
+message. This sometimes included the owner of a branch. Fixed.
+
+* Do not email reviewers adding themselves as reviewers
 * Fix comma/space separation in email templates
 
 Pushing Changes
@@ -206,12 +300,37 @@ they have the same Change-Id, the push is now rejected.  Within
 a project, the Change-Id should be unique and users should either
 squash the commits, or modify them to use unique Change-Ids.
 
+* issue 635 Match Change-Id by project and branch combination
+* issue 635 Auto close changes by Change-Id on same branch only
++
+Changes are automatically closed during direct push to branch only if
+the Change-Id line matches and the branch name matches. Previously
+changes were closed automatically if only the Change-Id matched,
+making it difficult to cherry-pick changes across branches.
+
+* issue 947 Disallow to push to non-connected target
++
+If a repository stores disconnected history graphs on different
+branches, changes may only be pushed to the correct branch.
+
 * Always do Change-Id checks on receiving commits
 +
 Ensure Change-Ids aren't incorrectly used, even if the project does
 not require them to be present.  Previously some validity checks were
 only performed if the project required Change-Id lines.
 
+* Make Change-Id requirement applicable only to reviews
++
+Change-Ids are not required when directly pushing to a branch. This
+permits projects that normally require Change-Ids to still perform
+direct branch pushes for updates received from an upstream project
+that does not use Change-Ids.
+
+* Reject invalid Change-Id lines
++
+Severly malformed Change-Id lines were previously accepted by the
+server. These are now rejected.
+
 * Fix error message returned on push to closed change
 +
 If a commit with a Change-Id was pushed, and the corresponding change
@@ -225,6 +344,12 @@ Instead of saying 'change not found' when pushing to a commit to
 a refs/changes/NNNN reference that belongs in another project, the
 error now indicates the change belongs to another project.
 
+* Better help message when commit message is malformed
++
+If the commit message is badly formatted Gerrit displays an error
+message to the client. This message has been extended to offer
+suggestions on how to correct the commit message.
+
 * Log warning on 'change state corrupt' error
 +
 If a change state corrupt error is reported to a client, there was
@@ -233,8 +358,12 @@ site administrator also knows about it.
 
 SSH Commands
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* issue 755 Send new patchset event after its available
 * issue 814 Evict initial members of group created by SSH
 * issue 879 Fix replication of initial empty commit in new project
+* Disallow setting a project as parent for itself
+* Autoamtically create user account(s) as necessary
+* Move SSH command creation off NioProcessor threads
 
 Administration
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -248,23 +377,24 @@ projects created by gerrit create-project. Fixed.
 +
 An invalid username is now always reported in UTF-8.
 
-* gerrit.sh: Support spaces in JAVA_HOME
+* PostgreSQL: conditional installation of PL/pgSQL.
 +
-Mac OS X may need spaces in the path to the JRE.
+Conditional installation is needed to install Gerrit on PostgreSQL 9.
 
+* issue 961 Fix NPE on Gerrit startup if mail.from is invalid
+* issue 966 Enable git:// download URLs if canonicalGitUrl set
 * Stop logging 'keepalive@jcraft.com' errors in error_log
+* gerrit.sh: Fix issues on SuSE Linux
+* gerrit.sh: Fix issues on Solaris
+* gerrit.sh: Support spaces in JAVA_HOME
 
 Documentation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * issue 800 documentation: Show example of review -m
-* issue 896 Clarify that ${name} is required for replication.
+* issue 896 Clarify that $\{name\} is required for replication.
 * Fix spelling mistake in 'Searching Changes' documentation
 * Fix spelling mistake in user-upload documentation
 * Document cache diff_intraline
 * Document change set dependencies and cherry-pick
 * Include user in scp commands to copy commit hook
 * Adjust documentation to build with current AsciiDoc version
-
-Version
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