diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.txt b/core/CHANGELOG.txt index 4caa24c0af..1f098587ec 100644 --- a/core/CHANGELOG.txt +++ b/core/CHANGELOG.txt @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ are underway and we hope to finalize it before 8.4.0-rc1. Symfony 3.2 and jQuery 3. Both updates may introduce backwards compatibility issues for some sites or modules, so test carefully. For more information, see the "Third-party library updates" section below. +* @todo: One such issue is with Drush https://www.drupal.org/node/2907224 * [Modal tour tips provided by the Tour module are not displayed correctly](https://www.drupal.org/node/2898808) because the third-party Joyride library has an incompatibility with jQuery 3. Tour tips are no longer centered and may be displayed entirely off-screen for @@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ are underway and we hope to finalize it before 8.4.0-rc1. but make sure you also set "Delete orphaned files" to "Never" on `/admin/config/media/file-system` to avoid permanent deletion of the affected files. +* @todo Some Symfony file handling thing https://www.drupal.org/node/2906030 ### Important fixes since 8.3.x @@ -92,6 +94,21 @@ is underway. [A similar but unrelated bug in Content Moderation](https://www.drupal.org/node/2862988) has also been fixed in this release. +#### Other critical improvements + +When nodes got deleted, Menu UI module deleted their menu items. However menu +items may exist if Menu UI module is not enabled and could also be attached +to entities other than nodes. Menu item deletion when referenced entities +are deleted [is now performed by the Custom Menu Links module](https://www.drupal.org/node/2350797) +covering the previously missing cases. + +A race condition occured in the Batch API when using fastcgi. The Batch API now +ensures that (the current batch state is written completely to the database before starting the next batch)[https://www.drupal.org/node/2851111]. + +When uninstalling modules, empty fields were left behind to be purged. However +without the field definitions, it was not possible to purge them anymore. +[Empty field deletion is now performed immediately](https://www.drupal.org/node/2884202). + ### New stable modules The following modules, previously considered experimental, are now stable and @@ -153,6 +170,23 @@ and polished enough for production use. See the core [Inline Form Errors module issue queue](https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/drupal?text=&status=Open&priorities=All&categories=All&version=All&component=inline_form_errors.module) for outstanding issues. +#### Workflows + +The Workflows module provides an abstract system of states (like Draft, +Archived, and Published) and transitions between them. Workflows can be used by +modules that implement non-publishing workflows (such as for users or products) +as well as content publishing workflows. + +Drupal 8.4 introduces a final significant backwards compatibility and data +model break for this module, +[moving responsibility for workflow states and transitions from the Workflow entity to the Workflow type plugin](https://www.drupal.org/node/2849827). +Read [Workflow type plugins are now responsible for state and transition schema](https://www.drupal.org/node/2897706) +for full details on the API and data model changes related to this fix. Now +that this change is complete, [the Workflows module became stable](https://www.drupal.org/node/2897130)! + +While the module can be installed as-is, it is not useful in itself without +either Content Moderation and/or some other module that requires it. + ### Content authoring and site administration improvements * The "Save and keep (un)published" dropbutton has been replaced with [a "Published" checkbox and single "Save" button](https://www.drupal.org/node/2068063). @@ -178,6 +212,7 @@ for outstanding issues. the Seven theme, so it was not available in other administrative themes. [This meta information is now provided by node.module itself](https://www.drupal.org/node/2803875) so other administration themes can access it. +* [Views now supports rendering computed fields](https://www.drupal.org/node/2852067). ### REST and API-first improvements @@ -205,6 +240,10 @@ for outstanding issues. ### Performance and scalability improvements +* Drupal 8 aims to do effective caching at various levels, however this + resulted in exessively growing cache tables with many tens of thousands of + entries (even hundreds of thousands), and gigabytes in size. + [A new limit of 5000 rows per cache bin was introduced to limit this growth](https://www.drupal.org/node/2526150). * The internal page cache now [has a dedicated cache bin](https://www.drupal.org/node/2889603) distinct from the rest of the render cache (a significant scalability improvement). @@ -276,7 +315,7 @@ for outstanding issues. rolling back this library update if the [bug affecting tours](https://www.drupal.org/node/2898808) is not resolved in time for Drupal 8.4.0-beta1. * [zendframework/zend-diactoros has been updated from 1.3.10 to 1.4.0](https://www.drupal.org/node/2874817). * [jQuery UI has been updated from 1.11.4 to 1.12.1](https://www.drupal.org/node/2809427). -* [CKEditor has been updated from 4.6.2 to 4.7.1](https://www.drupal.org/node/2893566). +* [CKEditor has been updated from 4.6.2 to 4.7.2](https://www.drupal.org/node/2904142). * [asm89/stack-cors has been updated from 1.0 to 1.1](https://www.drupal.org/node/2853201). ### Experimental modules @@ -291,6 +330,8 @@ stable once all issues tagged [Migrate critical](https://www.drupal.org/project [`iterator` process plugin to `sub_process`](https://www.drupal.org/node/2845483) to better capture their purposes. (Backwards compatibility is provided for both process plugins since Migrate is in beta.) +* Added the ability to [provide the source module](https://www.drupal.org/node/2569805) + to migrations. #### Migrate Drupal and Migrate Drupal UI ([alpha stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#alpha)) @@ -321,21 +362,13 @@ Drupal versions. * [Renamed migration field plugins and classes](https://www.drupal.org/node/2683435) referring to custom fields provided by the Drupal 6 module CCK, which was replaced in Drupal 7 by the core Field API. [See the change record for more information about how this impacts your migration plugins](https://www.drupal.org/node/2751897). - -#### Workflows ([beta stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#beta)) - -The Workflows module provides an abstract system of states (like Draft, -Archived, and Published) and transitions between them. Workflows can be used by -modules that implement non-publishing workflows (such as for users or products) -as well as content publishing workflows. - -Drupal 8.4 introduces a final significant backwards compatibility and data -model break for this module, -[moving responsibility for workflow states and transitions from the Workflow entity to the Workflow type plugin](https://www.drupal.org/node/2849827). -Read [Workflow type plugins are now responsible for state and transition schema](https://www.drupal.org/node/2897706) -for full details on the API and data model changes related to this fix. Now -that this change is complete, the Workflows module has reached beta stability, -and it may furthermore be marked stable in time for Drupal 8.4.0! +* Field type mapping became easier with + [default implementations of getFieldFormatterMap() and processFieldValues()](https://www.drupal.org/node/2896507). +* Conflicting text field processing settings [are now identified and logged](https://www.drupal.org/node/2842222). + To support this change, [a new ProcessField plugin was added](https://www.drupal.org/node/2893061) + to dynamically compute the migrated field type. +* [The field instance source plugin got refactored](https://www.drupal.org/node/2891935), + resulting in changed migration template keys. #### Content Moderation ([beta stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#beta)) @@ -357,6 +390,10 @@ stable in time for 8.4.0! Notable improvements in this release: If your contributed module refers to revisions that are not yet published, it should use this new term. +As per the experimental module process, there were some backwards incompatible +changes since Drupal 8.3.x. Experimental modules do not offer a supported +upgrade path, but [an unofficial upgrade path is being worked on](https://www.drupal.org/node/2896630). + #### Field Layout ([alpha stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#alpha)) This module provides the ability for site builders to rearrange fields on @@ -367,14 +404,13 @@ the [entity display layout roadmap](https://www.drupal.org/node/2795833) for the next steps for this module, which needs to become stable by 8.5.0 to remain in Drupal core. -#### Settings Tray ([alpha stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#alpha)) +#### Settings Tray ([beta stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#beta)) The Settings Tray module allows configuring page elements such as blocks and menus from the frontend of your site. Settings Tray has improved significantly -since Drupal 8.3.0. The goal for this release is to get Settings Tray to beta -stability. Only two issues remain before that milestone: to -[move the off-canvas dialog renderer into a core component](https://www.drupal.org/node/2784443), and to -[rename the machine name of the module to settings_tray](https://www.drupal.org/node/2803375), +since Drupal 8.3.0. The module reached beta stability following completion of +[moving the off-canvas dialog renderer into a core component](https://www.drupal.org/node/2784443), and +[renaming the machine name of the module to settings_tray](https://www.drupal.org/node/2803375), to match its user-facing name. We hope to make Settings Tray stable by 8.5.0. To track progress, see the ["outside in" roadmap issue](https://www.drupal.org/node/2762505).