search_api 8.x-1.0-rc3

This is the third release candidate for the Search API module's 8.x-1.0 version.

The main change in this release is #2869121: Do not set an error message when "Fulltext search" filter fails its "Required" validation, the scope of which (additional feature, not bug fix) required this new release candidate. If you have a view with a required exposed "Search: Fulltext search" filter, then please test this release as soon as possible and report if it doesn't fix the associated problems, or breaks your existing view. Please also report problems with the new settings for the default "Search content" view (only applied when newly installing the "Database Search Defaults" module) or new problems with a "Search: Fulltext search" filter not set to "Required".

The release is supposed to be ready for release and contains no known (major) bugs. Unless such a bug is discovered before then and cannot be fixed in time, the first stable release, Search API 8.x-1.0, will be released next Sunday, April 23.

One remaining known issue is #2858303: Broken taxonomy views filters. If you want to apply an "is (not) empty" filter in Views to a taxonomy term field, please test the patch in that issue and report whether it works for you.

Complete list of changes since the RC 2 release:

• #2869121 by drunken monkey, Wim Leers, wouter.adem, borisson_: Added improved "Required" handling for the Views "Fulltext search" filter.
• #2870782 by drunken monkey: Fixed the tests for Drupal 8.2.
• #2868851 by acbramley, drunken monkey: Fixed wrong interface used for loggers.
• #2868427 by dbjpanda, drunken monkey: Fixed use of d.o URL alias in README.txt.