Issue #2457887 by prateekMehta, stefan.r, rpayanm, alexpott: Use Utility\SafeMarkup class instead of Utility\String for placeholder(), checkPlain(),format() functions

Issue #2401919 by icampana, alexpott, jibran, ParisLiakos, Samshel, xavier.cabrera, alejandrovaras: Fix various file permissions to be 644

Issue #2318783 by Devin Carlson: Ban Module: Fix documentation that refers to enabling/disabling of modules

Issue #2347465 by tim.plunkett, dawehner, cilefen: Convert all instances of #type link/links to convert to use routes.

Issue #2328411 by dawehner, geerlingguy, herom: Convert all permissions to yml files and permission callbacks.

Issue #2308821 by tim.plunkett: Replace FormErrorInterface with $form_state->setErrorByName() and $form_state->setError().

Issue #2272481 by herom, ParisLiakos, tim.plunkett: Remove usages of watchdog() from forms, plugins and controllers.

Issue #697760 by sun: Replace getInfo() in tests with native phpDoc + annotations (following PHPUnit).

Issue #2226871 by tim.plunkett: ConfirmFormInterface::getCancelRoute() should always return Drupal\Core\Url.

Issue #2183113 by jhodgdon, effulgentsia, tim.plunkett, herom, larowlan: Update hook_help signature to use route_name instead of path.

Issue #2002246 by tompagabor, floretan, lauriii, pakmanlh, rbomhof | pixelite: Capitalize operations links in the comment and taxonomy term admin UI.

Issue #2121175 by Codenator, tim.plunkett, cosmicdreams, jayeshanandani, grom358, ianthomas_uk, Xano: Remove usage of drupal_get_form().

Issue #2226903 by pwolanin, dawehner, tvn, martin107, jessebeach: Step 1: Move static menu links to yml files.

Issue #2178725 by pwolanin, crowdcg, effulgentsia, Sutharsan: Make all core menu link machine names and the corresponding route names match.

Issue #2171071 by jessebeach, dawehner, chakrapani, longwave, Gábor Hojtsy, xjm, Wim Leers: Rename drupal_add_library() to _drupal_add_library() and remove its uses.

Issue #2196805 by divesh.kumar: Convert all calls to check_plain() in core to Drupal\Component\Utility\String::checkPlain() in ban module.

Issue #2047633 by pwolanin, dawehner, kim.pepper, Xano, amateescu, tim.plunkett: Move definition of menu links to hook_menu_link_defaults(), decouple key name from path, and make 'parent' explicit.

Revert "Issue #2047633 by dawehner, pwolanin, Xano, amateescu, tim.plunkett: Move definition of menu links to hook_menu_link_defaults(), decouple key name from path, and make 'parent' explicit."

This reverts commit 531fd593.

Issue #2047633 by dawehner, pwolanin, Xano, amateescu, tim.plunkett: Move definition of menu links to hook_menu_link_defaults(), decouple key name from path, and make 'parent' explicit.

Issue #2145007 by tim.plunkett, h3rj4n: Convert form_set_error() in FormBase classes to use FormErrorInterface.