Issue #1392754 by tss, justAChris, jhodgdon: Comply with new documentation standards for @file for namespaced class files

Issue #2511472 by Wim Leers, Fabianx, dawehner: Refactor all usages of drupal_render()/Renderer::render() that break #2450993

Issue #2500977 by olli: History module triggers a post request for anonymous users on all node pages

Issue #2478483 by Wim Leers, Fabianx: Introduce placeholders (#lazy_builder) to replace #post_render_cache

Issue #2491155 by mikeburrelljr, Mac_Weber, opdavies: Update drupal.org and kernel.org URLs in core modules (Follow-up to 2489912)

Issue #2473105 by ifrik, jhodgdon, lostkangaroo, opratr, LinL: Update hook_help texts that link to modules that can be uninstalled

Issue #2358079 by pwolanin, Berdir: Require a specific placeholder format in db_query() in order to trigger argument expansion, and require explicit 'IN' parameter for conditions

Issue #2030607 by hussainweb, Mile23, Kingdutch, alexpott, balagan, amateescu, adci_contributor, Xano, mon_franco, cilefen: Expand EntityDisplayBase with methods

Issue #784626 by Wim Leers, Manuel Garcia, jcisio, joelpittet, Bevan, fcaspani, dcmouyard: Default all JS to the footer, allow asset libraries to force their JS to the header

Issue #2368797 by Wim Leers, dawehner, rteijeiro: Optimize ajaxPageState to keep Drupal 8 sites fast on high-latency networks, prevent CSS/JS aggregation from taking down sites and use HTTP GET for AJAX requests

Issue #2396657 by Mile23: Clean-up history module test members - ensure property definition and use of camelCase naming convention

Issue #2318377 by dawehner, Wim Leers, damiankloip: Determine whether a view is cacheable and its required contexts, store this i/t config entity.

Issue #1922966 by jibran, damiankloip: Remove 'bool' and 'translatable' key from option definitions.

Issue #2340251 by iMiksu, alexpott, tim.plunkett, dawehner, Wim Leers: Remove most remaining url() calls.

Issue #2335659 by tim.plunkett, dawehner, effulgentsia, sun: Remove FormState ArrayAccess usage from core.

Issue #2213899 by dawehner, joelpittet: Remove global $user wherever possible (outside bootstrap and authentication) Round 2.

Issue #2216535 by jhodgdon, Berdir: Replace Node overview topic and Node API topic with Entity Hooks topic.

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

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

Issue #2099131 by jessebeach, Wim Leers, catch, Berdir, benjifisher, martin107, andypost: Use #pre_render pattern for entity render caching.

Issue #2208609 by sun, Jalandhar, damiankloip: Move Json utility class into Drupal\Component\Serialization.

Issue #2093173 by longwave, Cyberschorsch, forbesgraham, sandipmkhairnar, damiankloip, rbayliss, grom358, harijari, InternetDevels, dawehner: Remove all calls to drupal_json_decode(), use \Drupal\Component\Utility\Json::decode().

Issue #2203407 by nod_, sun: Replace #attached library array values with provider-namespaced strings.