Issue #2014017 by jlbellido, alvar0hurtad0, undertext, benjy, penyaskito, LinL: Replace drupal_container() with Drupal::service() in the system module.

Issue #2074037 by Wim Leers, effulgentsia: Add drupalPostUrl() — drupalPost()/drupalPostAjax() are for forms only, D8 JS performs non-form HTTP requests.

Issue #1888424 by katbailey, steveoliver, twistor, beejeebus, effulgentsia: Change notice: Make Drupal's URL generation logic available to HttpKernel, and minimize code repetition/divergence.

Issue #1818560 by Berdir, fago, Wim Leers, jessebeach, dawehner, YesCT: Convert taxonomy entities to the new Entity Field API.

Issue #1862024 by katbailey: Remove all references to hook_url_inbound_alter() as it is no longer invoked.

Issue #1269742 by katbailey, beejeebus, pwolanin, g.oechsler, ksenzee: Make path lookup code into an pluggable class.

Issue #1711070 by kid_icarus, tim.plunkett, xjm, droplet, zendoodles and cam8001: Convert tests to use ::$modules property instead of parent::setUp($modules).

- Patch #1696902 by sun, larowlan, cosmicdreams, heyrocker, tobiasb: Convert forum_admin_settings() to new configuration system.