Issue #2379811 by Lendude, dawehner: Views tries to render contextual links when Contextual Links module is disabled

Issue #2382543 by rpayanm, ianthomas_uk: Remove usage of drupal_html_class() and drupal_clean_css_identifier()

Issue #2345867 by olli, Gábor Hojtsy: Remove node_row_node_view_preprocess_node() and dead code in the comment views wizard

Issue #2362227 by dawehner, mpdonadio, znerol, tim.plunkett, skipyT: Replace all instances of current_path()

Issue #2328111 by dawehner, martin107, neclimdul: Replace most instances of the DRUPAL_ROOT constant with the app.root container parameter.

Issue #2350949 by Wim Leers: Add hook_page_attachments(_alter)() and deprecate hook_page_build/alter().

Issue #2246675 by rpayanm, johnstorey, holly.ross.drupal | mgbellaire: Remove all unnecessary 'template' lines in hook_theme() declarations.

Issue #2346369 by Wim Leers: Support special '#attached' variable for attaching assets in preprocess functions.

Issue #2226207 by lauriii, mgbellaire, Cottser, m1r1k, Mark Carver, LinL, rachel_norfolk, rteijeiro, skwashd, davidhernandez, euphoric_mv: Make 'template' the default output option for hook_theme().

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

Issue #2312093 by alexpott, yched, andypost, swentel | xjm: Rename FieldInstanceConfig to FieldConfig.

Issue #2221433 by damiankloip, dawehner: Clean up views rendering. Move stuff from template_preprocess_views_view(), into a #pre_render callback.

Issue #2271349 by Berdir, Arla, blueminds, larowlan, Dave Reid: Node and Comment ops links should be display components (which can be disabled).

Issue #2037979 by Gábor Hojtsy, Sweetchuck, jhodgdon, dawehner: Fixed 'Current user's language' views filter label is named very misleading.

Issue #2295469 by Cottser, dawehner | effulgentsia: Add support for static permission definitions with *.permissions.yml.

Issue #2310371 by dawehner: Replace Views::getApplicableViews('uses_hook_menu') with Views::getApplicableViews('uses_menu_links').

Issue #2301317 by pwolanin, dawehner, Wim Leers, effulgentsia, YesCT, xjm, alexpott: MenuLinkNG part4: Conversion.

Revert "Issue #2301317 by pwolanin, effulgentsia, Wim Leers, dawehner, alexpott: MenuLinkNG part4: Conversion."

This reverts commit fd2db9cd.

Issue #2301317 by pwolanin, effulgentsia, Wim Leers, dawehner, alexpott: MenuLinkNG part4: Conversion.

Issue #2061977 by InternetDevels, kim.pepper, ianthomas_uk, herom, rhm50, naveenvalecha, andypost,  mandar.harkare, sergeypavlenko, sidharthap, SIz, tkuldeep17: Replace user_access() calls with ->hasPermission() in all core modules except user.

Revert "Issue #2061977 by InternetDevels, kim.pepper, ianthomas_uk, herom: Replace user_access() calls with ->hasPermission() in all core modules except user."

Fixing commit credit.

This reverts commit 25afa810.