Issue #2776975 by joelpittet, dawehner, tim.plunkett, xjm, pfrenssen: March 3, 2017: Convert core to array syntax coding standards for Drupal 8.3.x RC phase

Issue #2851678 by efrainh, jhodgdon: rest.install and other .install files have malformed @defgroup doc blocks

Issue #2803179 by Wim Leers, MKorostoff, Berdir, dawehner: [regression] rest_update_8201() can fail and break things

Issue #2664780 by Wim Leers, tedbow, dawehner, klausi: Remove REST's resource- and verb-specific permissions for EntityResource, but provide BC and document why it's necessary for other resources

Revert "Issue #2664780 by Wim Leers, tedbow, dawehner, klausi: Remove REST's resource- and verb-specific permissions for EntityResource, but provide BC and document why it's necessary for other resources"

This reverts commit 85d755a9.

Issue #2664780 by Wim Leers, tedbow, dawehner, klausi: Remove REST's resource- and verb-specific permissions for EntityResource, but provide BC and document why it's necessary for other resources

Issue #2228141 by juampynr, eiriksm, dawehner, almaudoh, lokapujya, mohit_aghera, clemens.tolboom, manojapare, Lendude, Sonal.Sangale, Wim Leers, alexpott, damiankloip, andypost: Add authentication support to REST views

Issue #2308745 by Alumei, dawehner, Wim Leers, larowlan, Arla, alexpott, g.oechsler, R.Muilwijk, Berdir, catch, klausi, clemens.tolboom, MattA, Crell: Remove rest.settings.yml, use rest_resource config entities

Issue #2456025 by stefan.r, alexpott, klausi: Rest tests fail on PHP 5.6 because of always_populate_raw_post_data ini setting