Issue #2925913 by alexpott, amateescu: EntityReferenceItem logs critical errors in onDependencyRemoval()

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 #2572777 by andypost, alexpott, attiks, andriyun: Fix 'Squiz.Strings.ConcatenationSpacing' coding standard

Issue #2412569 by claudiu.cristea, amateescu, yched, jibran, epari.siva: Allow setting the auto-create bundle on entity reference fields with multiple target bundles

Issue #2502917 by dimaro, rakesh.gectcr, DuaelFr, suhel.rangnekar: Replace deprecated usage of entity_create used with variable entity types with a direct call to EntityManager::getStorage()->create()

Issue #2429191 by claudiu.cristea, amateescu, yched, nlisgo, Berdir, alexpott, klausi, Wim Leers, xjm, catch: Deprecate entity_reference.module and move its functionality to core

Issue #2172843 by fgm, marthinal, pfrenssen, amateescu, andypost, Wim Leers, stefan.r, pwieck, deepak_123: Remove ability to update entity bundle machine names

Issue #2560783 by stefan.r, joelpittet, lauriii, Cottser, Sutharsan, kgoel, justAChris, Gábor Hojtsy, dawehner, jhodgdon, effulgentsia, xjm, andypost, googletorp: Replace !placeholder with :placeholder for URLs in hook_help() implementations

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

Issue #2392293 by bircher, tim.plunkett, alexpott, cilefen, gobinathm: Refactor hook_system_info_alter implementations to use ModuleUninstallValidatorInterface

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 #2030637 by yched, Mile23, daffie, Alumei, tidrif, chertzog, Berdir, swentel, ofry: Expand FieldConfig/BaseFieldOverride/FieldConfigBase with methods

Issue #2030633 by hussainweb, Mile23, carsonevans, czigor, Berdir, fernando_calsa, Geijutsuka, amitgoyal, Jānis Bebrītis, undertext: Expand FieldStorageConfig with methods

Issue #2091321 by er.pushpinderrana, jhodgdon, rootwork, ifrik, mparker17: Update hook_help for Field and Field UI module

Issue #2377117 by mglaman, rpayanm, pcambra: Replace all instances of entity_load('field_storage_config') and entity_load_multiple('field_storage_config') with static method calls

Issue #2399931 by dawehner, yched: Generic entity api field handler should live in views module not in field module

Issue #2377115 by mglaman: Replace all instances of entity_load('field_config') and entity_load_multiple('field_config') with static method calls

Issue #2277103 by tim.plunkett, pwolanin, Wim Leers, dawehner, hotpizzas: Switch Drupal::l() and LinkGenerator to expect a Url object.

Issue #2100343 by Berdir, fago, martin107, visabhishek, sriharsha.uppuluri, Yorirou: Remove 'fieldable' key in entity definitions in favour of 'field_ui_base_route'.

Issue #2343651 by xjm, tim.plunkett, Wim Leers, dinarcon, dawehner: Remove most remaining l() calls.

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 #2199637 by Berdir, sun, swentel: Replace "required" flag of Field module with proper dependencies.

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

Issue #2287727 by yched, swentel, alexpott: Rename Field[instance]Config classes and entity types (again).

Issue #1825952 by Fabianx, joelpittet, bdragon, heddn, chx, xjm, pwolanin, mikey_p, ti2m, bfr, dags, cilefen, scor, mgifford: Turn on twig autoescape by default

Issue #2144263 by fago, yched, alexpott, Berdir, plach, andypost, effulgentsia, michaelfavia: Decouple entity field storage from configurable fields.