Issue #2283969 by tim.plunkett: Add a protected BlockBase::blockAccess() to contain plugin-specific logic.

Issue #2158003 by Wim Leers, msonnabaum, effulgentsia, moshe weitzman: Remove Block Cache API in favor of blocks returning #cache with cache tags.

Issue #1874498 by tim.plunkett, dawehner, jibran, benjy: Provide and use API methods for retrieving base plugin and derivative names from block plugin IDs.

Issue #1957276 by dawehner, xjm, yoroy, yoroy, Bojhan, tim.plunkett: Let users set the block instance title for Views blocks in the Block UI.

Issue #1951386 by benjy, theduke, andypost, tim.plunkett: Fixed Extend BlockPluginInterface::access to allow passing in an account.

Issue #2057869 by dawehner, jibran: Provide an alias for 'plugin.manager.entity' called 'entity.manager'.

Issue #2022897 by dawehner, sdboyer, tim.plunkett: Shift responsibility for creating unique config id/machine name off of (views) block plugins and onto BlockFormController.

Issue #1957346 by dawehner, olli, damiankloip, jibran, ParisLiakos: Add some settings on the block display to allow overrides on the block instance configuration.

Issue #1998582 by damiankloip, brantwynn, dawehner: Auto-generate machine_name() for Views Blocks using [viewname]_[displayname] rather than forcing manual entry.

Issue #1879774 by damiankloip, dawehner, effulgentsia: catch plugin exceptions for invalid views display plugins.

Issue #1927608 by EclipseGc, tim.plunkett, effulgentsia: Remove the tight coupling between Block Plugins and Block Entities.

Issue #1987298 by tim.plunkett, quicksketch: Shorten directory structure and PSR-0 namespacing for plugins.

Issue #1969276 by effulgentsia, tim.plunkett, EclipseGc: Refactor block plugins to make room for a BlockBase::build() implementation.

Issue #1849752 by effulgentsia, Berdir, jibran, neclimdul: Abstract non-Drupal-specific parts of AnnotatedClassDiscovery into a Drupal\Component base class.

Issue #1591806 by tim.plunkett, ryanissamson, jenlampton, Risse, psynaptic, Gábor Hojtsy, kmcculloch, pakmanlh, Rob Loach: Change block 'subject' so that it's called (admin_)label like everything else on the theme layer.

Issue #1879256 by tim.plunkett, dawehner: Refactor viewSpecialBlocks architecture once blocks are plugins.

Issue #1871696 by tim.plunkett, xjm, sun, msonnabaum, EclipseGc: Convert block instances to configuration entities to resolve architectural issues.

Issue #1535868 by EclipseGc, tim.plunkett, xjm, Jody Lynn, sdboyer, naxoc, tizzo, effulgentsia, dawehner, disasm, beejeebus: Convert all blocks into plugins.