Issue #2641584 by Mac_Weber, heykarthikwithu, legovaer: Replace deprecated usage of  entity_create('field_config') with a direct call to FieldConfig::create()

Issue #2641586 by Mac_Weber, marvin_B8: Replace deprecated usage of  entity_create('field_storage_config') with a direct call to  FieldStorageConfig::create()

Issue #1978714 by amateescu, claudiu.cristea, pfrenssen, yched, jibran, filijonka, dawehner, alexpott, tstoeckler: Entity reference doesn't update its field settings when referenced entity bundles are deleted

Issue #2557519 by alexpott, joelpittet: Remove many usages SafeMarkup::checkPlain() and replace with Html::escape()

Issue #2457887 by prateekMehta, stefan.r, rpayanm, alexpott: Use Utility\SafeMarkup class instead of Utility\String for placeholder(), checkPlain(),format() functions

Issue #2107243 by amateescu, jibran, larowlan, Xano: Decouple entity reference selection plugins from field definitions

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

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

Issue #697760 by sun: Replace getInfo() in tests with native phpDoc + annotations (following PHPUnit).

Issue #2089331 by grom358 | thedavidmeister: [meta] Replace calls to check_plain() with Drupal\Component\Utility\String::checkPlain().

Issue #2277941 by yched: Allow injecting an arbitrary FieldConfig when building a FieldInstanceConfig.

Issue #2180109 by damiankloip, dawehner, ParisLiakos, joelpittet, MartijnBraam, Xano: Change the current_user service to a proxy.

Issue #2163203 by joelpittet, longwave, saki007ster: Remove calls to deprecated global $user wherever possible (outside bootstrap and authentication).

Issue #2095303 by swentel, plopesc, Berdir, claudiu.cristea, yched: Rename 'field_entity' to 'field_config' and 'field_instance' to 'field_instance_config'.

Issue #1953408 by swentel, aspilicious, andypost, yched: Remove ArrayAccess BC layer from field config entities.

Issue #1497374 by yched, chx, amateescu, plach, Damien Tournoud, fago, swentel: Switch from Field-based storage to Entity-based storage.

Issue #2017851 by pcambra, amateescu, Pancho: Move entity_reference_get_selection_handler() to a method on SelectionPluginManager.

Issue #1981306 by aspilicious, andypost, pcambra, swentel, amateescu: Drop procedural usage of fields in [a-e] modules.

Issue #1950632 by effulgentsia, Wim Leers, amateescu, yched: Create a FieldDefinitionInterface, decoupled from  and  config entities, and use it for formatters and widgets.

Issue #1818556 by das-peter, plach, fago, Berdir, vijaycs85: Change notice: Convert nodes to the new Entity Field API.

Issue #1801304 by Amitaibu, amateescu, effulgentsia, tim.plunkett, EclipseGc, Fabianx, Cottser: Added Entity reference field.