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

Revert "Issue #2097123 by slashrsm, roderik, mgifford, pfrenssen, andypost, das-peter | larowlan: Deprecate comment_num_new() in favour of method on CommentManager."

This reverts commit 6532718c.

Issue #2097123 by slashrsm, roderik, mgifford, pfrenssen, andypost, das-peter | larowlan: Deprecate comment_num_new() in favour of method on CommentManager.

Issue #2228763 by larowlan, alexpott, martin107, jessebeach, xjm: Create a comment-type config entity and use that as comment bundles, require selection in field settings form.

Issue #2155635 by Berdir, tim.plunkett, dawehner: Allow plugin managers to opt in to cache clear during module install.

Issue #2169361 by plopesc: Convert COMMENT_HIDDEN & COMMENT_CLOSED & COMMENT_OPEN  to a constant on the comment field interface.

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

Issue #731724 by larowlan, andypost, dixon_, tsvenson: Convert comment settings into a field to make them work with CMI and non-node entities.

Issue #1199946 by alexpott, fubhy, bojanz, steinmb, chx, catch: Fixed Disabled modules are broken beyond repair so the 'disable' functionality needs to be removed.

Issue #2074037 by Wim Leers, effulgentsia: Add drupalPostUrl() — drupalPost()/drupalPostAjax() are for forms only, D8 JS performs non-form HTTP requests.

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

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

Issue #1946404 by tim.plunkett, amateescu, swentel: Convert forms in field_ui().admin.inc to the new form interface.

Issue #1331486 by katbailey, chx, sun, beejeebus, amateescu: Move module_invoke_*() and friends to an Extensions class.

Revert "Issue #1331486 by katbailey, chx, sun, beejeebus, amateescu: Move module_invoke_*() and friends to an Extensions class. Broke core tests after commit."

This reverts commit c80c3e18.

Issue #1331486 by katbailey, chx, sun, beejeebus, amateescu: Move module_invoke_*() and friends to an Extensions class.

Issue #1812034 by xjm: Only use standard profile where necessary in comment.module tests (10% bot speed-up).