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

Issue #2252743 by amitgoyal, er.pushpinderrana, jonreid, lexfunk: Rename 'clone' to 'duplicate' for displays in Views UI.

Issue #2208609 by sun, Jalandhar, damiankloip: Move Json utility class into Drupal\Component\Serialization.

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

Issue #2093173 by longwave, Cyberschorsch, forbesgraham, sandipmkhairnar, damiankloip, rbayliss, grom358, harijari, InternetDevels, dawehner: Remove all calls to drupal_json_decode(), use \Drupal\Component\Utility\Json::decode().

Issue #2136507 by Wim Leers: Use client-side cache tags & caching to eliminate 1 HTTP requests/page for rendering Contextual Links.

Issue #1649780 by effulgentsia, jibran, Wim Leers, nod_, hefox, joelpittet, kaare, BarisW, sun, rbayliss, Cottser, fubhy: Remove first/last/odd/even classes in favor of CSS3 pseudo selectors.

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 #2003684 by rszrama, Wim Leers, nicholaspaun: Contextual.module  does not escape contextual ids in HTML attributes.

Issue #2085201 by jessebeach, tim.plunkett, dawehner, yoroy: Use sensible block categories (rather than module-name categories).

Issue #2084463 by dawehner, pwolanin, David_Rothstein, tim.plunkett, Xano: Convert contextual links to a plugin system similar to local tasks/actions.

Issue #2043527 by tim.plunkett, vijaycs85, dawehner: Fixed Theme name is included in block machine name but should be stored as a key instead.

Issue #2097537 follow-up by olli: Fixed yet another random failure in Drupal\block\Tests\Views\DisplayBlockTest->testBlockCategory().

Issue #2097537 by tim.plunkett: Fixed Random failure in Drupal\block\Tests\Views\DisplayBlockTest->testBlockCategory().

Issue #2095115 by beejeebus: Delete ViewTestConfigInstaller and have ViewTestData create views, not 'import' them.

Issue #2086447 by tim.plunkett, damiankloip: Remove 'View:' prefix from views block derivative admin labels.

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

Issue #2071019 by tim.plunkett, olli: Allow the block category for Views block displays to be edited.

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

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 #2006636 by tim.plunkett: Fixed menu_contextual_links() will always return a link to the MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK, never the parent.

Issue #914382 by Wim Leers, Cottser, Gábor Hojtsy, franz, droplet, sun, Niklas Fiekas, catch, dawehner, effulgentsia: Fixed Contextual links incompatible with render cache.

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

Issue #1829224 by alexpott, pfrenssen, vijaycs85, lirantal: Convert the 'theme_default()' variable to CMI.