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    Draft release notes for Review Board 8.1.

    Review Request #15209 — Created July 30, 2026 and updated

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    This adds draft release notes for Review Board 8.1.

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    Draft release notes for Review Board 8.1.
    This adds draft release notes for Review Board 8.1.
    66b423522c01db1bee7251f1d9491eeb71b0d755
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    Can we clarify that this was comment fragments for interdiffs of newly-added files? Interdiffs for existing files have always worked …

    david david

    This should be in a "New Features" section (above "Bug Fixes")

    david david

    Underline is the wrong width.

    david david

    This one should probably go under "Compatibility Updates" or "New Features" (we've used both, but the latter would be easy …

    chipx86 chipx86

    Let's say, "Self-managed certificates and CA bundles are now used when communicating with repository hosting services, webhooks, and security checks …

    chipx86 chipx86

    For this, I'd want to clarify: "Fixed an edge case when filtering upstream changes from interdiffs where lines may be …

    chipx86 chipx86

    We usually put all extension-related changes (features and fixes) under the top-level "Extensions" section somewhere.

    chipx86 chipx86
    david
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      Can we clarify that this was comment fragments for interdiffs of newly-added files? Interdiffs for existing files have always worked fine.

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      Christian may want to comment on the wording here.

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      This should be in a "New Features" section (above "Bug Fixes")

      1. For our previous release notes it looks like we sometimes do this, sometimes put it in a "Review Board Platform" section and sometimes make it its own section like I did here. I prefer having it separated to its own section.

      2. Yeah, extensions are almost always top-level. We did have a "Review Board Platform" in 7.x, but keeping it a bit flat helps with the sidebar navigation on the page.

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      Underline is the wrong width.

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    chipx86
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      This one should probably go under "Compatibility Updates" or "New Features" (we've used both, but the latter would be easy to group with the next one).

      "Usability Updates" is usually more UI-level.

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      Let's say, "Self-managed certificates and CA bundles are now used when communicating with repository hosting services, webhooks, and security checks in the administration UI."

      This is probably best under "New Features".

    4. docs/releasenotes/8.1.rst (Diff revision 2)
       
       

      Yay.

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      For this, I'd want to clarify:

      "Fixed an edge case when filtering upstream changes from interdiffs where lines may be filtered out when swapped with adjacent lines."

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      We usually put all extension-related changes (features and fixes) under the top-level "Extensions" section somewhere.

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    Draft release notes for Review Board 8.1.
    This adds draft release notes for Review Board 8.1.
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    Draft release notes for Review Board 8.1.
    This adds draft release notes for Review Board 8.1.
    66b423522c01db1bee7251f1d9491eeb71b0d755

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