release notes for 5.10.0

docs/release-notes/release-notes-5.10.0.rst

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+|RCE| 5.10.0 |RNS|
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+Release Date
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+- 2025-01-08
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+New Features
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+- Repository Quotas: Implemented user-level repository quotas with configurable limits on repository count. Admins can set global quotas and manage individual user quotas through admin UI.
+- Repository Bootstrap: Added ability to bootstrap repositories on creation with initial content, including support for Git, Mercurial, and SVN repositories.
+- Improved multi-branch support.
+- Repository Deletion: Added option to delete repositories completely or leave backup copy for recovery.
+- Slack integration now properly shows branches for svn repos.
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+General
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+- Frontend Modernization: Completed major frontend migration from Polymer to Lit 2, providing better performance and modern web component architecture.
+- Multiple frontend dependencies that were deprecated or outdated were upgraded/replaced with modern alternatives.
+- jQuery Update: Upgraded to jQuery 3.7 with improved security and performance.
+- Build System: Upgraded to Webpack 5 and Babel 7 for faster builds and better tree-shaking.
+- File Upload: Migrated from Dropzone to FilePond for modern file upload experience.
+- Form Controls: Updated Select2 to latest version with improved accessibility and mobile support.
+- Code Editor: Updated CodeMirror with lazy loading to improve performance of some pages.
+- Frontend: Bumped Node.js version for build image, cleaned up multiple frontend dependencies
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+Security
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+- Frontend: Upgraded/replaced multiple deprecated/legacy dependencies that had known security vulnerabilities.
+- Backend: Bumped urllib3, Redis and multiple other backend dependencies to address security vulnerabilities.
+- Backend: Removed deprecated packages with known vulnerabilities.
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+Performance
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+- Cache: Settings cache now properly invalidates on defaults change, preventing stale configuration.
+- Diffs: Invalidated diffs cache to apply improved single-branch logic.
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+Fixes
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+- comments: Fixed issue where comment editing would remove slash characters.
+- repos: Fixed default repository type selection in creation form.
+- repos: Redirect to removal page if repository on filesystem is damaged.
+- svn: Fixed issue with custom SVN client user agents not being properly recognized. Mostly this affected Tortoise client.
+- permissions: Added special case handling to allow removing duplicated permissions.
+- tests: Fixed feed test, Hg stream test, and improved test cleanup.
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+Upgrade notes
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+- RhodeCode 5.10.0 is a major feature release with significant frontend modernization.
+- This release includes major JavaScript framework migrations (Polymer→Lit, Moment.js→Luxon, jQuery 3.7, Webpack 5).
+- Frontend assets have been rebuilt with modern tooling - clear browser cache after upgrade for best experience.

docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst

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+   release-notes-5.10.0.rst
    release-notes-5.9.1.rst
    release-notes-5.9.0.rst
    release-notes-5.8.1.rst