diff --git a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
index 9c0ec952f..1cc312f26 100644
--- a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,124 @@
+
+ New:
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+ -
+ New option for MagicNumber to ignore magic numbers in field declarations. Author: ychulovskyy #148
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+ -
+ New option for ModifiedControlVariable Check to ignore validation of variables defined in for which are not change in for iterator part. Author: liscju #286
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+
+
+ Bug fixes:
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+ Extend LeftCurly check to verify static initializers. Author: Michal Kordas #966
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+ -
+ Extend EmptyBlock check to verify synchronized blocks. Author: Michal Kordas #964
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+ -
+ Fix generics with arrays handling in NoWhitespaceAfter. Author: Michal Kordas #931
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+ -
+ Fix upper/lower case conversation, enhance tests . Author: Mehmet Can Cömert #969
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+ -
+ Introduce new handler SynchronizedHandler for checking identation. Author: liscju #580
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+ -
+ added validation for header in setHeader in RegexpHeaderCheck.java to provide better feedback when an invalid Pattern is specified. Author: richter722 and Roman Ivanov #897
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+
+
+ Notes:
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+ Delete System.exit() and delegate exit control into separate method. Author: Damian Szczepanik #882
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+ -
+ Repair ignored test. Author: Michal Kordas #994
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+ -
+ Fix AnnotationLocation violation in Checkstyle codebase. Author: Michal Kordas #945
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+ -
+ Fix AvoidStaticImport check violations in codebase. Author: Michal Kordas #979
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+ -
+ Fix AtclauseOrder check violations in codebase. Author: Michal Kordas #978
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+ -
+ Resolve Javadoc problems found by Checkstyle. Author: Michal Kordas #978
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+ -
+ Replace all occurrences of FastStack with ArrayDeque. Author: Michal Kordas #86
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+ -
+ Fix PMD violations from numerous ruleset in Checkstyle. Author: Roman Ivanov #744
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+ -
+ Fix PMD violations from numerous ruleset in Checkstyle. Author: Michal Kordas #987,
+#982,
+#872,
+#744,
+#942,
+#945,
+#744,
+#874,
+#873,
+#871,
+#869,
+#876,
+#875,
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+ -
+ Update Apache Commons Lang to 3.4. Author: Michal Kordas #899
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+ -
+ Use use Java 7 instead of custom logic for relative paths. Author: Michal Kordas #857
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+ -
+ Add test for non existing cache file. Author: Michal Kordas #921
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+ -
+ Use entrySet iterator to fix FindBugs violations. Author: Michal Kordas #778
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+ -
+ Integrate Gitter with Checkstyle. Author: Michał Kordas #864
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+ -
+ Resolve some problems in Javadoc reported by Java 8. Author: Michal Kordas #291
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+ -
+ Disable Findbugs for 'grammars' package. Author: Michal Kordas #778
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+ -
+ Update Maven Compiler Plugin to 3.3. Author: Michał Kordas #867
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+ -
+ Update FindBugs Maven Plugin to 3.0.1. Author: Michał Kordas #865
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+ Update Maven Javadoc Plugin to 2.10.3. Author: Michał Kordas #939
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+ -
+ Use SVG badge for coveralls.io. Author: AnirvanSarkar
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+ -
+ all TODO/FIXME were removed , some of them converted to issues . Author: Roman Ivanov
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+ all findbugs validation rules are activated. Author: Roman Ivanov #912, #778
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+
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+
+
Breaking backward compatibility:
@@ -1177,7 +1295,7 @@
has been maintained for now, rather than adopting Maven's
standard directory layout
- . This will change once Maven has been proven.
+ . This will change once Maven has been proven.
-
The Maven
<groupId> changed to be
@@ -1187,7 +1305,7 @@
Introduced
FileText
-
+
to provide more flexibility on how the contents of a file are
represented. This allows for Checkers that wish to operate on
a single character sequence instead of a list of lines.
@@ -1201,7 +1319,7 @@
Made the method
EmptyBlockCheck.hasText(DetailAST)
-
+
protected so that it is accessible to subclasses.
Requested by Steve McKay.