merged back the RC branch

changelog.html

@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
 
 <!-- these changes are controlled by the release process. DO NOT MODIFY -->
 <div id="rc" style="display:none;"><!--=BEGIN=-->
-<h3><a name=v1.500>What's new in 1.500</a> <!--=DATE=--></h3>
+<h3><a name=v1.501>What's new in 1.501</a> <!--=DATE=--></h3>
+<!--=RC-CHANGES=-->
+</div><!--=END=-->
+<h3><a name=v1.500>What's new in 1.500</a> (2013/01/26)</h3>
 <ul class=image>
   <li class=bug>
     Since 1.494, when signing up as a new user in the private security realm the email address was left unconfigured and a stack trace printed.
@@ -85,8 +88,41 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
   <li class=bug>
     Slow rendering of view pages in large installations due to eager check whether the “People” link would show anything.
     (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16244">issue 16244</a>)
+  <li class=bug>
+    Reduced size of memory leak in render-on-demand functionality used e.g. in configuration pages.
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16341">issue 16341</a>)
+  <li class=bug>
+    Improving responsiveness of <b>People</b> page.
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16342">issue 16342</a>)
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16397">issue 16397</a>)
+  <li class=bug>
+    Exception printed to log while adding <b>Build other projects</b> post-build step.
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16444">issue 16444</a>)
+  <li class=bug>
+    <code>BindException</code> when using <code>--daemon</code> with JMX.
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-14529">issue 14529</a>)
+  <li class=bug>
+    Improved logging and error output from SSHD in Jenkins.
+  <li class=rfe>
+    Linking to the <code>/threadDump</code> page from <code>/systemInfo</code> so it is discoverable.
+  <li class='major bug'>
+    Rekeying operation (from SECURITY-49 fix in 1.498) failed on Windows.
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16319">issue 16319</a>)
+  <li class=bug>
+    JNLP slave index page failed to explain how to pass <code>-jnlpCredentials</code>.
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16273">issue 16273</a>)
+  <li class=bug>
+    Links should preserve used protocol
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16368">issue 16368</a>)
+  <li class=bug>
+    Don't report the same plugin twice in the update center if the filtering is in effect.
+   <li class=bug>
+     Accept any plugin with a 'test' goal as a test plugin in Maven jobs
+     (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-8334">issue 8334</a>)
+   <li class=rfe>
+      Avoid unnecessary downloads if automatically installed tools are up-to-date
+      (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16215">issue 16215</a>)
 </ul>
-</div><!--=END=-->
 <h3><a name=v1.499>What's new in 1.499</a> (2013/01/13)</h3>
 <ul class=image>
   <li class=bug>

debian/debian/changelog

+jenkins (1.500) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * See http://jenkins-ci.org/changelog for more details.
+
+ -- Kohsuke Kawaguchi <kk@kohsuke.org>  Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:18:56 -0800
+
 jenkins (1.499) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * See http://jenkins-ci.org/changelog for more details.