Changelog for 2.87

What's new in 2.87 (2017-10-29)

• Stapler library upgraded from 1.252 to 1.253 with Servlet 3.1 support, improved Blue Ocean performance and changes of interest to plugin developers. (issue 37062, Stapler changelog)
• Commons Codec library upgraded from 1.8 to 1.9. (pull 3033)
• Agents JVM must be 1.8+ and a clear message is shown in connection logs if it is not. (issue 44851)
• Major improvement to Italian localization. (pull 3075)
• Improvements to Chinese localization. (pull 3104, pull 3105)
• Retrieving the list of installed plugins now consumes much less memory. (issue 47713)
• When the Jenkins root URL was not configured, the login CLI command did not work.
• Allow users with Job/Cancel permission to abort pipeline builds from the builds history widget. (pull 3101)
• Jobs no longer disappear from NestedView lists after renaming. (issue 25276)
• Internal: Move metadata about plugins split from core into a resource file. (pull 3110)
• Developer: Add ExtensionList#lookupSingleton convenience method. (pull 3021)