[meta] 2.3.1, 2.2.4 release problems tracking

[colinsurprenant]

This is a tracking issue for the identified problems in 2.3 and the planing for the upcoming 2.3.1.

• Tests failing on the 2.3.0 branch #4996 Test failling on the 2.3 branch.
• ensure Plugin#original_params is hides password fields #4952 password leak in shutdown stall 2.3/2.2
• Prevent config leak on output delegator close #5001 config leak on output delegator close (5.0,2.3,2.2)
• Hide generated ruby code unless --debug-config argument passed #4965 password leak in debug mode
  • (2.x Backport) Hide sensitive AST/config data unless --debug-config argument passed #4987 2.3 backport of Hide generated ruby code unless --debug-config argument passed #4965 (password leak in debug mode)
  • Hide sensitive AST/config data unless --debug-config argument passed #5000 2.2 backport of Hide generated ruby code unless --debug-config argument passed #4965
• ensure cond_func methods are singletons #4970 conditionals with pipeline reload
• fix --config-test and add a couple of tests #4946 config-test broken
  • merge in 2.3 fix --config-test and add tests for it #4944
• add experimental flag for environment variables in config #4963 env var in config
  • merge in 2.3 [backport] 2.x Add Environment Variable Support Flag (--allow-env) #5003
• JRuby 1.7.24 regex thread safety regression #4977 jruby regex thread safety regression
  • review revert to jruby 1.7.23 for regex regression #4995
• document/blog on ruby filter fields mutability change per Can't manipulate hash since Logstash 2.3 logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-ruby#21
• changelog
  • review Update changelog for 2.3.1 #4994 2.3.1
  • review [meta] 2.3.1, 2.2.4 release problems tracking #4981 2.2.4
• Fix for ubuntu package stop function  #4992 package (init.d) stop function broken for ubuntu
• Remove regexp mutex. We want to trust Regexps from jruby logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-useragent#27 Remove now useless mutex around UserAgent regexp
• Revert inaccurate docs in 2.3/2.2 Branch #5027 Ensure docs around ruby event rollback are accurate
• revert to logstash-core-event  #5023 Revert to ruby event
  • fix jruby bigdecimal handling in Time.at #5024 Fix big decimal
• Document the new '--allow-env' flag #5034 Document the new '--allow-env' flag

[ph]

The only things missing is the #5000 for the 2.2.4, something broke that branch and it need investigation.

[andrewvc]

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