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Add more info to 5.0 breaking changes

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Fixes #6088
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Suyog Rao 2016-10-18 14:38:56 -07:00
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=== Changes in Logstash Core
* Logstash 5.0.0 requires Java 8
* **Application Settings:** Introduced a new way to configure application settings for Logstash through a settings.yml file. This file
is typically located in `LS_HOME/config`, or `/etc/logstash` when installed via packages. +
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* **Release Packages:** When Logstash is installed via DEB, RPM packages, it uses `/usr/share/logstash` and `/var/lib/logstash` to install binaries.
Previously it used to install in `/opt/logstash` directory. This change was done to make the user experience
consistent with other Elastic products. Full directory layout is described in <<dir-layout>>.
consistent with other Elastic products. Full directory layout is described in <<dir-layout>>. The source of release packages
has changed from `packages.elastic.co` to `artifacts.elastic.co`. For example, 5.x and all the patch releases in this series
will available at `https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/5.x/apt`
* **Default Logging Level:** Changed the default log severity level to INFO instead of WARN to match Elasticsearch. Existing logs
(in core and plugins) were too noisy at INFO level, so we had to audit log messages and switch some of them to DEBUG