[FEATURE] Add support for gradient fills for polygons
Save precision correctly for composer map. Fix #8963
Add shortcuts for raise/lower/bring to front/back for composer, fix some other composer shortcuts
optionally use base url for WMTS GetTile requests (implements #8595)
Switch composer select/move icon to more appropriate icon
Remove redundant composer selection tolerance setting
Increase number of allowed open files on Mac

- Increase from default 256 to 4096-to-8192 range, or OPEN_MAX for process
- From code provided by Larry Biehl, Purdue University, USA, from 'MultiSpec' project
Add expression constructor to QgsFeatureRequest
[Expression] redirect duplicate QString expression() to QString dump()
Merge pull request #923 from nyalldawson/gradient_fill2

[FEATURE] Add support for gradient fills for polygons
Consolidate all composer tools/add item actions to same toolbar, make this toolbar display on left of compositions by default
debian packaging: disable globe plugin while libopenscenegraph-dev is uninstallable(followup 78be54c8c; see debian #728318)
introduced qgssize in rasters instead of size_t to typedef it easily in SIP
[FEATURE] labels support in QgsPalettedRasterRenderer, fixes #8886
GDALGetCategoryNames TODO note
[pyqgis-console] allows to remove entries from command history dialog
[pyqgis-console] fixes some translation string
[Fixes #8972] allows to drop PostGIS Raster layers into main app
[Fixes #8982] adds python bindings for actionZoomNext method
update to autocompletion file
[pyqgis-console] add save button to history dialog, minor fixes for c38b8cb