- added properties function to support 'Node' parameters
- added recipients selection for email-ext plugin
- added support for Description Setter Plugin
- added partial support for Artifacts Deployer plugin
- added 'keep-dependencies' option the 'general' section to support Fingerprint plugin
- added 'basedir' option to the Git plugin
- added github-publisher function to better support GitHub Pull Request Builder plugin
- added 'allow-empty' option to Artifact Archiver plugin
- added support for missing options to GitHub Pull Request Builder plugin
- added support for Ruby metrics plugin