<NME> CHANGELOG
<BEF> 0.8.3 (April 24, 2015)
 ## Overview of this release:
 - grok now captures (?<somename>...) regexp into 'somename' field
 - new 'charset' feature for inputs (for improved UTF-8 conversion support)

 ## general
 - fixed internal dependency versioning on 'addressable' gem (LOGSTASH-694)
    # general
    - reverted features to ensure Logstash 1.4.2 compatibility.
    # outputs
    - removed partition key formatting
    # inputs
    - removed Event#sprintf placeholders support for topic_id
0.6.0 (September 20, 2014)
    # general
    - updated to match elasticsearch/logstash current
0.5.2 (June 10, 2014)
 - improvement: grok: now accepts (?<foo>...) named captures. This lets you
   compose a pattern in the grok config without needing to define it in a
   patterns file. Example: (?<hostport>%{HOST}:%{POSINT}) to capture 'hostport'
 
 ## outputs
 - bugfix: zeromq: 'topology' is now a required setting

1.1.5 (November 10, 2012)
 ## Overview of this release:
        * message_send_max_retries
        * retry_backoff_ms
        * topic_metadata_refresh_interval_ms
        * queue_buffering_max_ms
        * queue_buffering_max_messages
        * queue_enqueue_timeout_ms
        * batch_num_messages
        * send_buffer_bytes
        * client_id
    - see http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#producerconfigs for option details.
0.4.2 (April 8, 2014)
    # general
    - updated README to reflect Logstash 1.4.0 support.
    # inputs
    - fixed plugin to locate vendor logstash jars prior to importing jruby-kafka
    # outputs
    - fixed plugin to locate vendor logstash jars prior to importing jruby-kafka
0.4.1 (April 8, 2014)
    # general
    - updated to support Logstash 1.4.0
0.4.0 (March 13, 2014)
    # general
    - updated to support Kafka 0.8.1
    - made default codec JSON on inputs and outputs.
    # outputs
    - added support for request_required_acks
0.3.0 (January 23, 2014)
    # general
    - updated jruby-kafka gemspec dependency
    # outputs
    - added support for compression_codec and compressed_topics
0.2.0 (January 23, 2014)
    # inputs
    - fixed an issue where shutdown caused an extra message to be logged.
0.1.0 (January 13, 2014)
    # general
    - Adding change log.
    - First tagged verison of logstash-kafka.

<MSG> - Update changelog based on reading git log v1.1.5..master

<DFF> @@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
  ## Overview of this release:
  - grok now captures (?<somename>...) regexp into 'somename' field
  - new 'charset' feature for inputs (for improved UTF-8 conversion support)
+ - TODO TODO TODO new faster start-time release jars are available, see the 'flatjar' download
+   option. This flatjar thing may have bugs, so both flatjar and monolithic are
+   available.
 
  ## general
  - fixed internal dependency versioning on 'addressable' gem (LOGSTASH-694)
@@ -18,9 +21,22 @@
  - improvement: grok: now accepts (?<foo>...) named captures. This lets you
    compose a pattern in the grok config without needing to define it in a
    patterns file. Example: (?<hostport>%{HOST}:%{POSINT}) to capture 'hostport'
- 
+ - improvement: grok: allow '$' in JAVACLASS pattern (#241, patch by Corry
+   Haines)
+ - improvement: grok: can now match number types. Example, if you're sending
+   a json format event with { "status": 403 } you can now grok that field.
+   The number is represented as a string "403" before pattern matching.
+ - bugfix: date: Fix a bug that would crash the pipeline if no date pattern 
+   matched. (LOGSTASH-705)
+ - improvement: kv: Adds field_split, value_split, prefix, and container
+   settings. (#225, patch by Alex Wheeler)
+
  ## outputs
  - bugfix: zeromq: 'topology' is now a required setting
+ - improvement: mongodb: new setting 'isodate', when true, stores the @timestamp
+   field as a mongodb date instead of a string. (#224, patch by Kevin Amorin)
+ - improvement: gelf: Allow full_message gelf property to be overridden (#245, 
+   patch by Sébastien Masset)
 
 1.1.5 (November 10, 2012)
  ## Overview of this release:

- Update changelog based on reading git log v1.1.5..master