Joomla! 5.1.0 Beta1

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• 💁 24+ contributors
• 🧰 83+ Pull Requests has been merged
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💆 New Contributors

• @joomlaweby made their first contribution in #42845
• @AlexanderCkm made their first contribution in #42819

🧹 What has been changed

• [5.1] upmerge 2024-02-22 by @LadySolveig in #42858
• [5.1] Updating php-cs-fixer and php_codesniffer to latest versions by @Hackwar in #42603
• [5.x] Translation Update by @joomla-translation-bot in #42876
• [5.1] Convert mod_multilangstatus to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42845
• [5.1] Convert mod_sampledata to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42866
• [5.1] Convert mod_frontend to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42853
• [5.1] Convert mod_user to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42852
• [5.1] Rewrite com_associations in vanilla JS by @C-Lodder in #42771
• [5.1] Convert mod_toolbar to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42838
• [5.1] Convert mod_loginsupport to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42827
• [5.1] Convert mod_title to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42801
• [5.1] Schemaorg => Generic plugin by @bembelimen in #42699
• [5.1] Implement onAfterInitialiseRouter event by @Hackwar in #42692
• Convert mod_stats to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42781
• [5.1] Convert mod_wrapper to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42792
• [5.1] Fix user field validation on change by @C-Lodder in #42756
• [5.1] Fix content history diff error by @C-Lodder in #42755
• [5.1] Rewrite treeselect in vanilla JS by @C-Lodder in #42776
• [5.1] WebAssetManager: reset sorting state when new item enabled or disabled by @Fedik in #42880
• [5.1] Convert mod_version to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42814
• [5.1] TUF-based core updates by @SniperSister in #42799
• [5.1] Convert mod_stats_admin to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42886
• [5.1] Convert mod_syndicate to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42883
• [5.1] Convert mod_custom to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42877
• [5.1] Use local $container instead of getting from Factory by @joomdonation in #42868
• [5.1] Minor cleanup for modules JS by @C-Lodder in #42784
• Convert mod_messages to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42735
• [5.1] Unit test for WebAsset stuff by @Fedik in #42885
• Change the getItem return type to stdClass and make the CMSObject inherit it by @laoneo in #42717
• [5.0] Improve DX on the com_templates(styles) by @dgrammatiko in #41388
• [5.1] Upmerge 2024-02-27 by @LadySolveig in #42902
• [5.1] Replace deprecated substr() with substring() by @C-Lodder in #42726
• [5.1] Languagefilter: Fix implementation of subscriberinterface by @Hackwar in #42901
• [5.1] Replace JPATH_PLATFORM with _JEXEC by @heelc29 in #42904
• [5.1] Give a name for the breadcrumbs schema.org asset by @Fedik in #42881
• [5.1] Convert mod_feed to service provider by @heelc29 in #42215
• [5.1] Convert mod_tags_similar to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42898
• [5.1] Convert mod_tags_popular to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42899
• [5.1] Fix Form::renderField() can cause duplicate database queries by @Fedik in #42709
• [5.1] SEF: Implementing trailing slash behavior by @Hackwar in #42702
• [5.1] Adding notice to global configuration for additional options in SEF plugin by @LadySolveig in #42832
• [5.1] Form: Add regex validation rule by @Hackwar in #42657
• [5.1] New Article site by @brianteeman in #39506
• Use a sensible default if none is found by @roland-d in #36692
• [5.1] Upmerge 2024-02-28 by @LadySolveig in #42916
• [5.1] Replace hard coded img element by JLayout joomla.html.image and DRY by @hans2103 in #42508
• [5.1] Unused imports by @Denitz in #41980
• [5.1] Followup convert mod_messages to service provider #42735 by @heelc29 in #42906
• [5.1] SEF: Implementing index.php behavior by @Hackwar in #42704
• [5.1] Convert mod_latestactions to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42910
• [5.1] Convert mod_languages to service provider by @joomlaweby in #42929
• [5.1] Switching Folder::makeSafe() to framework version by @Hackwar in #42762
• [5.1][Events] PageCache event classes by @Fedik in #41965
• [5.1] Migrating Joomla\CMS\Filesystem\Folder::exists() to is_dir() by @Hackwar in #40131
• [5.1] Switching Folder::files() to framework version by @Hackwar in #42761
• [5.1] Header list field by @Razzo1987 in #42736
• [5][webservices] add filter by search by @alikon in #42519
• [5.x] Drop postcss, own package by @dgrammatiko in #42427
• [5.x] Localize own package by @dgrammatiko in #42428
• [5.1] Menus and categories view with equal headline by @chmst in #38787
• [5.1] Deprecating RouterLegacy class by @Hackwar in #42729
• [5.1] PHPStan: Adding type hints for $this to all backend component layouts by @Hackwar in #42923
• [5.1] Duplicate DispatcherAwareInterface implementation by @Denitz in #41981
• [5.1] Update deleted files list in script.php for 5.1.0-beta1 by @richard67 in #42935
• [5.1] Remove string JLIB_FORM_VALIDATE_FIELD_URL_INJECTION_DETECTED by @tecpromotion in #42941
• [5.1] Alpha sorting tuf strings by @tecpromotion in #42942
• [5.1] Allow custom fields form be manipulates like category form by @bembelimen in #42510
• [5.1] Pin PHP-TUF package version by @SniperSister in #42943
• [5.1] Add missing import by @Quy in #42947
• [5.1] Fix tooltips in categories by @chmst in #42944
• [5.0]check if the symlink function is available by @brianteeman in #42705
• [5.1] TinyMCE 6.8.3 by @brianteeman in #42930
• Time Zone form field to use groupedlist fancy select layout by @cyrezdev in #42774
• Fix PHPDoc in HtmlDocument by @Denitz in #41532
• [5][cli] Update:extension:check command by @alikon in #42844
• [5.1] webservices plugins use concrete event classes by @heelc29 in #42092
• [5][cli] maintenance database update db structure by @alikon in #42568
• [5.1] Fix SEF redirect while executing parseRule by @Fedik in #42932
• [5.1] Deprecate app/db properties in ActionLogPlugin by @heelc29 in #42090
• [5.1] Updates the dependencies by @laoneo in #42945
• [5.1] remove joomla accessibility checker by @brianteeman in #42949
• [5.1] upmerge 2024-03-04 by @LadySolveig in #42950
• [5.1] Update deleted files list in script.php for 5.1.0-beta1 (2) by @richard67 in #42951

Full Changelog: 5.1.0-alpha4...5.1.0-beta1