- ScaleIO volumes can now be provisioned without having to first manually create /dev/disk/by-id path on each kubernetes node (if not already...

- Fixed the discoverability of `apiregistration.k8s.io` in `openapi/v3` ([#118879](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118879), [@atiratree](https://github.com/atiratree))

- If `kubeadm reset` finds no etcd member ID for the peer it removes during the `remove-etcd-member` phase, it continues immediately to other phases, instead of retrying the phase for up to 3 minutes before continuing. ([#117948](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117948),...

- If `kubeadm reset` finds no etcd member ID for the peer it removes during the `remove-etcd-member` phase, it continues immediately to other phases, instead of retrying the phase for up to 3 minutes before continuing. ([#117916](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117916),...

- If `kubeadm reset` finds no etcd member ID for the peer it removes during the `remove-etcd-member` phase, it continues immediately to other phases, instead of retrying the phase for up to 3 minutes before continuing. ([#118057](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118057),...

- If `kubeadm reset` finds no etcd member ID for the peer it removes during the `remove-etcd-member` phase, it continues immediately to other phases, instead of retrying the phase for up to 3 minutes before continuing. ([#118192](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118192),...

* Extended the Stackdriver Metadata Agent by adding a new Deployment for ingesting unscheduled pods and services.   ([#62043](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62043), [@supriyagarg](https://github.com/supriyagarg))
* Added all kinds of resource objects' statuses in HPA description. ([#59609](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59609), [@zhangxiaoyu-zidif](https://github.com/zhangxiaoyu-zidif))

- The DaemonSet, Deployment, ReplicaSet, and StatefulSet kinds
  are now in the apps/v1beta2 group and version.

- The apps/v1beta2 group version adds a Scale subresource for the StatefulSet
kind.

- All kinds in the apps/v1beta2 group version add a corresponding conditions
  kind.

#### Behavioral Changes

 - For all kinds in the API group version, a spec.selector default value is no longer

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<p>
Blocks nest and influence <a href="#Declarations_and_scope">scoping</a>.
</p>


<h2 id="Declarations_and_scope">Declarations and scope</h2>

<p>
A <i>declaration</i> binds a non-<a href="#Blank_identifier">blank</a> identifier to a
<a href="#Constant_declarations">constant</a>,
<a href="#Type_declarations">type</a>,
<a href="#Type_parameter_declarations">type parameter</a>,

* The Deployment, DaemonSet, and ReplicaSet kinds in the extensions/v1beta1 group version are now deprecated, as are the Deployment, StatefulSet, and ControllerRevision kinds in apps/v1beta1. As they will not be removed until after a GA version becomes available, you may continue to use these kinds in existing code. However, all new code should be developed against the apps/v1beta2 group version. ([#51828](https://gith...