1.0.0-rc2

Features

• Add ASPNETCORE_* environment variables by default to hosting configuration (#700)
• Pass existing LoggerFactory to WebHostBuilder (#658)
• Add Name to IHostingEnvironment (#635)
• IHostingEnvironment Updates (#633)
• WebHostBuilder should have an option to set the IApplicationEnvironment.ApplicationName (#613)
• Consider changing WebApplication* to WebHost* (#567)
• Add Options services back to hosting (#547)
• Add an API to set the application base (#546)
• Remove IHostingEnvironment.Configuration property (#528)
• Update Hosting API and TestServer API (#525)
• How to get DbContext when unit testing with TestServer (#519)
• Remove compilation error support from Startup error page (#510)
• Remove some platform abstractions from WebHostBuilder bootup (#501)
• Flow hosting configuration through to application (#488)
• Make hosting configuration consistency (#453)
• Revisit IServerFactory.Start (#395)
• Profiling/observing the middleware chain (#318)

Bugs Fixed

• For RC2 use both environment names for dev/release etc. (#738)
• Prefer uppercase environment variable for ASPNETCORE_ (#733)
• Self host deployers not testing on full CLR if test app is not published before deployment (#728)
• RC2 Templates Review follow-up: Remove UseDefaultHostingConfiguration (#727)
• DNX branding shows up in the ErrorPage (#722)
• Test server should fire onResponseCompleted after the actual response has completed instead of just the headers (#721)
• Update deployers for shared runtime (#718)
• Startup fails when static method is passed to WebHostBuilder.Configure (#712)
• Include the content root path as part of exception message (#707)
• Remove IServerFactory from Hosting.Server.Abstractions (#698)
• Need a way to inform user of Hosting-supported command-line arguments` (#693)
• Issue with Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Testing IISDeployer on net451 (#684)
• Make RequestServicesContainerMiddleware the first middleware in the pipeline (#653)
• ApplicationBasePath set to temporary folder (#641)
• Application deployer in testing package doesn't work when user's home dir contains whitespace (#630)
• Hosting logging needs to use structured logging instead of format strings (#597)
• webroot setting by default using environment variable (#585)
• The error message when there's no Startup class specified sucks (#559)
• CaptureStartupErrors default and configuration (#552)
• Request timings not very accurate (nearest 15ms) (#544)
• Using an active logger (not NullLogger) with TestHost results in a null ref (#532)
• Remove dnx451 and dnxcore50 from project.json (#531)
• TestHost.Create() has incompatible overloads (#497)
• Regression: Not detecting HTTP_PLATFORM_PORT in IIS/Express (#470)
• Unnecessary access request to drive root (#464)
• BUG: WebHostBuilder.UseEnvironment being overwritten on WebHostBuilder.Build (#302)