MQE-2097: CHANGELOG.MD and Composer version bump (#687)

* MQE-1957: Entity Deprecation Reference - Static Check
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* MQE-2097: CHANGELOG.MD and Composer version bump
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* MQE-2097: CHANGELOG.MD and Composer version bump
doc updates and minor fixes

Co-authored-by: Donald Booth <dobooth@adobe.com>

Author: soumyau

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,9 +1,39 @@
 Magento Functional Testing Framework Changelog
 ================================================
+3.0.0 RC2
+---------
+
+### Enhancements
+
+*  Maintainability
+    *  Added support for PHP 7.4.
+    *  Removed support for PHP 7.2.
+    *  Added support for PHPUnit 9.
+    *  Improved assertion actions to support PHPUnit 9 changes. [See assertions page for details](./docs/test/assertions.md)   
+        *  Added new actions: `assertEqualsWithDelta`, `assertNotEqualsWithDelta`, `assertEqualsCanonicalizing`, `assertNotEqualsCanonicalizing`, `assertEqualsIgnoringCase`, `assertNotEqualsIgnoringCase`.
+        *  Added new actions: `assertStringContainsString`, `assertStringNotContainsString`, `assertStringContainsStringIgnoringCase`, `assertStringNotContainsStringIgnoringCase` for string haystacks.
+        *  Removed actions: `assertInternalType`, `assertNotInternalType`, `assertArraySubset`.
+        *  Removed delta option from `assertEquals` and `assertNotEquals`.
+    *  Removed action `pauseExecution` and added `pause`. [See actions page for details](./docs/test/actions.md#pause)
+    *  Removed action `formatMoney` and added `formatCurrency`. [See actions page for details](./docs/test/actions.md#formatcurrency)    
+    *  Added new static check that checks and reports references to deprecated test entities.
+*  Bumped dependencies to support PHP/PHPUnit upgrade.
+    
+*  Traceability 
+    *  Introduced new `.env` configuration `VERBOSE_ARTIFACTS` to toggle saving attachments in Allure. [See configuration page for details](./docs/configuration.md)  
+    
+### Fixes
+
+*  Fixed issue of resolving arguments of type `entity` in action groups within a custom helper.
+*  Fixed reporting issue in output file for `testDependencies` static check.
+*  Fixed a bug in `actionGroupArguments` static check when action group filename is missing `ActionGroup`.
+*  Fixed issue of running suites under root `_suite` directory in Standalone MFTF.
+
 3.0.0 RC1
 ---------
 
 ### Enhancements
+
 * Customizability
     * Introduced MFTF helpers `<helper>` to create custom actions outside of MFTF.
     * Removed deprecated actions `<executeSelenium>` and `<performOn>`.
@@ -23,11 +53,13 @@ Magento Functional Testing Framework Changelog
 * Bumped dependencies to latest possible versions.
 
 ### Fixes
+
 * Throw exception during generation when leaving out .url for `amOnPage`.
 * `request_timeout` and `connection_timeout` added to functional.suite.yml.dist.
 * Fixed `ModuleResolver` to resolve test modules moved out of deprecated path.
 
 ### Upgrade Instructions
+
 * Run `bin/mftf reset --hard` to remove old generated configurations.
 * Run `bin/mftf build:project` to generate new configurations.
 * Run `bin/mftf upgrade:tests`. [See command page for details](./docs/commands/mftf.md#upgradetests).

docs/commands/mftf.md

@@ -464,18 +464,31 @@ To run specific static check scripts
 ```bash
 vendor/bin/mftf static-checks testDependencies
 ```
+
 ```bash
 vendor/bin/mftf static-checks actionGroupArguments
 ```
+
+```bash
+vendor/bin/mftf static-checks deprecatedEntityUsage
+```
+
+```bash
+vendor/bin/mftf static-checks deprecatedEntityUsage -p path/to/mftf/test/module
+```
+
 ```bash
 vendor/bin/mftf static-checks testDependencies actionGroupArguments
 ```
 
 #### Existing static checks
 
-* Test Dependency: Checks that test dependencies do not violate Magento module's composer dependencies.
-* Action Group Unused Arguments: Checks that action groups do not have unused arguments.
-    
+| Argument              | Description                                                                                               |
+|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+|`testDependencies`     | Checks that test dependencies do not violate Magento module's composer dependencies.|
+|`actionGroupArguments` | Checks that action groups do not have unused arguments.|
+|`deprecatedEntityUsage`| Checks that deprecated test entities are not being referenced.|
+         
 ### `upgrade:tests`
 
 When the path argument is specified, this `upgrade` command applies all the major version MFTF upgrade scripts to a `Test Module` in the given path.