* commit '5cdca53aa':
Merge different Resource implementation classes (#7732)
Fix inconsistent handling of upper and lower cases of email addresses. (#7021)
Allow YAML config file to contain None (#7779)
Fix a typo.
Move 1.15.2 after 1.16.0rc2.
1.16.0rc2
Remove an extraneous space.
Add links to the fixes.
Fix tense in the release notes.
Hack to add push priority to push notifications (#7765)
Add early returns to `_check_for_soft_fail` (#7769)
Use symbolic names for replication stream names (#7768)
Type checking for `FederationHandler` (#7770)
Fix new metric where we used ms instead of seconds (#7771)
Fix incorrect error message when database CTYPE was set incorrectly. (#7760)
Pin link in CHANGES.md
Fixes to CHANGES.md