For future reference, the effective changelog for a major stable bump, such as 2.5.0, is the sum of all beta releases that start with the version: 2.5.0.beta[1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. We strive to keep the “beta” versions usable at all times, and our “stable” branch is more focused on lack of change than lack of bugs.
Hopefully the patch release notes help out with the confusion.