Release Notes for XWiki 12.6.6
This is the release notes for XWiki Commons, XWiki Rendering and XWiki Platform. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.
This is a bugfix release that covers important issues that we have discovered since XWiki 12.6.5 has been released.
New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 12.6.5)
Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 12.6.6.
Translations
The following translations have been updated:
Tested Browsers & Databases
Here is the list of browsers we support and how they have been tested for this release:
Browser | Tested on: | |
---|---|---|
Google Chrome 87 | Not Tested | |
Microsoft Edge 87 | Not Tested | |
Mozilla Firefox 83 | Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes | |
Internet Explorer 11 | Tests run and results | |
Safari 14 | Not Tested |
Here is the list of databases we support and how they have been tested for this release:
Database | Tested on: | |
---|---|---|
HyperSQL 2.5.1 | Not Tested | |
Oracle 19c | Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes | |
MySQL 8 | Tests run and results | |
MariaDB 10.5 | Not Tested | |
PostgreSQL 13 | Not Tested |
Here is the list of Servlet Containers we support and how they have been tested for this release:
Servlet Container | Tested on: | |
---|---|---|
Tomcat 9.0.41 | Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes Tests run and results | |
Jetty 9.4.29 (XWiki Standalone packaging) | ||
Jetty 9.4.29 | Not Tested |
Known issues
Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes
General Notes
- When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
- xwiki.cfg
- xwiki.properties
- web.xml
- hibernate.cfg.xml
- Add xwiki.store.migration=1 in xwiki.cfg so that XWiki will attempt to automatically migrate your current database to any new schema. Make sure you backup your Database before doing anything.
API Breakages
The following APIs were modified since XWiki 12.6.5:
- Revert a refactoring done by mistake
- Violation type:java.class.noLongerInheritsFromClass
- Code:## Old:
class org.xwiki.rendering.wikimodel.xhtml.impl.LocalEntityResolver
## New:
class org.xwiki.rendering.wikimodel.xhtml.impl.LocalEntityResolver
- Violation type:
Credits
The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
Eduard Moraru
Marius Dumitru Florea
Simon Urli
Thomas Mortagne
Vincent Massol