Release Notes for XWiki 12.6.6

Last modified by Ilie Andriuta on 2020/12/17

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:

 BrowserTested on:
Chrome30.pngGoogle Chrome 87Not Tested
Edge30.pngMicrosoft Edge 87Not Tested
Firefox30.pngMozilla Firefox 83Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
IE30.pngInternet Explorer 11Tests run and results
Safari30.pngSafari 14Not Tested

Here is the list of databases we support and how they have been tested for this release:

 DatabaseTested on:
hypersql.pngHyperSQL 2.5.1Not Tested
oracle.pngOracle 19cJira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
mysql.pngMySQL 8Tests run and results
mariadb.pngMariaDB 10.5Not Tested
postgresql.pngPostgreSQL 13Not Tested

Here is the list of Servlet Containers we support and how they have been tested for this release:

 Servlet ContainerTested on:
tomcat-icon.pngTomcat 9.0.41Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes

Tests run and results
jetty-icon.pngJetty 9.4.29 (XWiki Standalone packaging)
jetty-icon.pngJetty 9.4.29Not 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

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

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