Version 4.8 by Eduard Moraru on 2021/07/20

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16 This is the release notes for [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]]. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.
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Eduard Moraru 4.8 18 This version brings LiveData usability improvements, new extension point for developers to provide additional "docextra" tabs and various other bugfixes and dependency upgrades.
Manuel Leduc 1.1 19
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21 Uncomment when there's at least one issue listed in the table!
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23 The following regressions were introduced in this release (and found after it was released). Please check them out and if they impact you we recommend waiting to upgrade to a version where they are fixed.
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33 {{jira id="xwikiorg" source="jql"}}
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Eduard Moraru 4.3 40 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 13.5) =
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Eduard Moraru 4.8 42 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 13.6>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=14794]].
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46 === Upgrades ===
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48 The following runtime dependencies have been upgraded (they have a different release cycle than [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]]):
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Eduard Moraru 4.4 50 * [[ASM 9.2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2235]]
51 * [[AspectJ 1.9.7>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2234]]
52 * [[Byte Buddy 1.11.6>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2230]]
53 * [[Caffeine 2.9.2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2238]]
54 * [[Checker Qual 3.15.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2232]]
55 * [[Doxia 1.10>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-609]]
Eduard Moraru 4.5 56 * [[eslint 7.30.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18792]]
Manuel Leduc 2.1 57 * [[ESLint Vue Plugin 7.13.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18793]]
Eduard Moraru 4.5 58 * [[eslint-parser 7.14.7>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18789]]
Eduard Moraru 4.4 59 * [[Hibernate 5.5.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18788]]
60 * [[Infinispan 12.1.6>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2239]]
Eduard Moraru 4.5 61 * [[Jackson 2.12.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2240]]
62 * [[jest-dom 5.14.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18790]]
Eduard Moraru 4.4 63 * [[JSqlParser 4.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18808]]
64 * [[PostgresSQL connector 42.2.23>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18822]]
65 * [[SLF4J 1.7.31>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2231]]
66 * [[Tika 1.27>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18821]]
67 * [[Vue Test Utils 1.2.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18791]]
Manuel Leduc 1.1 68
69 = Translations =
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Eduard Moraru 4.3 71 The following translations have been updated:
Manuel Leduc 1.1 72
Eduard Moraru 2.2 73 {{language codes="cs, id, fr, no"/}}
Manuel Leduc 1.1 74
75 {{comment}}
76 TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready.
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78 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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80 {{include reference="TestReports.<test report page>"/}}
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83 {{comment}}
84 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
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86 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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88 {{display reference="test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy" section="HSummary"/}}
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90 More details on [[performance comparison on single wiki between x.x and y.y>>test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy]].
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93 = Known issues =
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95 * [[Bugs we know about>>https://jira.xwiki.org/issues/?jql=category%20%3D%2010000%20AND%20issuetype%20%3D%20Bug%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20updated%20DESC]]
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97 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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99 == General Notes ==
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101 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
102 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
103 ** ##xwiki.properties##
104 ** ##web.xml##
105 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
106 * 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.
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108 == API Breakages ==
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Eduard Moraru 4.3 110 The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 13.5:
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116 = Credits =
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118 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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Eduard Moraru 2.3 120 Clément Aubin
121 Eduard Moraru
122 Eunike Leti Kajiwara
123 Jarle Sandmo
124 Kryštof Valenta
125 Manuel Leduc
126 Marius Dumitru Florea
127 Pavel Bludov
128 Simon Urli
129 Thomas Mortagne
130 Vincent Massol
131 xrichard

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