Version 5.1 by Simon Urli on 2021/09/27

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Simon Urli 1.1 1 {{velocity}}
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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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Simon Urli 3.1 18 Mostly a developer's release and some performance improvement for the new LiveData feature.
Simon Urli 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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Simon Urli 3.1 40 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 13.7) =
Simon Urli 1.1 41
Simon Urli 3.1 42 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for XWiki 13.8>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=14890]].
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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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Simon Urli 3.1 50 [[eslint-plugin-vue 7.16.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18939]]
51 [[eslint 7.32.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18938]]
52 [[@vue/test-utils 1.2.2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18937]]
53 [[@babel/eslint-parser 7.15.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18936]]
54 [[vue and vue-template-compiler 2.6.14>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18708]]
55 [[vue-i18n 8.25.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18673]]
56 [[Tika 2.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18944]]
57 [[Plexus Utils 3.4.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2256]]
58 [[Mockito 3.12.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2270]]
59 [[Jackson 2.12.5>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2271]]
60 [[JNA 5.9.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18935]]
61 [[Hibernate 5.5.7>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18951]]
62 [[Gson 2.8.8>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2267]]
63 [[Error Prone annotations 2.9.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2268]]
64 [[Byte Buddy 1.11.13>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2269]]
Simon Urli 1.1 65
66 = Translations =
67
68 The following translations have been updated:
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Simon Urli 2.1 70 {{language codes="fr, no"/}}
Simon Urli 1.1 71
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73 TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready.
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75 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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80 {{comment}}
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83 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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85 {{display reference="test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy" section="HSummary"/}}
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87 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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90 = Known issues =
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92 * [[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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94 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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96 == General Notes ==
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98 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
99 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
100 ** ##xwiki.properties##
101 ** ##web.xml##
102 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
103 * 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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105 == API Breakages ==
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Simon Urli 2.1 107 The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 13.7:
Simon Urli 1.1 108
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113 = Credits =
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115 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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Simon Urli 2.1 117 Clemens Robbenhaar
118 Jarle Sandmo
119 Manuel Leduc
120 Marius Dumitru Florea
121 Simon Urli
122 Thomas Mortagne
123 Vincent Massol
124 slauriere
125 xrichard

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