Version 17.1 by Ilie Andriuta on 2022/03/29

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Manuel Leduc 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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Vincent Massol 13.1 18 This release add support for attachment usage refactoring when moving or renaming attachments, and introduce the Client-side PDF Export extension, allowing users to export wiki pages to PDF using the browser's print to PDF feature.
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21 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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Vincent Massol 14.1 35
36 If you're upgrading from a previous version, the [[upgrade will fail>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19573]]. The workaround is to execute the following SQL command on the main wiki DB (and on all subwiki DBs): ##DROP TABLE xwikilinks;##. Then only, start XWiki 14.2.
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Vincent Massol 2.1 39 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 14.1) =
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Vincent Massol 5.1 41 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 14.2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=14915]].
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45 === Upgrades ===
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47 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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Vincent Massol 6.1 49 * [[follow-redirects 1.14.8>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19483]]
50 * [[url-parse 1.5.10>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19482]]
51 * [[Gson 2.9.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2379]]
52 * [[Hibernate Validator 6.2.2.Final>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2381]]
53 * [[AspectJ 1.9.8>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2382]]
54 * [[PostgresSQL connector 42.3.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19521]]
55 * [[CSS4J 3.7.2 / CSS4J DOM4J 3.7.1 / XML-DTD 4.0.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19188]]
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57 = Translations =
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59 The following translations have been updated:
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Vincent Massol 2.1 61 {{language codes="de,fr,ko,nl,ru"/}}
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63 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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Ilie Andriuta 17.1 65 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki142.WebHome"/}}
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68 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
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70 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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72 {{display reference="test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy" section="HSummary"/}}
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74 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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77 = Known issues =
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79 * [[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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81 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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83 == General Notes ==
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85 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
86 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
87 ** ##xwiki.properties##
88 ** ##web.xml##
89 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
90 * 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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92 == API Breakages ==
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Vincent Massol 8.3 94 The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 14.1:
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100 = Credits =
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102 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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Vincent Massol 7.1 104 Alexis Tual
105 Clément Aubin
106 Gankov Andrey
107 I Knownothing
108 Manuel Leduc
109 Marius Dumitru Florea
110 Michael Hamann
111 Oana-Lavinia Florean
112 ParkHK
113 Phạm Huy Thiên
114 Simon Urli
115 Simpel
116 Thomas Mortagne
117 Vincent Massol
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