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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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18 This release comes with two usability improvements: the authentication process is now easier to discover, and editing the avatar in the user profile is now easier. It also brings minor accessibility improvements, as well as technical modules that will be useful to improve security in the future.
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20 This release contains security fixes, with the highest severity being 8.7/10.
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22 {{comment}}
23 Uncomment when there's at least one issue listed in the table!
24 {{error}}
25 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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35 {{jira id="xwikiorg" source="jql"}}
36 category = 10000 and affectedVersion in ($affectedVersions)${fixVersionJQL}and priority = Blocker and resolution in (Fixed, Unresolved) and component != "Development Issues only"
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41
42 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 16.9.0) =
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44 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 16.10.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=15815]].
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46 {{releasenotechanges/}}
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48 {{comment}}
49 === Moved Modules ===
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51 <description deprecated, retired and moved projects>
52 {{/comment}}
53
54 === Upgrades ===
55
56 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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58 {{jira url="https://jira.xwiki.org" source="jql" style="list"}}
59 project in (XWIKI, XCOMMONS, XRENDERING) AND issuetype = Task AND fixVersion in (16.10.0-rc-1) AND component = "Dependency Upgrades"
60 {{/jira}}
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62 The following dependencies were upgraded for the XWiki Standalone distribution:
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64 * [[Jetty 2.0.15>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22646]]
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66 = Translations =
67
68 The following translations have been updated:
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70 {{language codes="cs,de,zh"/}}
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72 {{comment}}
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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77 {{include reference="TestReports.<test report page>"/}}
78 {{/comment}}
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80 {{comment}}
81 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
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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]].
88 {{/comment}}
89
90 = Security Issues =
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92 Security issues are not listed in issue lists or dashboards to avoid disclosing ways to use them, but they will appear automatically in them once they're disclosed. See the [[XWiki Security Policy>>dev:Community.SecurityPolicy.WebHome]] for more details.
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94 = Accessibility =
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96 We are working towards [[WCAG 2.1>>url:https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/Understanding_WCAG]] level AA compliance.
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98 Current status:
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100 * A total of **404125** automated tests are run.
101 * **99.60%** of our automated WCAG tests are passing. There are **129** warnings left in the tests to fix (0.03%) and **1480** incomplete tests (0.37%). By "incomplete", it means that they need manual validation.
102 ** Note that the automated WCAG tests have 2 limitations: WCAG tests are executed only for UIs for which we have automated functional tests available, and the underlying library we use for testing (Axe Core) estimates that it catches only about 50% of WCAG issues. We plan to continue running regularly some manual WCAG tests in addition to all these automated tests.
103 ** Out of the **61** rules automatically tested on XWiki, only **4** of them return warnings. All the other tests will fail the build if violated in the future.
104 * Remaining accessibility violations can be seen on this [[filter result table>>url:https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=15396#Filter-Results/20051]].
105 * The progress of fixing accessibility issues vs raising them can be seen on this [[status chart>>url:https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=15396#Created-vs-Resolved-Chart/20019]].
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107 = Known issues =
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109 * [[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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111 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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113 == General Notes ==
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115 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
116 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
117 ** ##xwiki.properties##
118 ** ##web.xml##
119 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
120 * 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.
121
122 == Issues specific to {{velocity}}$product $version{{/velocity}} ==
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124 * With the [[update of the registration UI>>||anchor="HUpdatedtheregistrationUI"]], there are some new items by default in the top navigation bar. Instances hiding the drawer from guest users will probably want to disable those two new Interface Extensions when migrating.
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126 == API Breakages ==
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128 The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 16.9.0:
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133
134 = Credits =
135
136 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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138 * Alex Cotiugă
139 * Antoine Mottier
140 * Clemens Robbenhaar
141 * Cye3s
142 * Lucas Charpentier
143 * Manuel Leduc
144 * Marius Dumitru Florea
145 * Michael Hamann
146 * Raphaël Jakse
147 * Simon Urli
148 * Simpel
149 * Thiago Krieck
150 * Thomas Mortagne
151 * Vincent Massol
152 * 一颗小土豆

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