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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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Thomas Mortagne 2.1 18 This release contains a few improvments like better display of icons in object and class editors, or the capability to request the effective author for developpers, but has been mostly focused on bug fixing, including security fixes.
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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"}}
34 category = 10000 and affectedVersion in ($affectedVersions)${fixVersionJQL}and priority = Blocker and resolution in (Fixed, Unresolved) and component != "Development Issues only"
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Thomas Mortagne 2.1 40 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 16.5.0) =
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Thomas Mortagne 2.1 42 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for XWiki 16.6.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=15795]].
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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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Thomas Mortagne 2.1 50 * [[dompurify 3.1.5>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22273]]
51 * [[Elastic search client 8.14.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22331]]
52 * [[jsoup 1.18.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22330]]
53 * [[Docker Java 3.4.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22329]]
54 * [[MySQL connector 9.0.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22307]]
55 * [[PrettyTime 5.0.9>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22305]]
56 * [[XML-DTD 4.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22299]]
57 * [[Commons Codec 1.17.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3093]]
58 * [[Jackson 2.17.2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3092]]
59 * [[Maven Resolver to 1.9.21>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3091]]
60 * [[bytebuddy 1.14.18>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3090]]
61 * [[JGroups 5.3.9>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3089]]
62 * [[Plexus Archiver 4.10.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3086]]
63 * [[httpcore 5.2.5>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3085]]
64 * [[Checker Qual 3.45.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3081]]
65 * [[Groovy 4.0.22>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3078]]
66 * [[Woodstox 7.0.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3070]]
67 * [[Maven to 3.9.8>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3062]]
68 * [[Syntax Highlighting 4.8>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22338]]
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Thomas Mortagne 2.1 70 * [[Moved back to JSON-Java (instead of Open JSON) and upgrade to 20240303>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3087]]
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Thomas Mortagne 1.1 72 = Translations =
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74 The following translations have been updated:
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Thomas Mortagne 3.1 76 {{language codes="de, zh"/}}
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79 TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready.
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81 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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89 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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91 {{display reference="test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy" section="HSummary"/}}
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93 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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96 = Security Issues =
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98 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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100 = Known issues =
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102 * [[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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104 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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106 == General Notes ==
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108 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
109 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
110 ** ##xwiki.properties##
111 ** ##web.xml##
112 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
113 * 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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115 == Issues specific to {{velocity}}$product $version{{/velocity}} ==
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117 <issues specific to the project>
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119 == API Breakages ==
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121 The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} <version - 1>:
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130 = Credits =
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132 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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134 <code and translation contributors>

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