Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 16.7.0

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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 contains a few UI improvments, including a better design of the error / warning / info boxes, and important bug fixes. It also brings support to Jetty 12 for the provided standalone jetty distribution.
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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"}}
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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40 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 16.6.0) =
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42 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for XWiki 16.7.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=15798]].
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44 {{releasenotechanges/}}
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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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50 {{jira url="https://jira.xwiki.org" source="jql" style="list"}}
51 project in (XWIKI, XCOMMONS, XRENDERING) AND issuetype = Task AND fixVersion in (16.7.0) AND component = "Dependency Upgrades"
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54 The following dependencies were upgraded for the XWiki Standalone distribution:
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56 * [[Jetty 12.0.12>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21211]]
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58 = Translations =
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60 The following translations have been updated:
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62 {{language codes="de, ru"/}}
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64 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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66 == Automated testing ==
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68 XWiki executes a lot of [[automated tests during its build>>dev:Community.Testing.WebHome||anchor="HTestingStrategy"]], testing all [[supported configurations>>dev:Community.SupportStrategy.WebHome]]. In addition, some manual QA is also executed to try to discover additional problems (see below):
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70 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki1670.WebHome"/}}
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72 {{comment}}
73 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
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75 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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77 {{display reference="test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy" section="HSummary"/}}
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79 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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82 = Security Issues =
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84 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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86 = Known issues =
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88 * [[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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90 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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92 == General Notes ==
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94 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
95 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
96 ** ##xwiki.properties##
97 ** ##web.xml##
98 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
99 * 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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101 == API Breakages ==
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103 No API breakage since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 16.6.0.
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111 = Credits =
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113 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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115 * Antoine Mottier
116 * Dorian OUAKLI
117 * Gankov Andrey
118 * LucasC
119 * Manuel Leduc
120 * Marius Dumitru Florea
121 * Michael Hamann
122 * Simon Urli
123 * Simpel
124 * Thiago Krieck
125 * Thomas Mortagne
126 * Vincent Massol
127 * xingya1822

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