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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 <insert description of release here>
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20 {{comment}}
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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39
40 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 16.7.1) =
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42 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for XWiki 16.8.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=15804]].
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44 {{releasenotechanges/}}
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46 === Upgrades ===
47
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 * [[CSS4J 4.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22477]]
51 * [[Ukrainian Morfologik dictionaries to 6.5.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22499]]
52 * [[Log4J API 2.24.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3143]]
53 * [[Liquibase 4.29.2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22497]]
54 * [[Netty 4.1.113.Final>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22498]]
55 * [[Checker Qual 3.47.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3142]]
56 * [[commons-lang3 3.17.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3133]]
57 * [[Jetty Client 10.0.24>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22453]]
58 * [[Snakeyaml 2.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3140]]
59 * [[bytebuddy 1.15.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3121]]
60 * [[Error Prone annotations 2.31.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3138]]
61 * [[Templates Application v1.0.11>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22466]]
62 * [[org.webjars:jquery-ui to v1.13.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22464]]
63 * [[Maven Resolver to 1.9.22>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3137]]
64 * [[Maven to 3.9.9>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3130]]
65 * [[Guava 33.3.0-jre>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3132]]
66 * [[RssReader 3.8.2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22451]]
67 * [[PostgresSQL connector 42.7.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22452]]
68 * [[Jython 2.7.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22454]]
69 * [[commons-compress 1.27.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3126]]
70 * [[Jodconverter 4.4.8>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22475]]
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72 = Translations =
73
74 The following translations have been updated:
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76 {{language codes="none, none"/}}
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78 {{comment}}
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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83 {{include reference="TestReports.<test report page>"/}}
84 {{/comment}}
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86 {{comment}}
87 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
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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]].
94 {{/comment}}
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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 $version{{/velocity}} ==
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117 The [[MessageStream Application>>doc:extensions:Extension.Message Stream Application.WebHome]] is now [[officially>>https://forum.xwiki.org/t/deprecate-and-remove-message-stream-from-xwiki-standard/14780]] deprecated (it was disabled by default since a long time) and should be removed from XWiki Standard in next cycle (XWiki 17.0.0).
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119 == API Breakages ==
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121 The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} <version - 1>:
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123 {{comment}}
124 Remove!
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130 = Credits =
131
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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