Version 2.1 by Michael Hamann on 2025/03/24

Hide last authors
Thomas Mortagne 1.1 1 {{velocity}}
2 #if ($doc.getValue('released') != 1)
3 {{warning}}This version has not yet been released.{{/warning}}
4 #end
5 {{/velocity}}
6
7 {{velocity}}
8 #set ($rnObject = $doc.getObject('ReleaseNotes.Code.ReleaseNoteClass'))
9 #set ($product = $rnObject.product)
10 #set ($version = $rnObject.version)
11 #set ($versionPrefix = $stringtool.substringBefore($version, '-'))
12 #set ($versionParts = $stringtool.split($versionPrefix, '.'))
13 #set ($isRC = $version.contains('rc'))
14 #set ($isFinal = !$isRC)
15 #set ($isFirstFinal = $versionParts[2] == 0 && $isFinal)
16 #set ($isBugFix = $versionParts[2] > 0 && $isFinal)
17 {{/velocity}}
18
19 {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}}
20 {{toc/}}
21 {{/box}}
22
23 This is the release notes for [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]]. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.
24
Michael Hamann 2.1 25 Apart from bug fixes and performance improvements, this release makes it possible for users with just edit right to re-order pages in the navigation.
Thomas Mortagne 1.1 26
27 {{velocity}}
28 {{jiraBlockersFor version="$version" id="xwikiorg"/}}
29 {{/velocity}}
30
Michael Hamann 2.1 31 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 17.1.0) =
Thomas Mortagne 1.1 32
Michael Hamann 2.1 33 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 17.2.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=15995]].
Thomas Mortagne 1.1 34
35 {{velocity}}
36 #if ($isBugFix)
37 {{jira style="list" url="https://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, status, key, summary" source="jql"}}
38 resolution = Fixed AND component != "Development Issues only" and component != "Development Issues only - Test" AND project in (XCOMMONS, XRENDERING, XWIKI) AND fixVersion in ($version)
39 {{/jira}}
40 #else
41 {{releasenotechanges/}}
42 #end
43 {{/velocity}}
44
45 === Moved Modules ===
46
47 <description deprecated, retired and moved projects>
48
49 === Upgrades ===
50
51 The following runtime dependencies have been upgraded (they have a different release cycle than [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]]):
52
53 {{velocity}}
54 #if ($isFirstFinal)
55 #set ($affectedVersions = "${version}-rc-1, ${version}")
56 #else
57 #set ($affectedVersions = "${version}")
58 #end
59 {{jira url="https://jira.xwiki.org" source="jql" style="list"}}
60 project in (XWIKI, XCOMMONS, XRENDERING) AND issuetype = Task AND fixVersion in ($affectedVersions) AND component = "Dependency Upgrades"
61 {{/jira}}
62 {{/velocity}}
63
64 = Translations =
65
66 The following translations have been updated:
67
68 {{language codes="none, none"/}}
69
70 {{comment}}
71 TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready.
72
73 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
74
75 {{include reference="TestReports.<test report page>"/}}
76 {{/comment}}
77
78 {{comment}}
79 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
80
81 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
82
83 {{display reference="test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy" section="HSummary"/}}
84
85 More details on [[performance comparison on single wiki between x.x and y.y>>test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy]].
86 {{/comment}}
87
88 = Security Issues =
89
90 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.
91
92 = Known issues =
93
94 * [[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]]
95
96 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
97
98 == General Notes ==
99
100 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
101 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
102 ** ##xwiki.properties##
103 ** ##web.xml##
104 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
105 * 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.
106
107 == Issues specific to {{velocity}}$product $version{{/velocity}} ==
108
109 <issues specific to the project>
110
111 == API Breakages ==
112
113 The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} <version - 1>:
114
115 {{comment}}
116 Remove!
117 {{velocity}}
118 {{backwardCompatibilityReport134 version="$version"/}}
119 {{/velocity}}
120 {{/comment}}
121
122 = Credits =
123
124 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
125
126 <code and translation contributors>

Get Connected