Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 17.3.0

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Michael Hamann 1.1 1 {{velocity}}
2 #if ($doc.getValue('released') != 1)
3 {{warning}}This version has not yet been released.{{/warning}}
4 #end
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7 {{velocity}}
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19 {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}}
20 {{toc/}}
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23 This is the release notes for [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]]. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.
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Michael Hamann 6.1 25 This release introduces important improvements for the definition of wiki macro parameters and provides a new mechanism for better performance in macro execution. It also contains a redefiniton of the realtime editing toolbar for better user experience. Further, it is now possible for users to resize the panel columns on the right and left of the content. This release contains security fixes, with the [[highest severity being 9.3>>doc:dev:Community.SecurityPolicy.WebHome||anchor="HSeverity"]].
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27 {{velocity}}
28 {{jiraBlockersFor version="$version" id="xwikiorg"/}}
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Michael Hamann 2.1 31 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 17.2.0) =
Michael Hamann 1.1 32
Michael Hamann 2.1 33 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 17.3.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=16093]].
Michael Hamann 1.1 34
35 {{velocity}}
36 #if ($isBugFix)
37 {{jira style="list" url="https://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, status, key, summary" source="jql"}}
38 resolution in (Fixed, "Solved By") AND component != "Development Issues only" and component != "Development Issues only - Test" AND project in (XCOMMONS, XRENDERING, XWIKI) AND fixVersion in ($version)
39 {{/jira}}
40 #else
41 {{releasenotechanges/}}
42 #end
43 {{/velocity}}
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45 === Upgrades ===
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47 The following runtime dependencies have been upgraded (they have a different release cycle than [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]]):
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49 {{velocity}}
50 #if ($isFirstFinal)
51 #set ($affectedVersions = "${version}-rc-1, ${version}")
52 #else
53 #set ($affectedVersions = "${version}")
54 #end
55 {{jira url="https://jira.xwiki.org" source="jql" style="list"}}
56 project in (XWIKI, XCOMMONS, XRENDERING) AND issuetype = Task AND fixVersion in ($affectedVersions) AND component = "Dependency Upgrades"
57 {{/jira}}
58 {{/velocity}}
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60 = Translations =
61
62 The following translations have been updated:
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Michael Hamann 4.1 64 {{language codes="de,fr,zh"}}{{/language}}
Michael Hamann 1.1 65
66 {{comment}}
67 TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready.
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69 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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71 {{include reference="TestReports.<test report page>"/}}
72 {{/comment}}
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74 {{comment}}
75 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
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77 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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79 {{display reference="test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy" section="HSummary"/}}
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81 More details on [[performance comparison on single wiki between x.x and y.y>>test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy]].
82 {{/comment}}
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84 = Security Issues =
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86 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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88 = Known issues =
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90 * [[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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92 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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94 == General Notes ==
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96 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
97 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
98 ** ##xwiki.properties##
99 ** ##web.xml##
100 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
101 * 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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103 == API Breakages ==
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Michael Hamann 2.1 105 The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 17.2.0:
Michael Hamann 1.1 106
107 {{velocity}}
108 {{backwardCompatibilityReport134 version="$version"/}}
109 {{/velocity}}
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111 = Credits =
112
113 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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Michael Hamann 4.1 115 * Konstantinos Koutsilis
116 * LucasC
117 * Manuel Leduc
118 * Marius Dumitru Florea
119 * Michael Hamann
120 * Simon Urli
121 * Simpel
122 * Thomas Mortagne
123 * Vincent Massol
124 * Xiaofei Cui
125 * jan2xue
126 * tkrieck
127 * xrichard
128 * zhufukun1999
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