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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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25 This release introduces important improvments for the definition of wiki macro parameters and provides new mechanism for better performance in macro execution. It also contains a redefiniton of the realtime editing toolbar for better user experience. This release contains security fixes, with the [[highest severity being 9.3>>doc:dev:Community.SecurityPolicy.WebHome||anchor="HSeverity"]].
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31 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 17.2.0) =
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33 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 17.3.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=16093]].
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35 {{velocity}}
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44
45 === Upgrades ===
46
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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59
60 = Translations =
61
62 The following translations have been updated:
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64 {{language codes="de,fr,zh"}}{{/language}}
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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>"/}}
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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}}
83
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 =
89
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 ==
95
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.
102
103 == API Breakages ==
104
105 The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 17.2.0:
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107 {{velocity}}
108 {{backwardCompatibilityReport134 version="$version"/}}
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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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115 * Konstantinos Koutsilis
116 * LucasC
117 * Manuel Leduc
118 * Marius Dumitru Florea
119 * Mend Renovate
120 * Michael Hamann
121 * Simon Urli
122 * Simpel
123 * Thomas Mortagne
124 * Vincent Massol
125 * XWiki
126 * Xiaofei Cui
127 * jan2xue
128 * tkrieck
129 * xrichard
130 * zhufukun1999

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