Wiki source code of Summary of the XWiki 10.x Cycle

Version 4.100 by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) on 2018/12/20

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2.7	1	{{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="Contents" width="30%"}}
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	5	This is a summary of the release notes for [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]], for the whole 10.x cycle (i.e. the whole year 2018). They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.
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	7	Here are some [[stats of what happened during the 10.x cycle>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=14336]], more than:
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4.4	9	* 750 issues were closed (see the [[full issue list>>https://jira.xwiki.org/issues/?jql=resolution%20%3D%20Fixed%20AND%20category%20in%20(10000%2C%2010410)%20AND%20component%20not%20in%20(%22Development%20Issues%20only%22%2C%20%22Development%20Issues%20only%20-%20Test%22)%20AND%20resolutiondate%20%3E%3D%20%222018%2F01%2F01%22%20AND%20resolutiondate%20%3C%3D%20%222018%2F12%2F31%22]])
2.7	10	* 415 bugs closed, 160 improvements, 31 new features and more:(((
	11	{{image reference="jira-issue-types-10x.png" width="500px"/}}
	12	)))
	13	* And the top participants (those contributing to more than 1% of the total issue number):(((
	14	{{image reference="jira-assignees-10x.png" width="500px"/}}
	15	)))
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	17	Congrats to all who participated!
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4.87	19	== Top 10 ==
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4.88	21	10.x cycle is defined by having an improved usability for onboarding new users and administrators. We've handled diverse areas of XWiki in order to achieve that and here are the top 10 functionalities that we wish to mention (arbitrarily hand-picked; it's hard to pick 10 out of 750 issues):
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4.3	23	{{toc depth="3" start="3" numbered="true" scope="local"/}}
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4.78	27	=== Look & Feel ===
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4.90	29	In the 10.x cycle the look & feel didn't changed drastically, but we've worked mostly on consistency and polishing of the visual elements we already have. In this section we can mention from improved PDF export, to consistent modals and icons, to adding new extension points; but our top 3 changes are:
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4.78	31	==== Faster UI ====
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4.79	33	We've added a new asynchronous rendering framework that assures that panels, menus, wiki UI extensions and wiki macros are cached and thus load much faster.
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	36	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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	38	==== New colors ====
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4.82	40	In the beginning of the cycle we've refreshed our [[color theme>>extensions:Extension.Flamingo Theme Application]] while keeping our professional and clean look and feel. Our community [[voted>>https://forum.xwiki.org/t/refresh-the-default-color-theme-for-xwiki-10-x/]] for blue as our main color, replacing the black color we had in the past.
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	45	{{gallery}}
4.5	46	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.2.Change004.WebHome@Iceberg_XS.png]]
2.7	47	{{/gallery}}
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4.78	54	==== Visible Save ====
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4.13	56	We made sure the save buttons are always visible when editing the content of the page. We've also simplified the available options and naming so that the editing process becomes more natural.
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	61	{{gallery}}
4.9	62	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.5RC1.Change003.WebHome@visiblesave.gif]]
4.3	63	{{/gallery}}
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4.24	69	=== Administrate navigation ===
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4.22	71	The [[Navigation Panel>>extensions:Extension.Panels Application\|\|anchor="HNavigationPanel"]] is now configurable and we've removed the XWiki specific pages in order to provide an unclutered view. You can now drag pages from the navigation tree to exclude or include them, while making sure the navigation is focused on users content pages.
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	73	Also the [[Menus>>extensions:Extension.Menu Application]] are now integrated inside the [[Administration>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application]].
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4.15	79	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.5RC1.Change008.WebHome@navigationPanelConfig.png]]
4.19	80	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.8.Change001.WebHome@admin-menu.png]]
4.3	81	{{/gallery}}
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4.30	86	=== Refactoring operations protection ===
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4.33	88	In order to prevent accidental modifications of extensions pages and classes, pages that belong to installed extensions are now protected for the majority of refactoring operations: edit, rename, move, delete. Users are forbidden or warned that their actions will have consequences. This assures to have fewer unnecesary errors and to inform users about the nature of existing pages.
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	93	{{gallery}}
4.73	94	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.10RC1.Change001.WebHome@menu_rename_simpleuser.png]]
	95	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.10RC1.Change001.WebHome@menu_rename_advanceduser.png]]
4.26	96	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.3.Change003.WebHome@editprotection.png]]
4.3	97	{{/gallery}}
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4.37	109	=== Editor Improvements ===
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4.46	111	We've added several improvements to our [[CKEditor integration>>extensions:Extension.CKEditor Integration]]. Here are our top 3:
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4.49	113	==== Inline Macro Content Editing ====
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4.57	115	We support inline editing of the content for some macros (like box, info, warning, error and figure macros). The user can edit directly in the context of the editor, instead of going to the dedicated macro modal.
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4.46	117	{{html5video attachment="ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.10RC1.Change012.WebHome@ckeditor-macro-inline-edit.webm" width="420"/}}
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4.46	122	==== Macro Content Prefill ====
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	124	When inserting a macro, the macro content text area is prefilled with the text selected within the editing area.
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	126	{{gallery}}
	127	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.7RC1.Change007.WebHome@ckeditor-macro-prefill.png]]
	128	{{/gallery}}
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	133	==== Link Autocomplete ====
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4.63	135	You can now create links to existing wiki pages and attachments directly from the editing area using the link auto-complete feature. Just type {{code}}[{{/code}} (open square bracket) followed by at least 2 characters and you will get link suggestions based on the typed text.
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4.62	137	{{html5video attachment="ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.7RC1.Change006.WebHome@ckeditor-link-autocomplete.webm" width="420"/}}
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4.66	144	=== Auto-suggest for pages ===
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4.66	146	Several inputs related to selecting pages references now support auto-suggestion, making it much simpler to use and less error prone (such as not having to know if the reference should end with WebHome). You can find these inputs in Administration, when using the standard classes or you can use it when creating your own applications.
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4.3	151	{{gallery}}
4.72	152	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6.Change001.WebHome@autocomplete-page.gif]]
	153	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.8RC1.Change004.WebHome@page-picker.png]][[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.8RC1.Change004.WebHome@admin-search-suggest.png]]
4.66	154	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6.Change002.WebHome@awm-page.gif]]
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4.74	165	=== Users sections improved ===
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4.77	167	We've revamped several [[places>>ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6RC1.Change005]] to use the new compact users displayer. We display the user / group avatar followed by the user / group name, while suggestions are retrieved from both the current wiki and the main wiki.
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	169	We've improved the [[Groups>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application\|\|anchor="HGroups"]] section in Administration to display the user type and scope. Also we are finally displaying the user membership in the [[profile>>extensions:Extension.User Module.User Profile Application\|\|anchor="HGroups"]].
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4.70	175	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6RC1.Change005.WebHome@userPicker-createWiki.png]]
	176	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6RC1.Change005.WebHome@userPicker-sharePage.png]]
4.71	177	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6RC1.Change005.WebHome@usersAndGroupsCompactPicker.png]]
4.76	178	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.8RC1.Change007.WebHome@groups.png]]
4.75	179	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.9.Change014.WebHome@adminSubWikiGroups.png]]
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4.91	190	=== Notifications ===
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4.93	192	We've continued the work on [[Nofications>>extensions:Extension.Notifications Application]], by providing loads and loads of improvements and bugfixes. The Notifications Application is now the central feature in XWiki for notifications, finally replacing the [[Watchlist>>extensions:Extension.Watchlist Application]] and the [[Activity Stream>>extensions:Extension.Activity Macro]] features.
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4.94	198	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.9.Change003.WebHome@Results.png]]
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	217	[[image:extensions:Extension.XWiki Standard Flavor.WebHome@standard.png]]
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4.96	236	~)~)~)
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1.1	251	{{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="Contents" width="30%"}}
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	255	This is a summary of the release notes for [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]], for the whole 10.x cycle (i.e. the whole year 2018). They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.
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	257	The biggest highlight of this cycle is ...
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2.5	259	* User and Page pickers
	260	** User groups in profile
	261	* CKEditor:
	262	** Inline Macro Editing,
	263	** Link autocomplete
	264	** Macro Content Prefill
	265	* Edit protection, Rename/Move protection, Prevent users from deleting/moving/renaming pages containing used XClass
	266	* Notifications: AS retired,
	267	* CAPTCHA
	268	* New Default Color
	269	* Usability:
	270	** Visible Save
	271	** Navigation Panel Configuration
	272	* Filesystem store by default
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1.1	274	== Work Done ==
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4.23	276	The work is organised using [[issue tracker>>http://jira.wiki.org]] and here are some [[statistics of what happened during the 10.x cycle>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13937]]:
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4.23	278	* x issues were closed (See the [[full issue list>>https://jira.xwiki.org/issues/?filter=14642]])
2.1	279	* x bugs closed, x improvements, x new features and more:(((
	280	{{image reference="jira-issue-types-10x.png" width="500px"/}}
	281	)))
4.23	282	* And the top participants (those contributing to more than 1% of the total issue number):(((
2.1	283	{{image reference="jira-assignees-10x.png" width="500px"/}}
	284	)))
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	286	Congrats to all who participated!
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1.1	288	== Top User Features ==
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2.2	290	For our users, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
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2.3	294	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="High" audience="user" contextVariable="userChanges"/}}
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2.4	296	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="Medium" audience="user" contextVariable="userChangesMedium"/}}
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2.2	298	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="userChanges"/}}
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2.4	300	----
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	302	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="userChangesMedium"/}}
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1.1	304	== Top Admin Features ==
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2.2	306	For our admins, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
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	308	{{toc scope="local" depth="3"/}}
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2.3	310	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="High" audience="administrator" contextVariable="adminChanges"/}}
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	312	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="adminChanges"/}}
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2.6	314	----
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	316	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="Medium" audience="administrator" contextVariable="adminChangesMedium"/}}
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	318	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="adminChangesMedium"/}}
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1.1	320	== Top Developer Features ==
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2.2	322	For our developers, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
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	324	{{toc scope="local" depth="3"/}}
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2.3	326	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="High" audience="developer" contextVariable="developerChanges"/}}
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	328	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="developerChanges"/}}
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2.6	330	----
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	332	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="Medium" audience="developer" contextVariable="developerChangesMedium"/}}
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	334	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="developerChangesMedium"/}}
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1.1	336	== Detailed Release Notes ==
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	338	If you wish to see the full details of all features and improvements you can check each release note.
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4.62	340	{{include reference="ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki10x.WebHome"/}}

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