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

Version 4.69 by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) on 2018/12/20

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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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	19	== Top 10 Features ==
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4.64	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 features 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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	25	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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4.5	27	=== New colors ===
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4.18	29	In the 10.x 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.
2.7	30	)))
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	32	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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	34	{{gallery}}
4.5	35	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.2.Change004.WebHome@Iceberg_XS.png]]
2.7	36	{{/gallery}}
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4.3	39	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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4.9	41	=== Visible Save ===
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4.13	43	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.
4.3	44	)))
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4.3	46	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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	48	{{gallery}}
4.9	49	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.5RC1.Change003.WebHome@visiblesave.gif]]
4.3	50	{{/gallery}}
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4.3	54	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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4.24	56	=== Administrate navigation ===
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4.22	58	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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	60	Also the [[Menus>>extensions:Extension.Menu Application]] are now integrated inside the [[Administration>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application]].
4.3	61	)))
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	63	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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4.15	66	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.5RC1.Change008.WebHome@navigationPanelConfig.png]]
4.19	67	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.8.Change001.WebHome@admin-menu.png]]
4.3	68	{{/gallery}}
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4.30	73	=== Refactoring operations protection ===
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4.33	75	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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	78	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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	80	{{gallery}}
4.26	81	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.3.Change003.WebHome@editprotection.png]]
4.29	82	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.10RC1.Change001.WebHome@menu_rename_advanceduser.png]]
4.36	83	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.10RC1.Change001.WebHome@menu_rename_simpleuser.png]]
4.3	84	{{/gallery}}
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4.53	87	(% class="clearfix" %)
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4.50	92	(% class="row" %)
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4.55	94	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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4.37	96	=== Editor Improvements ===
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4.46	98	We've added several improvements to our [[CKEditor integration>>extensions:Extension.CKEditor Integration]]. Here are our top 3:
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4.49	100	==== Inline Macro Content Editing ====
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4.57	102	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	104	{{html5video attachment="ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.10RC1.Change012.WebHome@ckeditor-macro-inline-edit.webm" width="420"/}}
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4.55	107	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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4.46	109	==== Macro Content Prefill ====
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	111	When inserting a macro, the macro content text area is prefilled with the text selected within the editing area.
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	113	{{gallery}}
	114	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.7RC1.Change007.WebHome@ckeditor-macro-prefill.png]]
	115	{{/gallery}}
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4.56	118	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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	120	==== Link Autocomplete ====
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4.63	122	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	124	{{html5video attachment="ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.7RC1.Change006.WebHome@ckeditor-link-autocomplete.webm" width="420"/}}
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4.66	131	=== Auto-suggest for pages ===
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4.66	133	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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4.67	136	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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4.3	138	{{gallery}}
4.66	139	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6.Change002.WebHome@awm-page.gif]]
	140	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.8RC1.Change004.WebHome@page-picker.png]][[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.8RC1.Change004.WebHome@admin-search-suggest.png]]
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4.68	146	=== Compact users displayer ===
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4.69	148	We've revamped several places 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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	153	{{gallery}}
	154	[[image:extensions:Extension.XWiki Standard Flavor.WebHome@standard.png]]
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1.1	222	{{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="Contents" width="30%"}}
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	226	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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	228	The biggest highlight of this cycle is ...
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2.5	230	* User and Page pickers
	231	** User groups in profile
	232	* CKEditor:
	233	** Inline Macro Editing,
	234	** Link autocomplete
	235	** Macro Content Prefill
	236	* Edit protection, Rename/Move protection, Prevent users from deleting/moving/renaming pages containing used XClass
	237	* Notifications: AS retired,
	238	* CAPTCHA
	239	* New Default Color
	240	* Usability:
	241	** Visible Save
	242	** Navigation Panel Configuration
	243	* Filesystem store by default
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1.1	245	== Work Done ==
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4.23	247	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	249	* x issues were closed (See the [[full issue list>>https://jira.xwiki.org/issues/?filter=14642]])
2.1	250	* x bugs closed, x improvements, x new features and more:(((
	251	{{image reference="jira-issue-types-10x.png" width="500px"/}}
	252	)))
4.23	253	* And the top participants (those contributing to more than 1% of the total issue number):(((
2.1	254	{{image reference="jira-assignees-10x.png" width="500px"/}}
	255	)))
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	257	Congrats to all who participated!
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1.1	259	== Top User Features ==
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2.2	261	For our users, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
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	263	{{toc scope="local" depth="3"/}}
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2.3	265	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="High" audience="user" contextVariable="userChanges"/}}
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2.4	267	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="Medium" audience="user" contextVariable="userChangesMedium"/}}
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2.2	269	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="userChanges"/}}
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2.4	271	----
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	273	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="userChangesMedium"/}}
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1.1	275	== Top Admin Features ==
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2.2	277	For our admins, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
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	279	{{toc scope="local" depth="3"/}}
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2.3	281	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="High" audience="administrator" contextVariable="adminChanges"/}}
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	283	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="adminChanges"/}}
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2.6	285	----
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	287	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="Medium" audience="administrator" contextVariable="adminChangesMedium"/}}
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	289	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="adminChangesMedium"/}}
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1.1	291	== Top Developer Features ==
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2.2	293	For our developers, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
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	295	{{toc scope="local" depth="3"/}}
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2.3	297	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="High" audience="developer" contextVariable="developerChanges"/}}
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	299	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="developerChanges"/}}
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2.6	301	----
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	303	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="Medium" audience="developer" contextVariable="developerChangesMedium"/}}
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	305	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="developerChangesMedium"/}}
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1.1	307	== Detailed Release Notes ==
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	309	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	311	{{include reference="ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki10x.WebHome"/}}

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