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

Version 5.1 by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) on 2018/12/21

version	line-number	content
2.7	1	{{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="Contents" width="30%"}}
	2	{{toc start="2"/}}
	3	{{/box}}
	4
	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.
	6
	7	Here are some [[stats of what happened during the 10.x cycle>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=14336]], more than:
	8
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	)))
	16
	17	Congrats to all who participated!
	18
4.87	19	== Top 10 ==
2.7	20
5.1	21	10.x cycle is defined by having an improved usability for on-boarding 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):
2.7	22
4.3	23	{{toc depth="3" start="3" numbered="true" scope="local"/}}
2.7	24
	25	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	26	(((
4.78	27	=== Look & Feel ===
2.7	28
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:
4.79	30
4.78	31	==== Faster UI ====
	32
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.
4.78	34	)))
	35
	36	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	37	(((
	38	==== New colors ====
	39
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.
2.7	41	)))
	42
	43	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	44	(((
	45	{{gallery}}
4.5	46	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.2.Change004.WebHome@Iceberg_XS.png]]
2.7	47	{{/gallery}}
4.86	48
	49
5.1	50
2.7	51	)))
	52
4.3	53	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	54	(((
4.78	55	==== Visible Save ====
2.7	56
4.13	57	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	58	)))
2.7	59
4.3	60	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	61	(((
	62	{{gallery}}
4.9	63	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.5RC1.Change003.WebHome@visiblesave.gif]]
4.3	64	{{/gallery}}
	65	)))
2.7	66
4.10	67
4.3	68	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	69	(((
4.24	70	=== Administrate navigation ===
2.7	71
5.1	72	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 uncluttered 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.
4.19	73
	74	Also the [[Menus>>extensions:Extension.Menu Application]] are now integrated inside the [[Administration>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application]].
4.3	75	)))
	76
	77	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	78	(((
	79	{{gallery}}
4.15	80	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.5RC1.Change008.WebHome@navigationPanelConfig.png]]
4.19	81	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.8.Change001.WebHome@admin-menu.png]]
4.3	82	{{/gallery}}
	83	)))
	84
	85	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	86	(((
4.30	87	=== Refactoring operations protection ===
4.3	88
5.1	89	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 unnecessary errors and to inform users about the nature of existing pages.
4.3	90	)))
	91
	92	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	93	(((
	94	{{gallery}}
4.73	95	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.10RC1.Change001.WebHome@menu_rename_simpleuser.png]]
	96	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.10RC1.Change001.WebHome@menu_rename_advanceduser.png]]
4.26	97	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.3.Change003.WebHome@editprotection.png]]
4.3	98	{{/gallery}}
	99	)))
	100
4.53	101	(% class="clearfix" %)
	102	(((
5.1	103
4.53	104	)))
	105
4.50	106	(% class="row" %)
	107	(((
4.55	108	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
4.3	109	(((
4.37	110	=== Editor Improvements ===
4.3	111
4.46	112	We've added several improvements to our [[CKEditor integration>>extensions:Extension.CKEditor Integration]]. Here are our top 3:
4.39	113
4.49	114	==== Inline Macro Content Editing ====
4.39	115
4.57	116	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.
4.48	117
4.46	118	{{html5video attachment="ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.10RC1.Change012.WebHome@ckeditor-macro-inline-edit.webm" width="420"/}}
4.50	119	)))
4.39	120
4.55	121	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
4.50	122	(((
4.46	123	==== Macro Content Prefill ====
	124
	125	When inserting a macro, the macro content text area is prefilled with the text selected within the editing area.
	126
	127	{{gallery}}
	128	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.7RC1.Change007.WebHome@ckeditor-macro-prefill.png]]
	129	{{/gallery}}
4.50	130	)))
4.46	131
4.56	132	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	133	(((
	134	==== Link Autocomplete ====
4.46	135
4.63	136	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.
4.56	137
4.62	138	{{html5video attachment="ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.7RC1.Change006.WebHome@ckeditor-link-autocomplete.webm" width="420"/}}
4.3	139	)))
4.56	140	)))
4.3	141
4.40	142
4.3	143	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	144	(((
4.66	145	=== Auto-suggest for pages ===
4.3	146
4.66	147	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.
4.67	148	)))
4.3	149
4.67	150	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	151	(((
4.3	152	{{gallery}}
4.72	153	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6.Change001.WebHome@autocomplete-page.gif]]
	154	[[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	155	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6.Change002.WebHome@awm-page.gif]]
4.3	156	{{/gallery}}
	157	)))
	158
4.97	159	(% class="clearfix" %)
	160	(((
5.1	161
4.97	162	)))
	163
4.3	164	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	165	(((
4.74	166	=== Users sections improved ===
4.3	167
4.77	168	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.
4.74	169
	170	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"]].
4.3	171	)))
	172
	173	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	174	(((
	175	{{gallery}}
4.70	176	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6RC1.Change005.WebHome@userPicker-createWiki.png]]
	177	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6RC1.Change005.WebHome@userPicker-sharePage.png]]
4.71	178	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.6RC1.Change005.WebHome@usersAndGroupsCompactPicker.png]]
4.76	179	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.8RC1.Change007.WebHome@groups.png]]
4.75	180	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.9.Change014.WebHome@adminSubWikiGroups.png]]
4.3	181	{{/gallery}}
	182	)))
	183
4.97	184	(% class="clearfix" %)
	185	(((
5.1	186
4.97	187	)))
	188
4.3	189	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	190	(((
4.91	191	=== Notifications ===
4.3	192
4.93	193	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.
4.3	194	)))
	195
	196	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	197	(((
	198	{{gallery}}
4.94	199	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.10\.9.Change003.WebHome@Results.png]]
4.3	200	{{/gallery}}
	201	)))
	202
4.97	203	(% class="clearfix" %)
	204	(((
5.1	205
4.99	206	)))
4.98	207
4.3	208	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	209	(((
	210	=== ===
	211
	212
5.1	213
4.3	214	)))
	215
	216	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	217	(((
	218	{{gallery}}
	219	[[image:extensions:Extension.XWiki Standard Flavor.WebHome@standard.png]]
	220	{{/gallery}}
	221	)))
	222
4.95	223
4.3	224	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	225	(((
	226	=== ===
	227
	228
5.1	229
4.3	230	)))
	231
	232	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
	233	(((
	234	{{gallery}}
	235	[[image:extensions:Extension.XWiki Standard Flavor.WebHome@standard.png]]
	236	{{/gallery}}
	237	)))
	238
4.96	239	~)~)~)
4.3	240
	241
	242
	243
4.96	244
1.1	245	{{warning}}
	246	Draft
	247	{{/warning}}
	248
2.7	249
	250
	251
	252
	253
1.1	254	{{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="Contents" width="30%"}}
	255	{{toc start="2"/}}
	256	{{/box}}
	257
	258	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.
	259
	260	The biggest highlight of this cycle is ...
	261
2.5	262	* User and Page pickers
	263	** User groups in profile
5.1	264	* CKEditor:
2.5	265	** Inline Macro Editing,
	266	** Link autocomplete
	267	** Macro Content Prefill
	268	* Edit protection, Rename/Move protection, Prevent users from deleting/moving/renaming pages containing used XClass
	269	* Notifications: AS retired,
	270	* CAPTCHA
	271	* New Default Color
5.1	272	* Usability:
2.5	273	** Visible Save
	274	** Navigation Panel Configuration
	275	* Filesystem store by default
	276
1.1	277	== Work Done ==
	278
4.23	279	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]]:
2.1	280
4.23	281	* x issues were closed (See the [[full issue list>>https://jira.xwiki.org/issues/?filter=14642]])
2.1	282	* x bugs closed, x improvements, x new features and more:(((
	283	{{image reference="jira-issue-types-10x.png" width="500px"/}}
	284	)))
4.23	285	* And the top participants (those contributing to more than 1% of the total issue number):(((
2.1	286	{{image reference="jira-assignees-10x.png" width="500px"/}}
	287	)))
	288
	289	Congrats to all who participated!
	290
1.1	291	== Top User Features ==
	292
2.2	293	For our users, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
	294
	295	{{toc scope="local" depth="3"/}}
	296
2.3	297	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="High" audience="user" contextVariable="userChanges"/}}
2.2	298
2.4	299	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="Medium" audience="user" contextVariable="userChangesMedium"/}}
	300
2.2	301	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="userChanges"/}}
	302
2.4	303	----
	304
	305	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="userChangesMedium"/}}
	306
1.1	307	== Top Admin Features ==
	308
2.2	309	For our admins, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
	310
	311	{{toc scope="local" depth="3"/}}
	312
2.3	313	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="High" audience="administrator" contextVariable="adminChanges"/}}
2.2	314
	315	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="adminChanges"/}}
	316
2.6	317	----
	318
	319	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="Medium" audience="administrator" contextVariable="adminChangesMedium"/}}
	320
	321	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="adminChangesMedium"/}}
	322
1.1	323	== Top Developer Features ==
	324
2.2	325	For our developers, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
	326
	327	{{toc scope="local" depth="3"/}}
	328
2.3	329	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="High" audience="developer" contextVariable="developerChanges"/}}
2.2	330
	331	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="developerChanges"/}}
	332
2.6	333	----
	334
	335	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="10.%" importance="Medium" audience="developer" contextVariable="developerChangesMedium"/}}
	336
	337	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="developerChangesMedium"/}}
	338
1.1	339	== Detailed Release Notes ==
	340
	341	If you wish to see the full details of all features and improvements you can check each release note.
	342
4.62	343	{{include reference="ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki10x.WebHome"/}}

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

Quick Links

Let us know

About

About

Support

Platform

User Guide

Admin Guide

Developer Guide

Projects

XWiki

Extensions

Other

Contribute

Status

Practices

Under the Hood

Get Involved

Get Connected