Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 4.3 Milestone 1
Version 6.1 by Marius Dumitru Florea on 2012/10/05
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| 1 | {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}} | ||
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| 5 | This is the release notes for XWiki Platform, XWiki Enterprise and XWiki Enterprise Manager. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version. | ||
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| 7 | This is the first milestone of the XWiki 4.3 version ([[Roadmap>>xwiki:Main.Roadmap]]). This release brings absolutely nothing? really? Oh, it's not released yet... | ||
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| 9 | = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 4.2) = | ||
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| 11 | == Workspace Templates == | ||
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| 13 | Similar to what admins were doing with the [[Wiki Manager Application>>extensions:Extension.Wiki Manager Application]], we noticed the need for the [[Workspace Application>>extensions:Extension.Workspace Application]] to allow users to choose what type of workspace they want to create. | ||
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| 15 | [[image:workspaceTemplates.png]] | ||
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| 17 | Please see the current workaround for [[creating workspace templates>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-8285]] (as admin) until an easy UI becomes available. | ||
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| 19 | == Extension Manager improvements == | ||
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| 21 | {{todo/}} | ||
| 22 | |||
| 23 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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| 25 | * XWiki's multiwiki feature (a.k.a "virtual mode") now works with the HSQLDB database | ||
| 26 | * It's now possible to configure the LDAP timeout. See ##xwiki.authentication.ldap.timeout## property in xwiki.cfg file. | ||
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| 28 | == Important Bug Fixes == | ||
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| 30 | * Fixed failure to import Office documents when using Filesystem Attachments. | ||
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| 32 | See the [[full list of JIRA issues>>http://jira.xwiki.org/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-printable/temp/SearchRequest.html?jqlQuery=project+in+%28XCOMMONS%2C+XRENDERING%2C+XWIKI%2C+XE%2C+XEM%29+and+status+%3D+Closed+and+resolution+%3D+Fixed+and+fixVersion+%3D+%224.3-milestone-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. | ||
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| 34 | = For Developers = | ||
| 35 | |||
| 36 | == <developer feature N> == | ||
| 37 | |||
| 38 | <description of developer feature N> | ||
| 39 | |||
| 40 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == | ||
| 41 | |||
| 42 | <description of deprecated and retired projects> | ||
| 43 | |||
| 44 | == Upgrades == | ||
| 45 | |||
| 46 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
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| 48 | * HSQLDB [[2.2.9>>http://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0/changelist_2_0.txt]] | ||
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| 50 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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| 52 | * new ##org.xwiki.rendering.block.CompositeBlock## introduce to allow passing several Blocks as one Block | ||
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| 54 | == Translations == | ||
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| 56 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
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| 58 | {{language codes="code1, code2"/}} | ||
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| 60 | = Tested Browsers = | ||
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| 62 | Here's the list of browsers tested with this version (i.e. browsers that we've tested as working - Check the list of [[supported browsers>>dev:Community.BrowserSupportStrategy]]): | ||
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| 64 | {{velocity}} | ||
| 65 | ## name = iexplorer, firefox, chrome, safari, opera | ||
| 66 | {{/velocity}} | ||
| 67 | |||
| 68 | {{browser name="browser" version="x.x"/}} | ||
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| 70 | = Known issues = | ||
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| 72 | * [[Bugs we know about>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=category+%3D+%22Top+Level+Projects%22+AND+issuetype+%3D+Bug+AND+resolution+%3D+Unresolved+ORDER+BY+updated+DESC]] | ||
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| 74 | = Test Report = | ||
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| 76 | You can check the [[manual test report>>TestReports.WebHome#<anchor to test report>]] to learn about what was tested and the results on various browsers. | ||
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| 78 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
| 79 | |||
| 80 | == General Notes == | ||
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| 82 | You may also want to [[import the default wiki XAR>>Main.Download]] in order to benefit from all the improvements listed above. | ||
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| 84 | {{warning}} | ||
| 85 | Always make sure you compare your ##xwiki.cfg## and ##xwiki.properties## files with the newest version since some configuration parameters were added. Note that you should add ##xwiki.store.migration=1## so that XWiki will attempt to automatically migrate your current database to the new schema. Make sure you backup your Database before doing anything. | ||
| 86 | {{/warning}} | ||
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| 88 | == Issues specific to XWiki 4.3 Milestone 1 == | ||
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| 90 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
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| 92 | == API Breakages == | ||
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| 94 | The following APIs were modified since 4.2: | ||
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| 96 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 97 | <clirr output here> | ||
| 98 | {{/code}} |
