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Version 5.1 by Marius Dumitru Florea on 2013/04/24

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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 <insert description of release here>
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9 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 4.5.3) =
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11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 5.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=11493]].
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13 {{display reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki50M1" section="HExtensionManagerimprovements"/}}
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15 === Extension Updater ===
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17 We added a new section to the [[Extension Manager>>extensions:Extension.Extension Manager Application]] administration UI that lists the available extension updates.
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19 {{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki50RC1@EM-extensionUpdater.png"/}}
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21 {{display reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki50M1" section="HDistributionWizardimprovements"/}}
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23 === New wiki mode step ===
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25 By default you can now get the same distribution wizard you used to have for main wiki only on subwikis too. When enabled it means that each wiki administrator is able to take care of his own wiki upgrade and farm administrator will only deal with main wiki.
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27 There are two modes:
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29 * ALL IN ONE: the former Distribution Wizard behavior where everything is done at main wiki level
30 * WIKI: on main wiki only the main wiki is upgraded and each wiki gets its own Distribution Wizard and its own status
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32 A new step to setup the upgrade mode has been added.
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34 {{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki50RC1@upgrademode.png"/}}
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36 == WYSIWYG Editor improvements ==
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38 === Automatic Paste Cleaning ===
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40 Starting with this version, whenever you paste some content into the rich text area of the WYSIWYG Editor that content is (by default) automatically cleaned before being inserted into the rest of the content.
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42 You can disable the automatic cleaning from the WYSIWYG Editor administration section if you wish:
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44 {{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki50M2@WYSIWYGEditor-AdminSection-cleanPasteAutomatically.png"/}}
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46 === Office Import using the Office Macro ===
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48 We added an option to the [[WYSIWYG Editor>>platform:Features.WysiwygEditor]]'s Import Office Document dialog to allow you to import an office file using the [[Office Macro>>extensions:Extension.Office Macro]]. This is useful if you don't plan to edit the content of the office file after the import or if you don't want to mix the content of the office file with the content of the wiki page.
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50 {{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki50M1@xwe-importOfficeDocumentDialog.png"/}}
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52 The generated wiki syntax looks like this:
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54 {{code language="none"}}
55 {{office attachment="presentation.odp"/}}
56 {{/code}}
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58 Of course, you need to have the Office server connected in order to use this feature.
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60 {{display reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki50M1" section="HReleaseApplication"/}}
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62 {{display reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki50M2" section="HNewsecurityauthorizationmodulereplacestheoldRightService"/}}
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64 {{display reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki50M2" section="HVirtualmodeisalwaysenabled"/}}
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66 {{display reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki50M2" section="HReplace22xwiki.virtual.redirect22withanerrortemplate28orpage29"/}}
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68 == Miscellaneous ==
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70 * Add support for Numbered Lists and Verbatim for the LaTex Renderer
71 * Ability to [[more easily create multiple FAQ spaces>>extensions:Extension.FAQ Application||anchor="HCreatemultipleFAQs"]].
72 * The [[FAQ Application>>extensions:Extension.FAQ Application]] can now be translated into multiple languages + added translation for French.
73 * Automatically register translations for the Annotations application
74 * ##autowww## is not enabled by default {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" style="enum"}}XWIKI-8877{{/jira}} and mandatory (can not be disabled), since with virtual mode enabled by default if could prove problematic to access your main wiki without a proper wiki descriptor set up. The main reason why you could have needed to disable it was if you actually had subwiki named ##www## and you wanted to access it instead of the main wiki. Now the ##autowww## feature checks for this case and serves the right content.
75 * Increased [[Permgen requirements from recommended 128MB to 196MB>>platform:AdminGuide.Installation]]
76 * The Jetty distribution now uses Jetty 8.1.9.v20130131
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78 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+in+%28%225.0-milestone-1%22%2C+%225.0-milestone-2%22%2C+%225.0-rc-1%22%2C+%225.0%22%29&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
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80 = For Developers =
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82 == <developer feature N> ==
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84 <description of developer feature N>
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86 == Deprecated and Retired projects ==
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88 <description of deprecated and retired projects>
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90 == Upgrades ==
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92 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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94 * <list libraries that have been upgraded>
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96 == Miscellaneous ==
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98 <other dev stuff to add and link to JIRA for all issues fixed>
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100 = Translations =
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102 The following translations have been updated:
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104 {{language codes="none, none"/}}
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106 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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108 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}}
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110 = Known issues =
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112 * [[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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114 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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116 == General Notes ==
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118 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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120 {{warning}}
121 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.
122 {{/warning}}
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124 == Issues specific to XWiki <version> ==
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126 <issues specific to the project>
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128 == API Breakages ==
129
130 The following APIs were modified since XWiki 4.5.3:
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132 {{code language="none"}}
133 <clirr output here>
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