Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 5.0 Milestone 1
Version 29.1 by Marius Dumitru Florea on 2013/02/27
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| 1 | {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}} | ||
| 2 | {{toc/}} | ||
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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. | ||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | <insert description of release here> | ||
| 8 | |||
| 9 | = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 4.5) = | ||
| 10 | |||
| 11 | == Release Application == | ||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | A new [[Release application>>extensions:Extension.Release Application]] is available to help you in releasing software projects. | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | {{image reference="release1.png"/}} | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 18 | |||
| 19 | * Ability to [[more easily create multiple FAQ spaces>>extensions:Extension.FAQ Application||anchor="HCreatemultipleFAQs"]]. | ||
| 20 | * Add support for Numbered Lists and Verbatim for the LaTex Renderer | ||
| 21 | * Increased [[Permgen requirements from recommended 128MB to 196MB>>platform:AdminGuide.Installation]] | ||
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| 23 | 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+%22<version>%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. | ||
| 24 | |||
| 25 | = For Developers = | ||
| 26 | |||
| 27 | == <developer feature N> == | ||
| 28 | |||
| 29 | <description of developer feature N> | ||
| 30 | |||
| 31 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == | ||
| 32 | |||
| 33 | <description of deprecated and retired projects> | ||
| 34 | |||
| 35 | == Upgrades == | ||
| 36 | |||
| 37 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
| 38 | |||
| 39 | * [[XStream 1.4.4>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-338]] | ||
| 40 | * [[Tika 1.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-8788]] | ||
| 41 | * [[Groovy 2.1.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-331]] | ||
| 42 | * [[httpclient 4.2.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-339]] | ||
| 43 | * [[Apache Ivy 2.3.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-340]] | ||
| 44 | * [[JGroups 3.2.7.Final>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-8790]] | ||
| 45 | * [[Liquibase 2.0.5>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-8791]] | ||
| 46 | * [[Pygments 1.6>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-8787]] | ||
| 47 | * [[Jython 2.5.4-rc1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-8812]] | ||
| 48 | * [[GWT 2.5.0 and SmartGWT 3.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-8847]] | ||
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| 50 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 51 | |||
| 52 | * [[More API added to the Model Script Service>>extensions:Extension.Model Module]] | ||
| 53 | * You can now specify a target user or an email address in the share page URL like this: | ||
| 54 | {{code language="none"}}/xwiki/bin/view/Space/Page?viewer=share&target=foo@bar.org&target=XWiki.mflorea{{/code}} | ||
| 55 | |||
| 56 | = Translations = | ||
| 57 | |||
| 58 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
| 59 | |||
| 60 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
| 61 | |||
| 62 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
| 63 | |||
| 64 | 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]]): | ||
| 65 | |||
| 66 | {{velocity}} | ||
| 67 | ## name = iexplorer, firefox, chrome, safari, opera | ||
| 68 | {{/velocity}} | ||
| 69 | |||
| 70 | {{browser name="firefox" version="18.0.2"/}} | ||
| 71 | |||
| 72 | Here's the list of databases tested with this version (i.e. databases that we've tested as working - Check the list of [[supported databases>>dev:Community.DatabaseSupportStrategy]]): | ||
| 73 | |||
| 74 | {{velocity}} | ||
| 75 | ## name = hsqldb, mysql, postgresql, oracle, opera | ||
| 76 | {{/velocity}} | ||
| 77 | |||
| 78 | {{database name="none" version="x.x"/}} | ||
| 79 | |||
| 80 | = Known issues = | ||
| 81 | |||
| 82 | * [[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]] | ||
| 83 | |||
| 84 | = Test Report = | ||
| 85 | |||
| 86 | 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. | ||
| 87 | |||
| 88 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
| 89 | |||
| 90 | == General Notes == | ||
| 91 | |||
| 92 | You may also want to [[import the default wiki XAR>>Main.Download]] in order to benefit from all the improvements listed above. | ||
| 93 | |||
| 94 | {{warning}} | ||
| 95 | 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. | ||
| 96 | {{/warning}} | ||
| 97 | |||
| 98 | == Issues specific to XWiki 5.0 Milestone 1 == | ||
| 99 | |||
| 100 | * the default resolver used by the model script service moved from ##currentmixed## to ##current##. In practice it means ##$services.model.resolveDocument('')## will now return a document reference with ##currentwiki:currentspace.currentdocument## instead of ##currentwiki:currentspace.WebHome##. See [[XWIKI-8834>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-8834]] for more details. | ||
| 101 | |||
| 102 | == API Breakages == | ||
| 103 | |||
| 104 | The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>: | ||
| 105 | |||
| 106 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 107 | <clirr output here> | ||
| 108 | {{/code}} |
