Version 17.1 by Thomas Mortagne on 2013/07/30

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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 5.1) =
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11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 5.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=11602]].
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13 == <feature N> ==
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15 <description of feature N>
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17 == Miscellaneous ==
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19 * The create new wiki wizard is now using the user and group pickers in the last step ("Initial global members")(((
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21 )))
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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+%225.2-milestone-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
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25 = For Developers =
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27 == New Filter Module ==
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29 Commons get a new base module for all streaming systems based on filters like Rendering and the coming Wiki Stream. See [[Filter Module documentation>>extensions:Extension.Filter Module]].
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31 == JSON parsing in Velocity ==
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33 ##$jsontool.parse('["json string"]')## can now be used to parse a serialized JSON into [[json-lib>>http://json-lib.sourceforge.net/]] [[arrays>>http://json-lib.sourceforge.net/apidocs/jdk15/net/sf/json/JSONArray.html]] or [[objects>>http://json-lib.sourceforge.net/apidocs/jdk15/net/sf/json/JSONObject.html]].
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35 Only valid JSON strings can be parsed. JSONP is not supported. If the argument is not valid JSON, then ##null## is returned, parsing exceptions are cought.
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37 == Deprecated and Retired projects ==
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39 * Google plugin (##com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.google.GooglePlugin##) has been retired, you can find it on https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/retired/tree/master/xwiki-platform-google-plugin
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41 == Upgrades ==
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43 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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45 * Infinispan 5.3
46 * Tika 1.4
47 * JGroups 3.3.3
48 * Maven 3.1.0
49 * Aether 0.9.0.M2 (moved from org.sonatype.aether to org.eclipse.aether)
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51 == Miscellaneous ==
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53 * The way to declare the type supporter by a ##org.xwiki.properties.converter.Converter## component changed from role hint to generic type. See [[Properties Module documentation>>extensions:Extension.Properties Module||anchor="HConvertercomponent28Recommended29"]] for more details. The old way is still supported for retro-compatibility.
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55 = Translations =
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57 The following translations have been updated:
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61 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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65 = Known issues =
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67 * [[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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69 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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71 == General Notes ==
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73 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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75 {{warning}}
76 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.
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79 == Issues specific to XWiki <version> ==
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81 <issues specific to the project>
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83 == API Breakages ==
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85 The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>:
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