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Version 38.4 by Marius Dumitru Florea on 2013/09/30
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5 This is the release notes for [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Enterprise>>http://enterprise.xwiki.org]]. 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 5.2 Milestone 2) =
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11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 5.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=11602]].
12
13 == New "Home" menu when there is more than one wiki ==
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15 Compared to XWiki 5.2-milestone-2, we have removed the XWiki right menu and created a "Home" menu instead.
16 {{image reference="mainwiki-homemenu.png"/}}
17 {{image reference="workspace-homemenu.png"/}}
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19 The "main wiki" (the first you have when you start a new instance) is now called "**Home**".
20
21 == Distribution Wizard Step to Upgrade All Wikis ==
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23 We added a new step to the [[Distribution Wizard>>doc:platform:Features.DistributionWizard]] to update the default set of wiki pages on each of the existing wikis. This step is triggered only if you choose to upgrade the entire farm in the "Upgrade Mode" step.
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25 {{image reference="dw-wikisStep.png" width="600px"/}}
26
27 == Markdown Syntax 1.1 ==
28
29 We've added [[version 1.1 of the Rendering Syntax for Markdown>>rendering:Main.Markdown11]], adding support for:
30
31 * Macros
32 * Superscript and subscript
33 * (X)HTML improvements
34
35 == Export large wikis as XARs ==
36
37 It's possible to enable the use of new [[WikiStream>>doc:extensions:Extension.Wiki Stream Module]] framework in standard export action (use in the standard export UI for example). Among other things it allows exporting a wiki of pretty much any size.
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39 [[WikiStream>>doc:extensions:Extension.Wiki Stream Module]] is too young to be enabled by default and will require heavy testing. In the meantime you can try it by uncommenting {{code}}# xwiki.action.export.xar.usewikistream=1{{/code}} at the end of xwiki.cfg file.
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41 == Miscellaneous ==
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43 * Improved Active Installs Server side API to be able to pass any query to count installs.
44 * Active Installs Client now also send the Distribution id in addition to the Distribution version to identify the "product" sending the ping
45 * The checkboxes for the global rights settings are now displayed on the left of their labels.(((
46 {{image reference="RightsAdministration-CheckboxOnTheLeft.png"/}}
47 )))
48 * The live search (search suggest) now displays a message when there are no results.(((
49 {{image reference="liveSearch-noResults.png"/}}
50 )))
51 * The blog application is now packaged by default in the Home wiki only (not in new wikis).
52 * The "Create a new wiki" link has been removed from the wiki index. Now, you can only use the //Add > Wiki// menu.
53 * The Distribution Wizard does not appear anymore just after creating a new wiki based on the default template.
54
55 = For Developers =
56
57 == WikiStream improvements ==
58
59 Various improvements and bugfixes to fully support the use case of exporting a entire wiki into a XAR package.
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61 Also added a XAR input module for [[WikiStream>>doc:extensions:Extension.Wiki Stream Module]], the only thing left before covering XAR import use case in Instance output module.
62
63 == Upgrades ==
64
65 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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67 * Xerces2-Java 2.11.0
68
69 == Miscellaneous ==
70
71 * Added DocumentReference and EntityReference property converters which makes possible to:
72 ** use them in rendering macros parameters beans (see [[How to write a macro>>rendering:Main.ExtendingMacro||anchor="HMacroCode"]])
73 ** in Velocity pass a String directly to a method requiring a DocumentReference or EntityReference
74 * Added new API to the JODA Time plugin to get an ISO8601 formatter.
75
76 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-rc-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
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78 = Translations =
79
80 The following translations have been updated:
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82 {{language codes="da, de, fr, pt_BR"/}}
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84 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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86 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportXWiki52RC1Summary"/}}
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88 = Known issues =
89
90 * [[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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92 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
93
94 == General Notes ==
95
96 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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98 {{warning}}
99 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.
100 {{/warning}}
101
102 == SOLR Search Format Change ==
103
104 If you're upgrading from XWiki 4.5.x to this version you'll need to perform a full re-indexation when using the SOLR Search. This because in XWiki 4.5.x the SOLR search was experimental and we've completely changed the indexing
105 format in XWiki 5.1.
106
107 == API Breakages ==
108
109 The following APIs were modified since XWiki 5.1:
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111 * Moved to ##xwiki-commons-legacy-properties##
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113 {{code language="none"}}
114 org.xwiki.properties.converter.AbstractCollectionConverter: Class org.xwiki.properties.converter.AbstractCollectionConverter removed
115 {{/code}}
116
117 * This method should never have existed
118
119 {{code language="none"}}
120 org.xwiki.rendering.listener.reference.ResourceType: Method 'public void setScheme(java.lang.String)' has been removed
121 {{/code}}
122
123 * Moved from ##xwiki-rendering-api## to ##xwiki-rendering-xml##
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125 {{code language="none"}}
126 org.xwiki.rendering.renderer.printer.XHTMLWikiPrinter: Class org.xwiki.rendering.renderer.printer.XHTMLWikiPrinter removed
127 org.xwiki.rendering.renderer.printer.XMLWikiPrinter: Class org.xwiki.rendering.renderer.printer.XMLWikiPrinter removed
128 {{/code}}
129
130 * This field is not meant to be be modified, the final was just forgotten.
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132 {{code language="none"}}
133 com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiContext: Field TYPE_PROVIDER is now final
134 {{/code}}
135
136 * Not an API. This should be internal.
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138 {{code language="none"}}
139 com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiHibernateBaseStore: Method 'protected java.lang.String[] addHibernateSequenceIfRequired(java.lang.String[], java.lang.String, org.hibernate.Session)' has been removed
140 {{/code}}
141
142 * Has been moved to ##xwiki-platform-feed-api## since it was the only module using it. We also dropped jTidy in favor of HTMLCleaner.
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144 {{code language="none"}}
145 com.xpn.xwiki.util.TidyMessageLogger: Class com.xpn.xwiki.util.TidyMessageLogger removed
146 {{/code}}
147
148 * Google API plugin has been retired
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150 {{code language="none"}}
151 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.google.GooglePlugin: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.google.GooglePlugin removed
152 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.google.GooglePluginApi: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.google.GooglePluginApi removed
153 {{/code}}
154
155 * Return the number of imported documents
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157 {{code language="none"}}
158 com.xpn.xwiki.tool.backup.Importer: Return type of method 'public void importXAR(java.io.File, java.lang.String, com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiContext)' has been changed to int
159 {{/code}}
160
161 * The JPQLParser generates source code (that should be internal but it is not) and the grammar has changed a bit.
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163 {{code language="none"}}
164 org.xwiki.query.jpql.analysis.Analysis: Method 'public void caseAFuncnumComparableItem(org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.AFuncnumComparableItem)' has been added to an interface
165 org.xwiki.query.jpql.analysis.Analysis: Method 'public void caseAFuncstrComparableItem(org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.AFuncstrComparableItem)' has been added to an interface
166 org.xwiki.query.jpql.analysis.Analysis: Method 'public void caseAFunctimeComparableItem(org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.AFunctimeComparableItem)' has been added to an interface
167 org.xwiki.query.jpql.analysis.Analysis: Method 'public void caseAPathComparableItem(org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.APathComparableItem)' has been added to an interface
168 org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.AGroupbyItem: Parameter 1 of 'public AGroupbyItem(org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.PPath)' has changed its type to org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.PComparableItem
169 org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.AGroupbyItem: Method 'public org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.PPath getPath()' has been removed
170 org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.AGroupbyItem: Method 'public void setPath(org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.PPath)' has been removed
171 org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.AOrderbyItem: Parameter 1 of 'public AOrderbyItem(org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.PPath, org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.TOrderbySpec)' has changed its type to org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.PComparableItem
172 org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.AOrderbyItem: Method 'public org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.PPath getPath()' has been removed
173 org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.AOrderbyItem: Method 'public void setPath(org.xwiki.query.jpql.node.PPath)' has been removed
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