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Version 20.1 by Thomas Mortagne on 2013/10/21
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1.1 | 1 | {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}} |
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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) = | ||
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| 11 | [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 5.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=11698]]. | ||
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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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18.1 | 19 | * Some XSS fixes. |
| 20 | * By default only results from XE instance pings and for non-snapshot versions are counted in Active Installs. | ||
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| 22 | 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. | ||
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| 24 | = For Developers = | ||
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7.1 | 26 | == DocumentReference Locale now taken into account in XWiki#exists and XWiki#getDocument == |
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9.1 | 28 | You can now use ##XWiki#exist## method to check for some translation existence too, before that the only way was to either load the XWikiDocument or write your own XWQL or HQL query. |
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9.1 | 30 | ##XWiki#getDocument## has been modified accordingly too to be consistent so you don't need to go through ##XWikiDocument#getTranslatedDocument## anymore. |
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7.1 | 31 | |
| 32 | It also mean that you need to be careful of what Locale is in the DocumentReference with those APIs now. | ||
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19.2 | 34 | == New Extension Manager APIs == |
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19.2 | 36 | === Extension sub script services === |
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15.1 | 37 | |
| 38 | The ##extension## service now expose an extension point for extension related script service so that it's used as entry point for all of them. | ||
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| 40 | By default the following are provided: | ||
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15.1 | 42 | * $services.extension.core (for core extensions APIs) |
| 43 | * $services.extension.local (for local extensions APIs) | ||
| 44 | * $services.extension.installed (for installed extensions APIs) | ||
| 45 | * $services.extension.xar (for XAR extension APIS) | ||
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19.2 | 47 | === Search for installed extension in a specific namespace === |
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16.1 | 48 | |
| 49 | The following method has been added ##org.xwiki.extension.repository.InstalledExtensionRepository##: | ||
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| 51 | {{code language="java"}} | ||
| 52 | /** | ||
| 53 | * Search installed extensions based of the provided pattern and only in the passed namespace. | ||
| 54 | * <p> | ||
| 55 | * The pattern is a simple character chain. | ||
| 56 | * | ||
| 57 | * @param pattern the pattern to search | ||
| 58 | * @param namespace the namespace where to search | ||
| 59 | * @param offset the offset from where to start returning search results | ||
| 60 | * @param nb the maximum number of search results to return | ||
| 61 | * @return the found extensions descriptors, empty list if nothing could be found | ||
| 62 | * @throws SearchException error when trying to search provided pattern | ||
| 63 | * @since 5.3M1 | ||
| 64 | */ | ||
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17.1 | 65 | IterableResult<Extension> searchInstalledExtensions(String pattern, String namespace, int offset, int nb) throws SearchException; |
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16.1 | 66 | {{/code}} |
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9.1 | 68 | == XWiki Enterprise Archetype == |
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| 70 | A new archetype is now available to easily create your own product based on XWiki Enterprise. To use: | ||
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| 72 | {{code}} | ||
| 73 | mvn archetype:generate \ | ||
| 74 | -DarchetypeArtifactId=xwiki-enterprise-archetype \ | ||
| 75 | -DarchetypeGroupId=org.xwiki.enterprise \ | ||
| 76 | -DarchetypeVersion=5.3-milestone-1 | ||
| 77 | {{/code}} | ||
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10.1 | 79 | == XAR plugin improvements == |
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| 81 | The XAR plugin now provides the ability to change values in the XML pages. For example: | ||
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| 83 | {{code}} | ||
| 84 | <plugin> | ||
| 85 | <groupId>org.xwiki.commons</groupId> | ||
| 86 | <artifactId>xwiki-commons-tool-xar-plugin</artifactId> | ||
| 87 | <configuration> | ||
| 88 | <transformations> | ||
| 89 | <transformation> | ||
| 90 | <file>Blog/WebHome.xml</file> | ||
| 91 | <xpath>/xwikidoc/object/property/itemsPerPage</xpath> | ||
| 92 | <value>100</value> | ||
| 93 | </transformation> | ||
| 94 | <transformation> | ||
| 95 | <artifact>org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui</artifact> | ||
| 96 | <file>XWiki/XWikiPreferences.xml</file> | ||
| 97 | <xpath>/xwikidoc/object/property/colorTheme</xpath> | ||
| 98 | <value>ColorThemes.Mint</value> | ||
| 99 | </transformation> | ||
| 100 | </transformations> | ||
| 101 | </configuration> | ||
| 102 | </plugin> | ||
| 103 | {{/code}} | ||
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11.1 | 105 | == Miscellaneous == |
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| 107 | * [[Script Services implementations have been moved outside of the ##internal## package>>dev:Community.JavaCodeStyle||anchor="HPackagenames"]] in order for CLIRR to check them for backward incompatibilities and so that their API are made available in generated Javadoc. | ||
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1.1 | 109 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == |
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| 111 | <description of deprecated and retired projects> | ||
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| 113 | == Upgrades == | ||
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| 115 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
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| 117 | * [[commons-fileupload 1.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-458]] | ||
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2.1 | 118 | * [[cssparser 0.9.10>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-459]] |
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3.1 | 119 | * [[XStream 1.4.5>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-462]] |
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13.1 | 120 | * [[HttpClient 4.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-460]] |
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19.1 | 121 | * [[Struts 1.3.10>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9582]] |
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1.1 | 122 | |
| 123 | = Translations = | ||
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| 125 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
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| 127 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
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| 129 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
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19.2 | 131 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportXWiki53M1Summary"/}} |
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1.1 | 132 | |
| 133 | = Known issues = | ||
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| 135 | * [[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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| 137 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
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| 139 | == General Notes == | ||
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| 141 | 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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| 143 | {{warning}} | ||
| 144 | 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. | ||
| 145 | {{/warning}} | ||
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| 147 | == Issues specific to XWiki <version> == | ||
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| 149 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
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| 151 | == API Breakages == | ||
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| 153 | The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>: | ||
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| 155 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 156 | <clirr output here> | ||
| 157 | {{/code}} |
