Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 5.4 Milestone 1
Version 27.3 by Vincent Massol on 2014/01/09
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| 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 | This is an improvement and stability release for things started during the 5.x cycle. | ||
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| 9 | = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 5.3) = | ||
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| 11 | [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for XWiki 5.4 Milestone 1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=11990]]. | ||
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| 13 | == WikiStream improvements == | ||
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| 15 | * added support for ##file:<path>## syntax in ##source## and ##target## properties {{image reference="wikistream-target.png"/}} | ||
| 16 | * instance input module is now able to generate generic revision events | ||
| 17 | * Confluence input module pass page content as it is when target does not support rendering events (instead of nothing) | ||
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| 19 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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| 21 | * Added support for creating and deleting wikis when using the [[H2 database>>http://www.h2database.com]]. | ||
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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+%225.4-milestone-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. | ||
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| 25 | = For Developers = | ||
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| 27 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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| 29 | * Properties annotations (##@PropertyName##, ##@PropertyDescription##, etc.) are now now annotated with ##@Inherited## which make possible to define them in interfaces or abstracts for example | ||
| 30 | * It's now possible to use plugins installed as extension (only if installed or either main wiki or farm) | ||
| 31 | * It's now possible to specify a custom version for the distribution UI in the WAR pom.xml using ##xwiki.extension.distribution.ui.version## and ##xwiki.extension.distribution.wikiui.version##. | ||
| 32 | * New ##Document.getLocale()## API which should be used rather than the older ##Document.getLanguage()## which is now deprecated. | ||
| 33 | * It's now possible to organize the slf4j log as a tree, see [[Logging Module>>extensions:Extension.Logging Module||anchor="HLogtree"]]. | ||
| 34 | * The ##XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup## and ##XWiki.XWikiAllGroup## pages have been moved from the ##xwiki-platform-administration-ui## module to the ##xwiki-enterprise-ui-admin-user## one. | ||
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| 36 | == Upgrades == | ||
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| 38 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
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| 40 | * [[commons-compress 1.6>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-501]] | ||
| 41 | * [[commons-configuration 1.10>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-502]] | ||
| 42 | * [[commons-lang 3.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-509]] | ||
| 43 | * [[commons-net 3.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-503]] | ||
| 44 | * [[cssparser 0.9.11>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-504]] | ||
| 45 | * [[HSQLDB 2.3.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9835]] | ||
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| 47 | = Translations = | ||
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| 49 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
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| 51 | {{language codes="de, es, fr, lv, nl, pt_BR, ru, sv"/}} | ||
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| 53 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
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| 55 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportXWiki54M1Summary"/}} | ||
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| 57 | = Known issues = | ||
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| 59 | * [[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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| 61 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
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| 63 | == General Notes == | ||
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| 65 | When upgrading make sure you compare your ##xwiki.cfg##, ##xwiki.properties## and ##web.xml## files with the newest version since some configuration parameters may have been modified or 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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| 67 | == API Breakages == | ||
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| 69 | The following APIs were modified since 5.3: | ||
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| 71 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 72 | org.xwiki.wikistream.xar.input.XARInputProperties: Method 'public boolean isReferencesOnly()' has been removed | ||
| 73 | org.xwiki.wikistream.xar.input.XARInputProperties: Method 'public void setReferencesOnly(boolean)' has been removed | ||
| 74 | org.xwiki.wikistream.model.filter.WikiDocumentFilter: Field PARAMETER_REVISION has been removed, but it was previously a constant | ||
| 75 | org.xwiki.wikistream.model.filter.WikiObjectPropertyFilter: Parameter 2 of 'public void onWikiObjectProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.xwiki.filter.FilterEventParameters)' has changed its type to java.lang.Object | ||
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