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Version 63.2 by Manuel Smeria on 2014/03/17
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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.
6
7 <insert description of release here>
8
9 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 5.4) =
10
11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for <version>>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=<fill id here>]].
12
13 == Moved to Java 7 as minimum version ==
14
15 The minimum required Java version to run XWiki is now Java 7. It's not just the minimum officially supported version, XWiki won't work anymore on Java 6.
16
17 == Wiki Application ==
18
19 * In the Wiki Index, all the wikis that the user can not access [[are not displayed anymore>>extensions:Extension.Wiki Application||anchor="HNewmenusandWikiIndex"]].
20 * Now, by default, guest users can see a subwiki depending if they can see the main one. But of course, it is still possible to manually give view right to guest users in the subwiki's administration.
21
22 == New Chart Renderers ==
23
24 The ##stackedbar## and ##stackedbar3D## plot renderers were added in the [[Chart Macro>>extensions:Extension.Chart Macro]]:
25
26 {{image reference="stackedbar.png"/}}
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28 {{image reference="stackedbar3D.png"/}}
29
30 == Panels Application Improvements ==
31
32 * The [[Panels Application>>extensions:Extension.Panels Application]] is now available from the Applications Panel:(((
33 {{image reference="panels-application.png"/}}
34 )))
35 * The Panels Application's home page now uses a LiveTable to display the list of available Panels:(((
36 {{image reference="panels-home.png"/}}
37 )))
38
39 == Miscellaneous ==
40
41 * The document references are displayed as //wiki >> Space >> Page// path in the extension install log.(((
42 {{image reference="docRefInExtensionLog.png"/}}
43 )))
44 * The "membership type" options are more clear(((
45 {{image reference="membershipType.png"/}}
46 )))
47 * The date search facets have a new option 'Older than 30 days':(((
48 {{image reference="dateFacet.png"/}}
49 )))
50 * Added built in support for Apple's open directory groups in LDAP authenticator
51 * Generate extension event in Wikistream XAR input module when the XAR contains extension informations
52 * Add new Locale based API to manipulate current Locale:(((
53 ~{~{code language="velocity}}
54 $xcontext.locale
55 $xcontext.interfaceLocale
56 ~{~{/code}}
57 )))
58 * The [[Container Macro>>extensions:Extension.Container Macro]] is now responsive. So if there is not enough place to display several columns side by side, they are displayed instead one after the other in a vertical alignment.(((
59 [[{{image reference="responsive.png" width="35%"/}}>>attach:responsive.png]]
60 )))
61 * The Windows Installer (EXE) now also work on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.
62
63 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+%226.0-milestone-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
64
65 = For Developers =
66
67 == Solr ==
68
69 === Advanced Search Suggest Sources ===
70
71 The [[Search Suggest>>extensions:Extension.Search Application||anchor="HSearchSuggest"]] feature retrieves live search results from various configurable sources. These sources specify the search engine to use and the search query. The search doesn't perform well, at least on Solr, if we use only the search query because each query is different (when the input text is different) so the cache is not used efficiently. Best is to rely on the filter cache but for this we need to be able to specify the filter query.
72
73 Starting with this release you are able to specify more advanced search parameters in the search query and they will be passed directly to the search engine. This currently works with Solr. As an example, the following statement from the 'query' property of a Search Suggest Source
74
75 {{code language="none"}}
76 type:DOCUMENT AND (title:(__INPUT__*) OR name:(__INPUT__*))
77 {{/code}}
78
79 could be written as
80
81 {{code language="none"}}
82 fq=type:DOCUMENT
83 qf=title^2 name
84 {{/code}}
85
86 Note that:
87
88 * you would use the filter query which is the same for all search requests to this Search Suggest Source so it will be cached by Solr
89 * you would be able to specify the boost for each field you want to search in
90 * the query statement used is '~_~_INPUT~_~_' by default, if not specified.
91
92 In order to preserve backward compatibility with existing Solr Search Suggest Sources, we use the following convention:
93
94 > A line that doesn't start with 'xxx=' specifies the query statement; in other words, existing Solr Search Suggest Sources are specifying only the query statement.
95
96 For example:
97
98 {{code language="none"}}
99 foo __INPUT__* bar
100 fq=type:DOCUMENT
101 qf=title^2 name
102 {{/code}}
103
104 means the query statement is 'foo ~_~_INPUT~_~_* bar'. Which is equivalent to:
105
106 {{code language="none"}}
107 q=foo __INPUT__* bar
108 fq=type:DOCUMENT
109 qf=title^2 name
110 {{/code}}
111
112 See the [[Solr common query parameters>>http://wiki.apache.org/solr/CommonQueryParameters]] and the [[Extended DisMax query parser parameters>>http://wiki.apache.org/solr/ExtendedDisMax#Parameters]] documentation for details on what parameters you can pass to the search engine.
113
114 === Search UI Configuration ===
115
116 Application developers can now easily create a dedicated search page for their application, tailored for the application data. You can take a look at the [[FAQ application>>extensions:Extension.FAQ Application]] for example:
117
118 {{code language="none"}}
119 {{include reference="XWiki.SearchCode"/}}
120
121 {{velocity output="false"}}
122 #if ($searchEngine == 'solr')
123 ## Customize the Solr Search UI for the FAQ application.
124 #set ($solrConfig = {
125 'queryFields': 'title^3 property.FAQCode.FAQClass.answer',
126 'facetFields': ['creator', 'creationdate', 'author', 'date', 'mimetype', 'attauthor', 'attdate', 'attsize'],
127 'filterQuery': [
128 'type:DOCUMENT',
129 "wiki:$xcontext.database",
130 "space_exact:$doc.space",
131 'class:FAQCode.FAQClass'
132 ]
133 })
134 #end
135 {{/velocity}}
136
137 {{velocity}}
138 {{include reference="$searchPage"/}}
139 {{/velocity}}
140 {{/code}}
141
142 === Faceting on Object Properties ===
143
144 In XWiki 5.3 we added support for [[faceting on object properties>>ReleaseNotesXWiki53||anchor="HFacetingandSortingonObjectProperties"]] but the facets were not displayed nicely. We improved the facet display in this release so that the property type is taken into account: e.g. a facet on a date property will be displayed using the date facet (same as for the document creation date or the last modification date). Moreover, you can now configure the facet displayer to use and even create your own facet displayer. See the [[Solr Search Application>>extensions:Extension.Solr Search Application||anchor="HFacetingonObjectProperties"]] for details.
145
146 == Action API ==
147
148 This [[Action API module>>extensions:Extension.Action API]] is the entry point for all UIs and in charge of calling the correct backend code to display what the user has asked for (it's the Controller in MVC terminology).
149
150 Note that right now most Actions are still implemented the old way in the oldcore module without Components and using Struts. The goal is to progressively rewrite them using this new Action API.
151
152 == WebJars Integration ==
153
154 The [[WebJars integration>>extensions:Extension.WebJars Integration]] solves the issue of packaging JavaScript frameworks by bundling them as JARs. This allows XWiki Extensions to depend on JavaScript frameworks an be installable by the Extension Manager Application.
155
156 == LiveTable Query Filters ==
157
158 It's now possible to specify which [[Query filters to apply when retrieving LiveTable data>>extensions:Extension.Livetable Macro]].
159
160 For example if you want to show always hidden docs, then you would use:
161
162 {{code language="none"}}
163 ...
164 'queryFilters': 'currentLanguage',
165 ...
166 {{/code}}
167
168 And if you wish to show all docs for all languages and hidden docs you would use:
169
170 {{code language="none"}}
171 ...
172 'queryFilters': '',
173 ...
174 {{/code}}
175
176 == Miscellaneous ==
177
178 * The XAR plugins's ##format## mojo now handles properly the ##defaultLanguage## element: if a document has translation we assume it means the document is not a technical document and thus we set the default language to be English. This allows the XWiki SOLR Search to return results when the English language is selected in language facet.
179 * The XAR plugin's ##verify## mojo now also handles the ##defaultLanguage## check accordingly.
180 * The XAR plugin's ##verify## mojo now checks for missing license headers (if the ##formatLicense## configuration property is set to ##true##).
181 * The XAR plugin's ##format## and ##verify## mojos now support including/excluding files.
182 * We changed a bit the behaviour of Solr search with respect to the current language. We stopped using the (dynamically computed) 'locales' filter by default. We now rely only on the 'locale' facet, which has the current language preselected. See [[XWIKI-9977>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9977]] for the full story.
183 * ##$services.wiki.getAll()## makes a better use of its internal cache, so the performances are better.
184
185 == Deprecated and Retired projects ==
186
187 * ##xwiki-platorm-wiki-manager## has been removed from the platform. It is still available on the [[contrib repository>>https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/xwiki-platform-wiki-manager]] and via the extensions [[extensions:Extension.Wiki Manager Plugin]] and [[extensions:Extension.Wiki Manager Application]].
188
189 == Upgrades ==
190
191 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
192
193 * [[Logback 1.1.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-523]]
194 * [[commons-codec 1.9>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-524]]
195 * [[JRuby 1.7.10>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-8680]]
196 * [[cssparser 0.9.13>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-526]]
197 * [[doxia 1.5>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-330]]
198 * [[Groovy 2.2.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-527]]
199 * [[HttpClient 4.3.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-528]]
200 * [[JGroups 3.4.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9969]]
201 * [[XStream 1.4.6>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-529]]
202 * [[SLF4J 1.7.6>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-530]]
203 * [[Commons FileUpload 1.3.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-532]]
204 * [[Aether 0.9.0.M4>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-444]]
205 * [[GWT 2.6>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10073]]
206 * [[SmartGWT 4.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-536]]
207
208 = Translations =
209
210 The following translations have been updated:
211
212 {{language codes="none, none"/}}
213
214 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
215
216 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}}
217
218 = Known issues =
219
220 * [[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]]
221
222 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
223
224 == General Notes ==
225
226 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.
227
228 == Moved to Java 7 as minimum version ==
229
230 The minimum required Java version to run XWiki is now Java 7. It's not just the minimum officially supported version, XWiki won't work on Java 6.
231
232 == Crypto Modules moved to Commons ==
233
234 The crypto modules (except the script service) have been moved to xwiki-commons. Developers should be careful to update their dependencies.
235
236 == API Breakages ==
237
238 The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>:
239
240 {{code language="none"}}
241 <clirr output here>
242 {{/code}}

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