Version 36.2 by Vincent Massol on 2014/06/12

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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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9 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 6.1 Milestone 1) =
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11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 6.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=12290]].
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Guillaume Delhumeau 8.1 13 == Experimental Flamingo Skin ==
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Guillaume Delhumeau 8.1 15 * Flamingo skin CSS is now computed at the runtime, using the [[LESS Module>>extensions:Extension.LESS Module]].
16 * Thanks to this, we have introduced a compatibility between this skin and the old color themes:
17 [[[[image:flamingo-default.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:flamingo-default.png]] [[[[image:flamingo-dusk.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:flamingo-dusk.png]] [[[[image:flamingo-mint.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:flamingo-mint.png]] [[[[image:flamingo-ruby.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:flamingo-ruby.png]] [[[[image:flamingo-nocolortheme.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:flamingo-nocolortheme.png]]
Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) 33.1 18 * Flamingo has a simplified Add menu
19 [[[[image:flamingo-menu.png]]>>attach:flamingo-menu.png]]
20 * A lot of fixes and polishing have been made too (changes to the layout, panels, menus).
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 21
Guillaume Delhumeau 13.1 22 == Applications Panel ==
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24 The applications panel has been modified to adapt itself to the panel column width. The design is different when the size is small, to look closer to a "dock" bar:
Guillaume Delhumeau 17.1 25 [[[[image:appbar.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:appbar.png]] (on this screenshot you can see the small version on the left, and the normal version on the right).
Guillaume Delhumeau 13.1 26
Thomas Mortagne 32.1 27 == Extension Manager improvements ==
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29 Extension related jobs (install, uninstall, install plan calculation, etc.) which are not working on the same namespace can now be executed at the same time. You won't be stuck withing you extension install anymore when someone else in the whole farm is installing something.
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Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 31 == Miscellaneous ==
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Vincent Massol 36.2 33 * [[extensions:Extension.SpaceIndex Macro]] has now a new parameter to sort the document by creation date, modification date, or by name.
Pascal Bastien 35.1 34 * User Profile page display email hyperlink (if the email is not obfuscated) on view and preview mode.
Guillaume Delhumeau 29.1 35
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 36 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%29+and+status+%3D+Closed+and+resolution+%3D+Fixed+and+fixVersion+%3D+%226.1-milestone-2%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
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38 = For Developers =
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Guillaume Delhumeau 2.1 40 == LESS module ==
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Guillaume Delhumeau 9.1 42 * The [[LESS Module>>extensions:Extension.LESS Module]] is now bundled with XWiki Enterprise.
Guillaume Delhumeau 2.1 43 * Some progress have been made on the DefaultLESSSkinFileCache. The cache is now cleared when a skin or a color theme is changed, but only on the concerned wiki.
Guillaume Delhumeau 10.1 44 * The LESS Compiler now compress the generated CSS.
Guillaume Delhumeau 25.1 45 * A new component has been added to compute a Color Theme compatible with [[extensions:Extension.Color Theme Application]] from a LESS file.
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Thomas Mortagne 30.1 47 == Job module improvements ==
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49 A new ##org.xwiki.job.JobExecutor## component has been introduce to replace ##org.xwiki.job.JobManager## (which is now deprecated). This component adds support for parallel execution of jobs and also support grouping jobs that need to be executed in the same thread.
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51 See [[extensions:Extension.Job Module]] for more details.
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Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 53 == Deprecated and Retired projects ==
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55 <description of deprecated and retired projects>
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57 == Upgrades ==
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59 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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Thomas Mortagne 36.1 61 * [[Groovy 2.3.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-598]]
Guillaume Delhumeau 27.1 62 * [[Official LESS Compiler for Java 1.7.0.1.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10437]]
Marius Dumitru Florea 31.1 63 * [[Apache Lucene and Solr 4.8.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10357]]
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65 == Miscellaneous ==
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Thomas Mortagne 18.1 67 * xwiki.cfg file properties are now accessible through ##org.xwiki.configuration.ConfigurationSource## component with role hint ##xwikicfg##
Vincent Massol 20.1 68 * Complete refactoring of the [[Resource module>>extensions:Extension.Resource API]]. Note that the Action module has been removed and folded into the new Resource module.
Vincent Massol 22.1 69 * The ##getInstance## methods in the [[Component Script Service>>extensions:Extension.Component Module||anchor="HAccessfromScripts"]] are now public and return ##null## if the Component cannot be looked up. A ##getLastError()## method was also added to get the last exception.
Thomas Mortagne 23.1 70 * New converter for ##java.lang.refect.Type## which allows converting from String to Type and opposite in Velocity and wiki macros parameters for example.
Vincent Massol 24.2 71 * The wiki manager API always returns a descriptor for the main wiki, and if there is no descriptor document it returns a "virtual" one that can be saved. Basically it now means that if a wiki exists there is always a corresponding descriptor, even for the main wiki.
Guillaume Delhumeau 26.1 72 * The "skin" parameter in the URL is now taken into account when generating the links to the skin CSS (see: [[XWIKI-10426>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10426]]).
Caleb James DeLisle 26.2 73 * Filesystem Attachment Storage now allows you to disable cleaning of empty directories on startup since on a large installation this may take considerable time. (see: [[XWIKI-10431>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10431]])
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75 = Translations =
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77 The following translations have been updated:
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81 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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Manuel Smeria 25.2 83 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportXWiki61M2Summary"/}}
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 84
85 = Known issues =
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87 * [[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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89 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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91 == General Notes ==
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93 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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95 == Issues specific to XWiki <version> ==
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97 <issues specific to the project>
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99 == API Breakages ==
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101 The following APIs were modified since XWiki 6.0:
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Vincent Massol 19.1 103 * Complete refactoring of the [[Resource module>>extensions:Extension.Resource API]] which was still a young API.
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