Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 6.1 RC 1
Version 16.1 by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) on 2014/06/19
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| 1 | {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}} | ||
| 2 | {{toc/}} | ||
| 3 | {{/box}} | ||
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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 6.1 milestone 2) = | ||
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| 11 | [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 6.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=12290]]. | ||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | == Flamingo Skin == | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | * The preview action has been implemented:((( | ||
| 16 | {{image reference="preview.png" width="60%"/}} | ||
| 17 | ))) | ||
| 18 | * The user's avatar is now displayed in the main menu:((( | ||
| 19 | {{image reference="navbar.png" width="60%"/}} | ||
| 20 | ))) | ||
| 21 | * A lot of polishing have been made too, in order to have a skin usable in production. | ||
| 22 | |||
| 23 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 24 | |||
| 25 | <insert misc user stuff and important bug fix descriptions here in a list, when they are too small to warrant a section by themselves - Change the version in the URL below!> | ||
| 26 | |||
| 27 | 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-rc-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. | ||
| 28 | |||
| 29 | = For Developers = | ||
| 30 | |||
| 31 | == Log from a script == | ||
| 32 | |||
| 33 | A new API to get a SLF4J Logger has been added to the ##logging## script service. | ||
| 34 | |||
| 35 | {{code language="velocity"}} | ||
| 36 | $services.logging.getLogger('My script').info('Hello {}', 'world') | ||
| 37 | {{/code}} | ||
| 38 | |||
| 39 | == New contextual authorization manager role == | ||
| 40 | |||
| 41 | A new role is now available to ease the replacement of the old Right Service (com.xpn.xwiki.user.api.XWikiRightService). | ||
| 42 | Compared to the old service, the component does not manage authentication which should have been ensured previously if needed. (No redirection to login is ever done) | ||
| 43 | The new component has a similar interface to the AuthorizationManager, but it take care of all external context aspects, like the currently executed macro block, the rendering context restrictions, the dropping of rights, etc... | ||
| 44 | This new role should be used from now on by any component that needs to check rights for the current user, in the current context. | ||
| 45 | |||
| 46 | == New security authorization script service == | ||
| 47 | |||
| 48 | A new script service is now available to access the default AuthorizationManager and the ContextualAuthorizationManager. | ||
| 49 | |||
| 50 | Here is some sample: | ||
| 51 | |||
| 52 | {{code language="velocity"}} | ||
| 53 | #if ($services.security.authorization.hasAccess("edit")) | ||
| 54 | ... show some UI that require edit access on the current document by the current user ... | ||
| 55 | #end | ||
| 56 | #if ($services.security.authorization.hasAccess("edit", "xwiki:Sandbox.TestPage1")) | ||
| 57 | ... show some UI that require edit access on Sandbox.TestPage1 document by the current user ... | ||
| 58 | #end | ||
| 59 | #if ($services.security.authorization.hasAccess("edit", "xwiki:XWiki.User1", "xwiki:Sandbox.TestPage1")) | ||
| 60 | ... show some UI that require edit access on Sandbox.TestPage1 document by XWiki.User1 ... | ||
| 61 | #end | ||
| 62 | {{/code}} | ||
| 63 | |||
| 64 | {{code language="velocity"}} | ||
| 65 | $services.security.authorization.checkAccess("edit") | ||
| 66 | ... do some task that require edit access ... | ||
| 67 | {{/code}} | ||
| 68 | |||
| 69 | In this second sample, the macro will fail with an AccessDeniedException if the right is not allowed. | ||
| 70 | |||
| 71 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == | ||
| 72 | |||
| 73 | <description of deprecated and retired projects> | ||
| 74 | |||
| 75 | == Upgrades == | ||
| 76 | |||
| 77 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
| 78 | |||
| 79 | * [[commons-collections 4.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-605]] | ||
| 80 | * [[httpclient 4.3.4>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-606]] | ||
| 81 | * [[commons-beanutils 1.9.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-607]] | ||
| 82 | * [[reflections 0.9.9-RC2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-608]] | ||
| 83 | * [[slf4j 1.7.7>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-609]] | ||
| 84 | |||
| 85 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 86 | |||
| 87 | * The [[Mail Sender API>>extensions:Extension.Mail Sender API]] now allows to send Mails from a Template. This is achieved with 2 calls: | ||
| 88 | ** One for setting the Subject from the Template. The following will generate a ##MimeMessage## with the subject pre-filled. The value will be that of the ##subject## xproperty from an ##XWiki.Mail## xobject in the Document pointed to by the passed ##documentReference##:((( | ||
| 89 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 90 | #set ($message = $services.mailsender.createMessage("template", documentReference, to)) | ||
| 91 | #set ($message = $services.mailsender.createMessage("template", documentReference, from, to)) | ||
| 92 | {{/code}} | ||
| 93 | ))) | ||
| 94 | ** One for setting the Body Part content from the Template:((( | ||
| 95 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 96 | $message.addPart("xwiki/template", $documentReference, {"velocityVariables" : { "var1" : "value1" }}) | ||
| 97 | $message.addPart("xwiki/template", $documentReference, {"velocityVariables" : { "var1" : "value1" }, "attachments" : $attachments}) | ||
| 98 | {{/code}} | ||
| 99 | ))) | ||
| 100 | |||
| 101 | = Translations = | ||
| 102 | |||
| 103 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
| 104 | |||
| 105 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
| 106 | |||
| 107 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
| 108 | |||
| 109 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}} | ||
| 110 | |||
| 111 | = Known issues = | ||
| 112 | |||
| 113 | * [[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]] | ||
| 114 | |||
| 115 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
| 116 | |||
| 117 | == General Notes == | ||
| 118 | |||
| 119 | 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. | ||
| 120 | |||
| 121 | == Issues specific to XWiki <version> == | ||
| 122 | |||
| 123 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
| 124 | |||
| 125 | == API Breakages == | ||
| 126 | |||
| 127 | The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>: | ||
| 128 | |||
| 129 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 130 | <clirr output here> | ||
| 131 | {{/code}} |
