Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 6.3

Version 3.6 by Thomas Mortagne on 2014/11/12

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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.
	6
	7	<insert description of release here>
	8
2.1	9	= New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 6.2.4) =
1.1	10
2.2	11	[[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 6.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=12693]].
1.1	12
2.2	13	== Extension Manager and Repository improvements ==
1.1	14
2.2	15	* ##<scm>## element from Maven ##pom.xml## is now supported and has been added to the standard in the API
	16	* ##<issueManagement>## element from Maven ##pom.xml## is now supported and has been added to the standard in the API
	17	* When importing an extension unknown but valid versions are not removed anymore
	18	* The extension source URL and issue manager URL are now displayed in the extension description when available.
3.3	19	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki63M2@scmissuemanagement.png"/}}
1.1	20
2.2	21	== User Directory customized globally ==
	22
	23	The administrator of the wiki can customize the default columns to be displayed by the user directory.
	24
3.4	25	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki63M1@userDirectoryGloballyConfigurableInAdministration.png"/}}
2.2	26
	27	For more information, see the [[documentation>>extensions:Extension.User Directory Application]]
	28
	29	== Flamingo ==
	30
	31	{{info}}
	32	The Flamingo skin was introduced as experimental in XWiki 6.0 & 6.1 and has been deemed usable in XWiki 6.2. However we're still tuning details. It happens that we did not all agree on the location of the "Add" button (some wanted it inside the content, next to the "Edit" buttons and others wanted it back at the top - You can [[follow the discussion here>>http://markmail.org/message/jqbcj4p4ryc56sms]] if you're interested ;)). Thus we've decided for the moment to put it back at the top where it was in the Colibri skin in order to not force our users to learn a new location for the moment. This is still a discussion in progress and if you have inputs and preferences please do not hesitate to let us know on the [[XWiki Users Mailing List>>dev:Community.MailingLists]] or on the [[related Issue>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11167]]. Thanks!
	33	{{/info}}
	34
	35	* The 'Add' button has been moved back to the top bar and the search bar to the right:(((
	36	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki622@flamingo-add.png" width="60%"/}}
	37	)))
	38	* When you click on the 'add' button, the order of the choices have been inverted, to propose to create a page first, then a space, and finally a wiki:(((
	39	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki622@flamingo-add-options.png"/}}
	40	)))
	41	* The Wiki/Space/Page buttons in the top bar have been changed and are no longer split into two parts. You do not need to click the arrow specifically any more to open the contextual menu:(((
	42	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki622@flamingo-menubar.png"/}}
	43	)))
	44	* To navigate to the current Wiki/Space/Page in the top bar, there is now a new "Go to..." item:(((
	45	\|=Wiki\|=Space\|=Page
	46	\|{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki622@flamingo-goto-wiki.png"/}}\|{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki622@flamingo-goto-space.png"/}}\|{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki622@flamingo-goto-page.png"/}}
	47	)))
	48	* The languages selection is now located in the top bar. It is displayed only when the multilingual mode is enabled:(((
	49	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki622@languages.png" width="60%"/}}
	50	When there is no translation available:
	51	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki622@languages-no-alternative.png"/}}
	52	When there is some translations available:
	53	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki622@languages-with-alternatives.png"/}}
	54	)))
	55	* The [[Livetable>>extensions:Extension.Livetable Macro]] is now responsive to the screen size, so you can use them with smartphones:(((
	56	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki622@Livetable-Responsive.png"/}}
	57	)))
	58	* The Flamingo Theme Application now uses a new Color Picker.(((
	59	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki621@NewColorPicker.png"/}}
	60	)))
	61	* To sum up, this is the new look:(((
	62	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki622@flamingo.png"/}}
	63	)))
	64
3.5	65	* The "Add" button has now a default action to create a new page. You can still create other kind of contents (Wiki, Space) by using the arrow, just like we do with the different "edit" actions.(((
	66	{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki63M1@flamingo-add.png"/}}
	67	)))
	68
3.1	69	=== Flamingo Themes Application ===
	70
	71	Now, when you click on "Manage color theme" in the Administration, you reach the [[new application to manage the Flamingo Themes>>extensions:Extension.Flamingo Theme Application]]:
	72
	73	{{image reference="ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki624@FlamingoThemeWebHome.png" width="50%"/}}
	74
	75	You can use it to change the current theme, modify any theme or create new ones.
	76
	77	We have also added 3 new themes: Marina, Garden and Kitty.
	78
	79	{{gallery}}
	80	image:Marina.png
	81	image:Garden.png
	82	image:Kitty.png
	83	{{/gallery}}
	84
	85	=== Bootswatch Themes for Flamingo ===
	86
	87	XWiki comes with [[16 new themes for Flamingo>>extensions:Extension.Bootswatch Themes for Flamingo]], that have been adapted from [[Bootswatch>>http://bootswatch.com/]].
	88
	89	{{gallery}}
	90	image:Cerulean.png
	91	image:Cosmo.png
	92	image:Cyborg.png
	93	image:Darkly.png
	94	image:Flatly.png
	95	image:Journal.png
	96	image:Lumen.png
	97	image:Paper.png
	98	image:Readable.png
	99	image:Sandstone.png
	100	image:Simplex.png
	101	image:Slate.png
	102	image:Spacelab.png
	103	image:Superhero.png
	104	image:United.png
	105	image:Yeti.png
	106	{{/gallery}}
	107
2.2	108	== Panels Application ==
	109
	110	It is now possible to select which applications are displayed in the App Bar, and which are not:
	111
	112	{{image reference="customizable-app-bar.png"/}}
	113
3.1	114	== Document Tree Macro ==
	115
	116	We introduce [[a new wiki macro>>extensions:Extension.Document Tree Macro]] to display the hierarchy of documents:
	117
	118	{{code language="none"}}
	119	{{documentTree /}}
	120	{{/code}}
	121
	122	{{image reference="docHierarchyTree.png"/}}
	123
	124	=== Document Index Tree ===
	125
	126	The new [[Document Tree Macro>>extensions:Extension.Document Tree Macro]] is now used in the Wiki document index.
	127
	128	{{image reference="index-alldocs-tree.png"/}}
	129
	130	=== Navigation Panel ===
	131
	132	We also changed the Navigation Panel to use the new [[Document Tree Macro>>extensions:Extension.Document Tree Macro]].
	133
	134	{{info}}
	135	Very importantly the old Navigation Panel was a performance hog on large wikis and it's not longer the case (since nodes are now opened dynamically and not all documents are loaded in memory)!
	136	{{/info}}
	137
	138	{{image reference="navigationPanel.png"/}}
	139
1.1	140	== Miscellaneous ==
	141
2.2	142	* The default color themes (DefaultColorTheme and FlamingoDefaultTheme) have been renamed Azure and Charcoal.
	143	* In the select field of the 'color theme' property, in the administration, the color themes are now ordered by name.
	144	* In the administration, clicking the "Customize" button for customizing a Skin or a Color Theme now opens the page it leads to in edit mode.
	145	* Improved L&F when a template fails to render:(((
	146	{{image reference="templateerror.png" width="650px"/}}
	147	)))
	148	* We have created dedicated groups for Colibri and Flamingo Themes inside the Administration. Every themes can be used with both skins but they looks better when they are used with the corresponding theme.(((
	149	{{image reference="ColorThemeDisplayer.png"/}}
	150	)))
	151	* The start/stop shell scripts provided with the Standalone Distribution have been improved to display usage information when an invalid parameter is passed or when the ##-h## or ##~-~-help## parameters are passed. Also note that the start script doesn't stop anymore a running XWiki instance if the ##-k## or ##~-~-kill## parameter is passed (this parameter has been removed).
	152	* It's now possible to configure the maximum number of search results to be returned from a search operation using ##xwiki.authentication.ldap.maxresults## property in ##xwiki.cfg## file. See [[LDAP documentation>>platform:AdminGuide.Authentication\|\|anchor="HGenericLDAPconfiguration"]].
	153	* The "Empty is today" option on Date fields of classes created with Application Within Minutes is now working as expected. See [[XWIKI-10296>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10296]]
	154	* Office macro can now take a URL as input. See [[extensions:Extension.Office Macro]] for more details
	155	* The standalone distribution now uses Jetty 9.2.3.v20140905 (was using version 8.1.15.v20140411 in XWiki 6.3-milestone-1). This should be transparent for the user since XWiki provides its own start/stop scripts around Jetty.
	156	* The Delete Space feature now lists the documents inside the space you are going to delete. This should help people differentiate between the UI of Delete Page and the UI of Delete Space so that fewer mistakes occur when not paying much attention:(((
	157	{{image reference="deleteSpaceListDocuments.png"/}}
	158	)))
3.1	159	* Updated [[XAR export URL format>>platform:Features.Exports\|\|anchor="HXARExport"]] to allow exporting a full space, a full wiki, or any list of pages matching a pattern. For example:(((
	160	{{code language="none"}}
	161	http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/export/Main/WebHome?format=xar&name=test&pages=Main.%25
	162	http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/export/Main/WebHome?format=xar&name=test&pages=%25.%25
	163	http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/export/Main/WebHome?format=xar&name=test&pages=%25.%25Home
	164	{{/code}}
	165	)))
	166	* Added an edit button to easily change the default Welcome message that is displayed on the homepage. Users have reportedly been struggling with this task for a while now and, until we come up with a new format for the homepage, this is the solution we have proposed to make things easier.(((
	167	{{image reference="editWelcomeMessage.png"/}}
	168	)))
	169	* The configuration of the [[Applications Panel>>extensions:Extension.Panels Application\|\|anchor="HApplicationPanel"]] now works with touch-screen devices too.
	170	* The Standalone Distribution [[now has a new startup parameter to enable monitoring/managing the Jetty instance>>platform:AdminGuide.Monitoring\|\|anchor="HJMXConsole"]]. You can use it with ##start_xwiki.sh -j## (or ##start_xwiki.sh ~-~-jmx##).
	171	* Updated the notification message when the panel layout is saved to use the standard notification widget.
1.1	172
	173	= For Developers =
	174
2.2	175	== Velocity macros to display users and groups ==
1.1	176
2.2	177	We extracted the code that displays in view mode a property of type 'List of Users' and 'List of Groups' from the corresponding custom displayers (found in ##displayer_users.vm## and ##displayer_groups.vm##) into two Velocity macros that can be used to display arbitrary users and groups, even when you don't have an object. Here's how you can use them:
1.1	178
2.2	179	{{code language="none"}}
	180	{{velocity}}
	181	{{html wiki="true"}}
	182	= Users =
	183	== Just one ==
	184	#displayUser('XWiki.Admin')
1.1	185
2.2	186	== List of users ==
	187	#displayUser(['Admin', 'XWiki.mflorea'])
1.1	188
2.2	189	== A reference of a user ==
	190	#displayUser($xcontext.userReference)
1.1	191
2.2	192	== A list of references of users ==
	193	#displayUser([$xcontext.userReference, $otherUserReference])
1.1	194
2.2	195	= Groups =
	196	== Just one ==
	197	#displayGroup('XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup')
1.1	198
2.2	199	== List of groups ==
	200	#displayGroup(['XWikiAdminGroup','XWiki.HRGroup'])
	201
	202	== A reference of a group ==
	203	#set($adminGroupRef = $services.model.resolveDocument('XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup'))
	204	#set($allGroupRef = $services.model.resolveDocument('XWiki.XWikiAllGroup'))
	205	#displayGroup($adminGroupRef)
	206
	207	== A list of references of groups ==
	208	#displayGroup([$adminGroupRef, $allGroupRef])
	209
	210	{{/html}}
	211	{{/velocity}}
	212	{{/code}}
	213
	214	== New Velocity Tools ==
	215
	216	* New URL Tool ##$urltool##: A [[new tool>>extensions:Extension.Velocity Module\|\|anchor="HVelocityTools"]] has been added with one method to parse query string from the URL ##$urltool.parseQuery(String)##. The value returned by this is method is a ##Map<String, List<String>>## which maps parameter names to (possibly multiple) values, and can be passed e.g. directly into ##$escapetool.url(Map<String, ?>)## to convert it back to a string. This is useful e.g. in cases where one want to pass a complete query string around between requests, as it happend for the PDF export; the ##$urltool## allows for a sane deserialization of the value passed around.
	217	* New Exception Tool ##$exceptiontool##: A [[new tool>>extensions:Extension.Velocity Module\|\|anchor="HVelocityTools"]] to manipulate Java Exceptions (get root cause, convert into String, etc).
	218	* ##$stringtool## moved from ##org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils## to ##org.xwiki.text.StringUtils## which extends the first one and add new stuff
	219
	220	== Ability to catch Exceptions from Velocity ==
	221
	222	A new Velocity Directive has been added to catch Exceptions from Velocity. In addition a new ###displayUnhandledException()## velocity macro has also been added to nicely display an exception to the user.
	223
	224	For example:
	225
	226	{{code language="velocity"}}
	227	#try()
	228	#set($outputSyntax = $xwiki.getAvailableRendererSyntax($request.outputSyntax, $request.outputSyntaxVersion))
	229	#if ($outputSyntax)
	230	## If the passed syntax is not an HTML-compatible syntax we need to HTML-escape it so that it can be
	231	## displayed fine in HTML (since at the point this vm file is called we're already inside an HTML page with
	232	## panels on the side, header, etc).
	233	#set($syntaxType = $outputSyntax.type.toIdString())
	234	#if (($syntaxType == "xhtml") \|\| ($syntaxType == "html"))
	235	#set ($renderedContent = $tdoc.getRenderedContent($outputSyntax))
	236	#else
	237	## Make sure to print correctly the result when it's not HTML
	238	#set ($renderedContent = "<pre>$escapetool.html($tdoc.getRenderedContent($outputSyntax))</pre>")
	239	#end
	240	#else
	241	#set ($renderedContent = $tdoc.getRenderedContent())
	242	#end
	243	#end
	244	...
	245	<div id="xwikicontent">
	246	#if ("$!exception" != '')
	247	#displayUnhandledException($exception)
	248	#else
	249	$renderedContent
	250	#end
	251	</div>
	252	...
	253	{{/code}}
	254
	255	This generates the following in case of error rendering the page:
	256
	257	{{image reference="renderingerror.png"/}}
	258
	259	== New #displayException macro ==
	260
	261	Displays an error message with a title that can be clicked and expands to display an exception.
	262
	263	Example from a wiki page:
	264
	265	{{code language="none"}}
	266	{{velocity}}
	267	#set ($message = $services.mailsender.createMessage())
	268	$message.send()
	269
	270	{{html}}
	271	#displayException("hello world", $services.mailsender.lastError)
	272	{{/html}}
	273	{{/velocity}}
	274	{{/code}}
	275
	276	== Component Disposal ==
	277
	278	The order used by the ComponentManager to dispose its components is computed based on declared dependencies. However there might be cases when you wish a Component's ##dispose()## method to be called before or after all other components. In this case you can use the ##DisposePriority## annotation. The default priority is 1000. A higher value will mean disposing before all other components not having this annotation. For example:
	279
	280	{{code language="java"}}
	281	@Component
	282	@Singleton
	283	@DisposePriority(10000)
	284	public class DefaultHibernateSessionFactory implements HibernateSessionFactory, Disposable
	285	{
	286	...
	287	@Override
	288	public void dispose() throws ComponentLifecycleException
	289	{
	290	... called after other components in order to shut down the database late...
	291	}
	292	...
	293	}
	294	{{/code}}
	295
	296	See the [[Component Reference documentation>>extensions:Extension.Component Module]] for other details.
	297
	298	== New LiveTable Filtering Option ==
	299
	300	You can now specify how the filter value should be matched against the stored value. One use case when this is useful is when you have a live table for an XClass that has a Database List property and you want to use a text input filter instead of the default drop down list filter. Currently the user has to enter the full value in the text input in order to filter. Would be good if partial matching would work. This is possible starting with this version:
	301
	302	{{code language="none"}}
	303	#set ($columnsProperties = {
	304	'doc.name': {'type': 'text', 'size': 10, 'link': 'view'},
	305	...
	306	'myDatabaseList': {'type': 'text', 'size': 10, 'match': 'partial'},
	307	...
	308	})
	309	{{/code}}
	310
	311	Checkout the [[LiveTable Macro documentation>>extensions:Extension.Livetable Macro\|\|anchor="HParameter24columnsProperties"]] for more details about the match option.
	312
	313	== Solr JSON Service ==
	314
	315	You can now make search requests from JavaScript using the Solr JSON service. The results include all the information that is indexed by Solr so you can display them as you wish. See the [[Solr Search Application>>extensions:Extension.Solr Search Application\|\|anchor="HJSONService"]] documentation for more details.
	316
	317	== Document Meta Informations ==
	318
	319	* We have introduced a new JavaScript API to get informations about the current document. See: [[platform:DevGuide.JavaScriptAPI\|\|anchor="HGetsomeinformationsaboutthecurrentdocument"]].
	320
3.1	321	== Tree Widget ==
	322
	323	We introduce a [[new JavaScript widget>>extensions:Extension.Tree Widget]] that can be used to create tree views for the structured data stored in the wiki. It is based on [[jsTree>>http://www.jstree.com/]] and thus has support for both static and dynamic (interactive) trees.
	324
	325	== Tree Macro ==
	326
	327	We introduce [[a new wiki macro>>extensions:Extension.Tree Macro]] that allows you to easily define a tree in a wiki page. It uses the tree widget.
	328
	329	{{code language="none"}}
	330	{{tree}}
	331	* Parent
	332	** Child
	333	{{/tree}}
	334
	335	{{tree reference="Space.MyDynamicTree" /}}
	336	{{/code}}
	337
	338	== Improved WebJars Integration ==
	339
	340	We added 2 new features to improve the WebJars Integration:
	341
	342	* You can now omit the WebJar version:(((
	343	{{code language="none"}}
	344	$services.webjars.url('angularjs', 'angular.js')
	345	{{/code}}
	346	)))
	347	* You can use Velocity code in WebJar resources. This means you can use for instance Color Theme variables inside your CSS files that are packaged inside a WebJar:(((
	348	{{code language="none"}}
	349	$services.webjars.url('org.xwiki.contrib:my-webjar', 'style.css', {'evaluate': true})
	350	{{/code}}
	351	)))
	352
	353	See the [[WebJar Integration documentation>>extensions:Extension.WebJars Integration]] for more information.
	354
1.1	355	== Miscellaneous ==
	356
2.2	357	* The wiki provisioning job has now the current user set in the context.
	358	* 10 new icons have been mapped into [[Font Awesome Icon Theme>>extensions:Extension.Font Awesome Icon Theme]].
	359	* It's now possible to overwrite the id of a Java bean property using an annotation. See [[extensions:Extension.Properties Module\|\|anchor="HPopulateaJavaBean"]] for more.
	360	* [[It's possible to get DEBUG information only for shutdown operations>>dev:Community.Debugging\|\|anchor="HLoggingshutdownoperations"]] by editing ##logback.xml## and setting:(((
	361	{{code language="xml"}}
	362	<logger name="org.xwiki.shutdown" level="debug"/>
	363	{{/code}}
	364	)))
	365	* When importing an extension unknown but valid versions are not removed anymore
	366	* New ##outputOnlyHtml## option for the ##livetable## macro to output only the HTML, without the syntax specific wrappers. See the [[documentation>>extensions:Extension.Livetable Macro\|\|anchor="HAllacceptedvalues"]].
3.1	367	* Suggest widget now has an extra ##propagateEventKeyCodes## option where key codes can be listed so their events will be propagated. See the [[documentation>>platform:DevGuide.AutoSuggestWidget\|\|anchor="HJavascriptparametersfortheXWiki.widgets.Suggestconstructor"]].
	368	* Extended modalPopup.js to support specifying keyboard shortcut options for the defined actions. See the [[documentation>>platform:DevGuide.ModalPopup\|\|anchor="HConstructorfieldsfortheModalPopupJavascriptclass"]].
	369	* You can now [[render an icon from any icon theme present on the wiki>>extensions:Extension.Icon Theme Application\|\|anchor="HUsagewithscripts"]], referenced by its name:(((
	370	{{code language="velocity"}}
	371	$services.icon.render('globe', 'Silk')
	372	$services.icon.render('globe', 'Font Awesome')
	373	{{/code}}
	374	)))
1.1	375
2.2	376	== Upgrades ==
	377
	378	The following dependencies have been upgraded:
	379
	380	* [[JGroups 3.5.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10987]]
	381	* [[Tika 1.6>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10956]]
	382	* [[reflections 0.9.9>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-654]]
	383	* [[Groovy 2.3.7>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-655]]
	384	* [[jQuery 1.11.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11094]]
	385	* [[Doxia 1.6>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-364]]
	386	* [[Joda-Time 2.5>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-365]]
	387	* [[commons-compress 1.9>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-665]]
3.1	388	* [[httpcore 4.3.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-679]]
2.2	389
1.1	390	= Translations =
	391
	392	The following translations have been updated:
	393
2.2	394	{{language codes="de, fr, lv"/}}
1.1	395
	396	= Tested Browsers & Databases =
	397
	398	{{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}}
	399
	400	= Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
	401
	402	<a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
	403
	404	More details on <link to the test report>.
	405
	406	= Known issues =
	407
	408	* [[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]]
	409
	410	= Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
	411
	412	== General Notes ==
	413
	414	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.
	415
2.2	416	== Programming Rights disabled for TextArea Properties ==
1.1	417
2.2	418	If you have a class with a TextArea property and in your sheet you use ##$doc.display()## to display this property then you must know that starting with this version the content of the TextArea is rendered without programming rights, even if the last author or content author of the document that has the object with the TextArea property has programming rights. In other words, if you use wiki syntax in the TextArea content and you use script macros inside, the code that requires programming rights won't be executed even if you have the necessary rights. The reason for this change is because we can't know for sure who is the last author of the TextArea's content. We may remove this limitation in the future if we add a way to know the author. A solution we are currently investigating is the usage of signed scripts in TextArea's content. Until then, if you really want to execute the content of your TextArea properties using programming rights then you can use ##$doc.getRenderedContent()## in your sheet, passing the content of the TextArea property.
1.1	419
3.1	420	== Change on velocity macro handling in skin templates ==
	421
	422	Wiki page does not have access anymore to Velocity macros defined in the skin templates (except for macro.vm special template).
	423
1.1	424	== API Breakages ==
	425
3.6	426	The following APIs were modified since XWiki 6.2:
1.1	427
3.1	428	* Add scm informations to extensions descriptors. Should be safe enough since most repository handlers extend AbstractExtension instead of directly implement Extension
	429
1.1	430	{{code language="none"}}
2.2	431	org.xwiki.extension.Extension: Method 'public org.xwiki.extension.ExtensionIssueManagement getIssueManagement()' has been added to an interface
3.1	432	{{/code}}
2.2	433
3.1	434	* Add issue management informations to extensions descriptors. Should be safe enough since most repository handlers extend AbstractExtension instead of directly implement Extension
	435
2.2	436	{{code language="none"}}
	437	org.xwiki.extension.Extension: Method 'public org.xwiki.extension.ExtensionScm getScm()' has been added to an interface
3.1	438	{{/code}}
2.2	439
3.1	440	* Never really been supposed to be exposed as an API.
	441
2.2	442	{{code language="none"}}
	443	com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseElement: Accessibility of field localEntityReferenceSerializer has been weakened from protected to private
	444	com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument: Method 'public java.lang.String ajc$privMethod$com_xpn_xwiki_doc_XWikiDocumentCompatibilityAspect$com_xpn_xwiki_doc_XWikiDocument$serializeReference(org.xwiki.model.reference.DocumentReference, org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReferenceSerializer, org.xwiki.model.reference.DocumentReference)' has been removed
3.1	445	{{/code}}
2.2	446
3.1	447	* Changed the LESSCache interface and the LESS Script Service because the cache was poorly designed (see: [[XWIKI-10776>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10776]]).
	448
2.2	449	{{code language="none"}}
	450	org.xwiki.lesscss.LessCompilerScriptService: Method 'public boolean clearCache(java.lang.String)' has been removed
	451	org.xwiki.lesscss.LESSCache: Method 'public void clear(java.lang.String)' has been removed
	452	org.xwiki.lesscss.LESSCache: Method 'public void clearFromColorTheme(java.lang.String)' has been added to an interface
	453	org.xwiki.lesscss.LESSCache: Method 'public void clearFromFileSystemSkin(java.lang.String)' has been added to an interface
	454	org.xwiki.lesscss.LESSCache: In method 'public java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)' the number of arguments has changed
	455	org.xwiki.lesscss.LESSCache: In method 'public void set(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)' the number of arguments has changed
	456	{{/code}})))
3.1	457
	458	* Added new methods to the unstable Icon Module
	459
	460	{{code language="none"}}
	461	org.xwiki.icon.IconManager: Method 'public java.lang.String render(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)' has been added to an interface
	462	org.xwiki.icon.IconManager: Method 'public java.lang.String render(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, boolean)' has been added to an interface
	463	org.xwiki.icon.IconManager: Method 'public java.lang.String renderHTML(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)' has been added to an interface
	464	org.xwiki.icon.IconManager: Method 'public java.lang.String renderHTML(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, boolean)' has been added to an interface
	465	org.xwiki.icon.IconSetCache: Method 'public void clear(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)' has been added to an interface
	466	org.xwiki.icon.IconSetCache: Method 'public org.xwiki.icon.IconSet get(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)' has been added to an interface
	467	org.xwiki.icon.IconSetCache: Method 'public void put(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.xwiki.icon.IconSet)' has been added to an interface
	468	org.xwiki.icon.IconSetManager: Method 'public org.xwiki.icon.IconSet getIconSet(java.lang.String)' has been added to an interface
	469	{{/code}}

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