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Version 47.1 by Manuel Smeria on 2014/11/06
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1.1 | 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 | <insert description of release here> | ||
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| 9 | = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 6.3-milestone-2) = | ||
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44.1 | 11 | [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 6.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=12599]]. |
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3.1 | 13 | == Flamingo Themes Application == |
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23.1 | 15 | 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]]: |
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| 17 | ((( | ||
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3.1 | 18 | {{image reference="ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki624@FlamingoThemeWebHome.png" width="50%"/}} |
| 19 | ))) | ||
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23.1 | 21 | You can use it to change the current theme, modify any theme or create new ones. |
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29.1 | 23 | We have also added 3 new themes: Marina, Garden and Kitty. |
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| 25 | {{gallery}} | ||
| 26 | image:Marina.png | ||
| 27 | image:Garden.png | ||
| 28 | image:Kitty.png | ||
| 29 | {{/gallery}} | ||
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22.1 | 31 | == Bootswatch Themes for Flamingo == |
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| 33 | XWiki comes with [[16 new themes for Flamingo>>extensions:Extension.Bootswatch Themes for Flamingo]], that have been adapted from [[Bootswatch>>http://bootswatch.com/]]. | ||
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| 35 | {{gallery}} | ||
| 36 | image:Cerulean.png | ||
| 37 | image:Cosmo.png | ||
| 38 | image:Cyborg.png | ||
| 39 | image:Darkly.png | ||
| 40 | image:Flatly.png | ||
| 41 | image:Journal.png | ||
| 42 | image:Lumen.png | ||
| 43 | image:Paper.png | ||
| 44 | image:Readable.png | ||
| 45 | image:Sandstone.png | ||
| 46 | image:Simplex.png | ||
| 47 | image:Slate.png | ||
| 48 | image:Spacelab.png | ||
| 49 | image:Superhero.png | ||
| 50 | image:United.png | ||
| 51 | image:Yeti.png | ||
| 52 | {{/gallery}} | ||
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1.1 | 54 | == Miscellaneous == |
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2.1 | 56 | * 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:((( |
| 57 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 58 | http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/export/Main/WebHome?format=xar&name=test&pages=Main.%25 | ||
| 59 | http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/export/Main/WebHome?format=xar&name=test&pages=%25.%25 | ||
| 60 | http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/export/Main/WebHome?format=xar&name=test&pages=%25.%25Home | ||
| 61 | {{/code}} | ||
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3.1 | 62 | )))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+%22<version>%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. |
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25.1 | 63 | * 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.((( |
| 64 | {{image reference="editWelcomeMessage.png"/}} | ||
| 65 | ))) | ||
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34.1 | 66 | * The configuration of the [[Applications Panel>>extensions:Extension.Panels Application||anchor="HApplicationPanel"]] now works with touch-screen devices too. |
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38.1 | 67 | * 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##). |
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39.1 | 68 | * Updated the notification message when the panel layout is saved to use the standard notification widget. |
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| 70 | = For Developers = | ||
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| 72 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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35.1 | 74 | * 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"]]. |
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36.1 | 75 | * Extended modalPopup.js to support specifying keyboard shortcut options for the defined actions. See the [[documentation>>platform:DevGuide.ModalPopup||anchor="HConstructorfieldsfortheModalPopupJavascriptclass"]]. |
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42.1 | 76 | * 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:((( |
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41.1 | 77 | {{code language="velocity"}} |
| 78 | $services.icon.render('globe', 'Silk') | ||
| 79 | $services.icon.render('globe', 'Font Awesome') | ||
| 80 | {{/code}} | ||
| 81 | ))) | ||
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1.1 | 83 | = Translations = |
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| 85 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
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43.1 | 87 | {{language codes="de, fr, lv"/}} |
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1.1 | 88 | |
| 89 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
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47.1 | 91 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki63RC1"/}} |
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| 93 | = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> = | ||
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| 95 | <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version> | ||
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| 97 | More details on <link to the test report>. | ||
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| 99 | = Known issues = | ||
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| 101 | * [[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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| 103 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
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| 105 | == General Notes == | ||
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| 107 | 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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| 109 | == Issues specific to XWiki 6.3-rc-1 == | ||
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| 111 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
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| 113 | == API Breakages == | ||
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| 115 | The following APIs were modified since XWiki 6.3-milestone-2: | ||
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| 117 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 118 | <clirr output here> | ||
| 119 | {{/code}} |
