Version 16.1 by Thomas Mortagne on 2014/11/18

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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) =
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11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for <version>>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=<fill id here>]].
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13 == Miscellaneous ==
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15 <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!>
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17 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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19 = For Developers =
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21 == Velocity changes ==
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23 === Remove a Velocity Engine from the cache ===
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25 ##org.xwiki.velocity.VelocityFactory## now provide an API to remove a cached Velocity Engine.
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27 === Overriding Velocimacros in wiki-based skins ===
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29 It's now possible to override the ##macros.vm## template in a wiki based skin (object property and attachment). Any modification to this template is also taken into account (the Velocity engine is recreated when the template is modified).
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31 === Cleanup unprotected namespaces ===
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33 VelocityEngine automatically get rid of the passed namespace at the end of execution unless it's protected.
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35 In practice in means that the following:
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37 {{code language="java"}}
38 engine.evaluate(new VelocityContext(), new StringWriter(), "namespace", "#macro(mymacro)toto#end")
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40 Writer out = new StringWriter();
41 engine.evaluate(new VelocityContext(), out, "namespace", "#mymacro()")
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43 System.out.println(out.toString())
44 {{/code}}
45
46 will now print
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48 {{code language="none"}}
49 #mymacro()
50 {{/code}}
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52 To get
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54 {{code language="none"}}
55 toto
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58 you need the following
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60 {{code language="java"}}
61 engine.startedUsingMacroNamespace("namespace")
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63 try {
64 engine.evaluate(new VelocityContext(), new StringWriter(), "namespace", "#macro(mymacro)toto#end")
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66 Writer out = new StringWriter();
67 engine.evaluate(new VelocityContext(), out, "namespace", "#mymacro()")
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69 System.out.println(out.toString())
70 } finally {
71 engine.stoppedUsingMacroNamespace("namespace")
72 }
73 {{/code}}
74
75 == Miscellaneous ==
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77 * Added new APIs to get all the icon themes present on the wiki, and all icons that these icon themes contain.
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79 {{code language="velocity"}}
80 $services.icon.getIconSetNames()
81 $services.icon.getIconNames()
82 $services.icon.getIconNames("Font Awesome")
83 {{/code}}
84
85 == Deprecated and Retired projects ==
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87 <description of deprecated and retired projects>
88
89 == Upgrades ==
90
91 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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93 * [[httpclient 4.3.6>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-681]]
94 * [[commons-codec 1.10>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-684]]
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96 == Miscellaneous ==
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98 * A new parameter has been added to the 'get' action and the 'plain' xpage: ##htmlHeaderAndFooter##, which add the HTML headers (##<html>##,##<head>##,##<body>##, etc...) and footers (##</body>##, ##</html>##, etc...). It could be usefull to create lite popups that displays only the document content without any UI.
99 * XWikiAttachment now provide setAuthorReference and getAuthorRefrence APIs
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101 = Translations =
102
103 The following translations have been updated:
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105 {{language codes="none, none"/}}
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107 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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109 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}}
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111 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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113 <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
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115 More details on <link to the test report>.
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117 = Known issues =
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119 * [[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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121 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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123 == General Notes ==
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125 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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127 == Issues specific to XWiki 6.4-milestone-1 ==
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129 * VelocityEngine automatically get rid of the passed namespace at the end of execution unless it's protected. See [[Velocity section>>||anchor="HVelocitychanges"]].
130
131 == API Breakages ==
132
133 The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>:
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135 {{code language="none"}}
136 <clirr output here>
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