Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 7.0 Release Candidate 1
Version 5.1 by Guillaume Delhumeau on 2015/03/11
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| 1 | {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}} | ||
| 2 | {{toc/}} | ||
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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 7.0 Milestone 2) = | ||
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| 11 | [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 7.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13092]]. | ||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | == <feature N> == | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | <description of feature N> | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 18 | |||
| 19 | <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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| 21 | 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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| 23 | = For Developers = | ||
| 24 | |||
| 25 | == Access Extension fields by name == | ||
| 26 | |||
| 27 | Added a method in Extension to access a field (name, summary, version, etc.) value by name. | ||
| 28 | |||
| 29 | {{code language="java"}} | ||
| 30 | /** | ||
| 31 | * Get an extension field (name, summary, id, etc.) by name. Fallback on properties. | ||
| 32 | * | ||
| 33 | * @param <T> type of the field value | ||
| 34 | * @param fieldName the field name; | ||
| 35 | * @return the field value or null if none could be found | ||
| 36 | * @since 7.0RC1 | ||
| 37 | */ | ||
| 38 | @Unstable | ||
| 39 | <T> T get(String fieldName); | ||
| 40 | {{/code}} | ||
| 41 | |||
| 42 | == Skin Edition == | ||
| 43 | |||
| 44 | * We have added a new [[extensions:Extension.Skin Application]] to easily edit a skin document.((( | ||
| 45 | {{image reference="skin-edit1.png" width="45%"/}} {{image reference="skin-edit2.png" width="45%"/}} | ||
| 46 | ))) | ||
| 47 | * This application provides a new way to override a template. You do not need to edit the ##XWikiSkins## class anymore. | ||
| 48 | * It also provides the ability to override a file stored in a subdirectory. | ||
| 49 | * It is now possible to override the LESS templates. | ||
| 50 | |||
| 51 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == | ||
| 52 | |||
| 53 | <description of deprecated and retired projects> | ||
| 54 | |||
| 55 | == Upgrades == | ||
| 56 | |||
| 57 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
| 58 | |||
| 59 | * <list libraries that have been upgraded> | ||
| 60 | |||
| 61 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 62 | |||
| 63 | * XAR Mojos now also format and verify attachment authors. | ||
| 64 | |||
| 65 | = Translations = | ||
| 66 | |||
| 67 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
| 68 | |||
| 69 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
| 70 | |||
| 71 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
| 72 | |||
| 73 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}} | ||
| 74 | |||
| 75 | = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> = | ||
| 76 | |||
| 77 | <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version> | ||
| 78 | |||
| 79 | More details on <link to the test report>. | ||
| 80 | |||
| 81 | = Known issues = | ||
| 82 | |||
| 83 | * [[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]] | ||
| 84 | |||
| 85 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
| 86 | |||
| 87 | == General Notes == | ||
| 88 | |||
| 89 | 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. | ||
| 90 | |||
| 91 | == Issues specific to XWiki <version> == | ||
| 92 | |||
| 93 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
| 94 | |||
| 95 | == API Breakages == | ||
| 96 | |||
| 97 | The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>: | ||
| 98 | |||
| 99 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 100 | <clirr output here> | ||
| 101 | {{/code}} |
