Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 7.0 Release Candidate 1
Version 6.5 by Vincent Massol on 2015/03/12
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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 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]]. | ||
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| 13 | == <feature N> == | ||
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| 15 | <description of feature N> | ||
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| 17 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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6.1 | 19 | * XWiki now uses [[Less4j>>https://github.com/SomMeri/less4j]] for the integration of the LESS language. It provides better performances than the previous implementation. |
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1.1 | 21 | <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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| 23 | 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 | = For Developers = | ||
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| 27 | == Access Extension fields by name == | ||
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| 29 | Added a method in Extension to access a field (name, summary, version, etc.) value by name. | ||
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| 31 | {{code language="java"}} | ||
| 32 | /** | ||
| 33 | * Get an extension field (name, summary, id, etc.) by name. Fallback on properties. | ||
| 34 | * | ||
| 35 | * @param <T> type of the field value | ||
| 36 | * @param fieldName the field name; | ||
| 37 | * @return the field value or null if none could be found | ||
| 38 | * @since 7.0RC1 | ||
| 39 | */ | ||
| 40 | @Unstable | ||
| 41 | <T> T get(String fieldName); | ||
| 42 | {{/code}} | ||
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5.1 | 44 | == Skin Edition == |
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| 46 | * We have added a new [[extensions:Extension.Skin Application]] to easily edit a skin document.((( | ||
| 47 | {{image reference="skin-edit1.png" width="45%"/}} {{image reference="skin-edit2.png" width="45%"/}} | ||
| 48 | ))) | ||
| 49 | * This application provides a new way to override a template. You do not need to edit the ##XWikiSkins## class anymore. | ||
| 50 | * It also provides the ability to override a file stored in a subdirectory. | ||
| 51 | * It is now possible to override the LESS templates. | ||
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1.1 | 53 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == |
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| 55 | <description of deprecated and retired projects> | ||
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| 57 | == Upgrades == | ||
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| 59 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
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| 61 | * <list libraries that have been upgraded> | ||
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| 63 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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2.1 | 65 | * XAR Mojos now also format and verify attachment authors. |
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6.5 | 66 | * ##MandatoryDocumentInitializer## components can now use a ##@Priority## annotation to specify the order in which they should be executed. See [[XWIKI-11905>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse]]/XWIKI-11905 |
| 67 | * A new ##isMainWikiOnly()## method is available in ##AbstractMandatoryDocumentInitializer## for overriding to specify that the document should be initialized on the main wiki only. | ||
| 68 | * A new ##setDocumentFields()## method is available in ##AbstractMandatoryDocumentInitializer## to be called when initializing a regular document (which is not a class). | ||
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1.1 | 69 | |
| 70 | = Translations = | ||
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| 72 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
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| 74 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
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| 76 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
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| 78 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}} | ||
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| 80 | = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> = | ||
| 81 | |||
| 82 | <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version> | ||
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| 84 | More details on <link to the test report>. | ||
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| 86 | = Known issues = | ||
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| 88 | * [[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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| 90 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
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| 92 | == General Notes == | ||
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| 94 | 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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| 96 | == Issues specific to XWiki <version> == | ||
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| 98 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
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| 100 | == API Breakages == | ||
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| 102 | The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>: | ||
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| 104 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 105 | <clirr output here> | ||
| 106 | {{/code}} |
