Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 7.0 Release Candidate 1
Version 8.1 by Thomas Mortagne on 2015/03/12
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| 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> == | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | <description of feature N> | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 18 | |||
| 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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| 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. | ||
| 24 | |||
| 25 | = For Developers = | ||
| 26 | |||
| 27 | == Access Extension fields by name == | ||
| 28 | |||
| 29 | Added a method in Extension to access a field (name, summary, version, etc.) value by name. | ||
| 30 | |||
| 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}} | ||
| 43 | |||
| 44 | == Skin Edition == | ||
| 45 | |||
| 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. | ||
| 52 | |||
| 53 | == Extensions Repository improvements == | ||
| 54 | |||
| 55 | * The new advanced extension search introduced in 7.0 Milestone 2 has been implemented on server side | ||
| 56 | * Source URL is now taken into account when importing an extension | ||
| 57 | * Search and advanced search are now implemented based on Solr which among other things make the search ordered by score by default and boost configuration has been associated to each extension element (high score for extension name and id, etc.) | ||
| 58 | * Extensions Repository REST service now return scm informations | ||
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| 60 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == | ||
| 61 | |||
| 62 | <description of deprecated and retired projects> | ||
| 63 | |||
| 64 | == Upgrades == | ||
| 65 | |||
| 66 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
| 67 | |||
| 68 | * <list libraries that have been upgraded> | ||
| 69 | |||
| 70 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 71 | |||
| 72 | * XAR Mojos now also format and verify attachment authors. | ||
| 73 | * ##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]]. | ||
| 74 | * A new ##isMainWikiOnly()## method is available in ##AbstractMandatoryDocumentInitializer## for overriding to specify that the document should be initialized on the main wiki only. | ||
| 75 | * A new ##setDocumentFields()## method is available in ##AbstractMandatoryDocumentInitializer## to be called when initializing a regular document (which is not a class). | ||
| 76 | |||
| 77 | = Translations = | ||
| 78 | |||
| 79 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
| 80 | |||
| 81 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
| 82 | |||
| 83 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
| 84 | |||
| 85 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}} | ||
| 86 | |||
| 87 | = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> = | ||
| 88 | |||
| 89 | <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version> | ||
| 90 | |||
| 91 | More details on <link to the test report>. | ||
| 92 | |||
| 93 | = Known issues = | ||
| 94 | |||
| 95 | * [[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]] | ||
| 96 | |||
| 97 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
| 98 | |||
| 99 | == General Notes == | ||
| 100 | |||
| 101 | 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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| 103 | == Issues specific to XWiki <version> == | ||
| 104 | |||
| 105 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
| 106 | |||
| 107 | == API Breakages == | ||
| 108 | |||
| 109 | The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>: | ||
| 110 | |||
| 111 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 112 | <clirr output here> | ||
| 113 | {{/code}} |
