Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 7.2 Milestone 2
Version 28.1 by Vincent Massol on 2015/08/07
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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 | The focus of this release was on fixing issues introduced in 7.2 Milestone 1 with the new Nested Document/Nested Spaces features and to continue adding support for this feature in various existing features (using a tree for the Import UI instead of a list, new DB table to have performant Space queries, start of Nested Spaces support in the XWiki JS APIs, etc). Another major feature added was the new Script permission to allow forbidding Script execution to specific Users or Groups. | ||
| 8 | |||
| 9 | = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 7.2 Milestone 1) = | ||
| 10 | |||
| 11 | [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 7.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13390]]. | ||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | == Script Right == | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | The Script Right is now set to DENY by default, meaning that if you do not have it explicitly, you will not be able to execute the scripts that you write with your user account. | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | However, for backward-compatibility reasons, the standard XWiki Enterprise distribution comes with the Script Right being allowed for all users at the main wiki level, so that, unless you (as an Admin) explicitly revoke the right for some users or explicitly deny it, they will be able to execute the scripts they wrote, just like before. | ||
| 18 | |||
| 19 | {{image reference="scriptRightsExplicitlyAllowedInXWikiPreferences.png"/}} | ||
| 20 | |||
| 21 | == Hiding of the Parent-Child Relationship == | ||
| 22 | |||
| 23 | Following [[our decision to drop the Parent-Child relationship>>ReleaseNotesXWiki72M1||anchor="HNestedDocuments"]], it's now been turned off by default in favor of Nested Documents. | ||
| 24 | |||
| 25 | Note that it's possible to go back to the previous behavior, in which the Breadcrumb was following the Parent/Child relationship, by setting the ##core.hierarchyMode## property to ##parentchild## in the ##xwiki.properties## configuration file. | ||
| 26 | |||
| 27 | == New Breadcrumb == | ||
| 28 | |||
| 29 | The Breadcrumb has been reworked to reflect the location of a Document in the reference hierarchy. For example for a Document "CEO" inside a Document "Boarding" inside a Document "Management" inside a Document "Staff" you would have the following Breadcrumb: | ||
| 30 | |||
| 31 | {{image reference="breadcrumb.png"/}} | ||
| 32 | |||
| 33 | == New Index Tree == | ||
| 34 | |||
| 35 | The Index Tree is now using the [[reworked Document Tree Macro>>]] and is thus now honoring the Nested Document hierarchy. For example: | ||
| 36 | |||
| 37 | {{image reference="indextree.png"/}} | ||
| 38 | |||
| 39 | == Updated Edit Mode == | ||
| 40 | |||
| 41 | In Edit mode, the ability to change the Parent has been removed by default since we're now honoring the Nested Document hierarchy. For example: | ||
| 42 | |||
| 43 | {{image reference="editmode.png"/}} | ||
| 44 | |||
| 45 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 46 | |||
| 47 | * Import UI move to new standard tree((( | ||
| 48 | {{image reference="import.png"/}} | ||
| 49 | ))) | ||
| 50 | * The size of the Job status cache is now configurable. See ##job.statusCacheSize## property in ##xwiki.properties## files. | ||
| 51 | * The Spaces macro (which lists all Spaces) is now working fine when there are Nested Spaces (some links were failing). | ||
| 52 | * The LiveTable macro is now working fine when there are Nested Spaces (some links were failing). | ||
| 53 | |||
| 54 | 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+%227.2-milestone-2%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. | ||
| 55 | |||
| 56 | = For Developers = | ||
| 57 | |||
| 58 | == New Space/XWikiSpace table == | ||
| 59 | |||
| 60 | A [[new table dedicated to Spaces has been introduced>>platform:DevGuide.DatabaseSchema]], in order to have performant and scalable Space-related queries (like supporting getting paginated Space which is useful for the Document Tree macro for example). | ||
| 61 | |||
| 62 | == Queries improvement == | ||
| 63 | |||
| 64 | === Allow executing complete SELECT queries === | ||
| 65 | |||
| 66 | In HQL and XWQL it's now possible to execute full ##SELECT## queries without Programming Right as long as you follow some rules currently defined in ##com.xpn.xwiki.internal.store.hibernate.query.HqlQueryUtils##, which contains a list of the database field allowed in the SELECT clause. Namely: | ||
| 67 | * For the ##Document##/##XWikiDocument## table: ##fullName##, ##name##, ##space##, ##language##, ##defaultLanguage##, ##translation##, ##hidden## | ||
| 68 | * For the ##Space##/##XWikiSpace## table: ##reference##, ##name##, ##parent##, ##hidden## | ||
| 69 | |||
| 70 | This is also true for the Named Queries located in the ##queries.hbm.xml## file. | ||
| 71 | |||
| 72 | === New Secure Query === | ||
| 73 | |||
| 74 | The right to execute or not some Query is now controlled by each ##org.xwiki.query.QueryExecutor##. | ||
| 75 | |||
| 76 | Anyone can ask the executor to check or ignore Right through the new ##org.xwiki.query.SecureQuery## extending ##org.xwiki.query.Query##: | ||
| 77 | |||
| 78 | * ##checkCurrentAuthor()##: indicate if the current author right should be checked | ||
| 79 | * ##checkCurrentUser()##: indicate if the result should be filtered based on current user Right (only implemented by SOLR right now) | ||
| 80 | |||
| 81 | == JS API Improvements == | ||
| 82 | |||
| 83 | * It's now possible to create a Nested Spaces Reference using XWiki's Javascript API. For example:((( | ||
| 84 | {{code language="javascript"}} | ||
| 85 | // Construct a Nested Space reference | ||
| 86 | var reference = new XWiki.SpaceReference('wiki', ['space1', 'space2']); | ||
| 87 | expect(XWiki.Model.serialize(reference)).toEqual('wiki:space1.space2'); | ||
| 88 | reference = new XWiki.DocumentReference('wiki', ['space1', 'space2'], 'page'); | ||
| 89 | expect(XWiki.Model.serialize(reference)).toEqual('wiki:space1.space2.page'); | ||
| 90 | // Construct a non-Nested Space reference | ||
| 91 | reference = new XWiki.SpaceReference('wiki', 'space'); | ||
| 92 | expect(XWiki.Model.serialize(reference)).toEqual('wiki:space'); | ||
| 93 | // Try passing non-valid space parameters | ||
| 94 | expect(function() {new XWiki.SpaceReference('wiki', [])}).toThrow('Missing mandatory space name or invalid type for: []'); | ||
| 95 | expect(function() {new XWiki.SpaceReference('wiki', 12)}).toThrow('Missing mandatory space name or invalid type for: [12]'); | ||
| 96 | {{/code}} | ||
| 97 | ))) | ||
| 98 | * A new ##XWiki.EntityReference.equals()## method has been added. For example:((( | ||
| 99 | {{code language="javascript"}} | ||
| 100 | var reference1 = new XWiki.DocumentReference('wiki', ['space1', 'space2'], 'page'); | ||
| 101 | var reference2 = new XWiki.DocumentReference('wiki', ['space1', 'space2'], 'page'); | ||
| 102 | var reference3 = new XWiki.DocumentReference('wiki2', ['space1', 'space2'], 'page'); | ||
| 103 | expect(reference1.equals(reference2)).toBe(true); | ||
| 104 | expect(reference1.equals(reference3)).toBe(false); | ||
| 105 | {{/code}} | ||
| 106 | ))) | ||
| 107 | * A new ##XWiki.EntityReference.fromJSONObject(obejct)## has been added to create a Javascript ##XWiki.EntityReference## from a Java ##EntityReference## directly serialized as JSON:((( | ||
| 108 | {{code language="javascript"}} | ||
| 109 | var reference = XWiki.EntityReference.fromJSONObject(jsonText.evalJSON()); | ||
| 110 | {{/code}} | ||
| 111 | ))) | ||
| 112 | * A new ##XWiki.EntityReferenceTree## JS class has been added, which partially mimics the Java ##EntityReferenceTree## Class. It's still missing features though as it was introduced mostly to make it easier to manipulate a serialized Java ##EntityReferenceTree##. | ||
| 113 | |||
| 114 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 115 | |||
| 116 | * Custom displayers are now executed with the Rights of the user who wrote them (i.e. author of the class document or content author of the displayer document), and not the Rights of the user who wrote the script that uses them (i.e. current context document's content author). See [[XWIKI-12306>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-12306]] for more details. | ||
| 117 | * In the [[Active Install Extension>>extensions:Extension.Active Installs Server Application]], a new Velocity Macro has been introduced to compute the number of Active Installs having a specific Extension. Example usage:((( | ||
| 118 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 119 | {{include reference="ActiveInstalls.ExtensionCount"/}} | ||
| 120 | |||
| 121 | {{velocity}} | ||
| 122 | #set ($extensionIds = [ | ||
| 123 | 'org.xwiki.contrib:xwiki-totem-application', | ||
| 124 | 'jsimard:event-reporter-application', | ||
| 125 | 'mouhb:likeapplication' | ||
| 126 | ]) | ||
| 127 | |=Extension Id|=Count | ||
| 128 | #foreach($extensionId in $extensionIds) | ||
| 129 | #countActiveInstallsUsingExtension($extensionId $count) | ||
| 130 | |$extensionId|$count | ||
| 131 | #end | ||
| 132 | {{/velocity}} | ||
| 133 | {{/code}} | ||
| 134 | ))) | ||
| 135 | * Better support of non-DOCUMENT ##EntityReferences## in ##DocumentReferenceConverter##. It now behaves like ##XWiki#getDocument(EntityReference)## | ||
| 136 | |||
| 137 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == | ||
| 138 | |||
| 139 | * The [[OSCache-based Cache Extension>>extensions:Extension.Cache OSCache]] has been [[moved to ##xwiki-contrib##>>https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/xwiki-platform-cache-oscache]] since we've been using the Infinispan implementation for a while now and the XWiki Core developers don't intend to continue supporting the OSCache-based one (it can be maintained by the Community, by whoever's interested in supporting it). | ||
| 140 | |||
| 141 | == Upgrades == | ||
| 142 | |||
| 143 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
| 144 | |||
| 145 | * [[Groovy 2.4.4>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-831]] | ||
| 146 | * [[Tika 1.9>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-12274]] | ||
| 147 | * [[JRuby 1.7.21>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-12344]] | ||
| 148 | * [[Jackson 2.6.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-833]] | ||
| 149 | * [[Hibernate Validator 4.3.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-12365]] | ||
| 150 | |||
| 151 | = Translations = | ||
| 152 | |||
| 153 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
| 154 | |||
| 155 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
| 156 | |||
| 157 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
| 158 | |||
| 159 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}} | ||
| 160 | |||
| 161 | = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> = | ||
| 162 | |||
| 163 | <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version> | ||
| 164 | |||
| 165 | More details on <link to the test report>. | ||
| 166 | |||
| 167 | = Known issues = | ||
| 168 | |||
| 169 | * [[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]] | ||
| 170 | |||
| 171 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
| 172 | |||
| 173 | == General Notes == | ||
| 174 | |||
| 175 | 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. | ||
| 176 | |||
| 177 | == Issues specific to XWiki 7.2 Milestone 2 == | ||
| 178 | |||
| 179 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
| 180 | |||
| 181 | == API Breakages == | ||
| 182 | |||
| 183 | The following APIs were modified since XWiki 7.2 Milestone 1: | ||
| 184 | |||
| 185 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 186 | <clirr output here> | ||
| 187 | {{/code}} |
