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Version 2.5 by Jean SIMARD on 2015/11/10

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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 This is a stabilisation release focusing on the Nested Pages feature which was introduced in XWiki 7.2.
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9 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki <version - 1>) =
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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 == <feature N> ==
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15 <description of feature N>
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17 == Miscellaneous ==
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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 == REST support ##hidden## ==
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27 You can now set and/or get information from the status ##hidden## of a page with REST service. For example, you may create a hidden page using the following file and the following request.
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29 {{code language="xml"}}
30 <page xmlns="http://www.xwiki.org">
31 <title>Test of hidden</title>
32 <hidden>true</hidden>
33 <content/>
34 </page>
35 {{/code}}
36
37 {{code language="none"}}
38 curl \
39 --verbose \
40 --user Admin:admin \
41 --request PUT \
42 --header "Content-type: application/xml" \
43 --data-binary "@page.xml" \
44 "http://localhost:8080/xwiki/rest/wikis/xwiki/spaces/SomeSpace/pages/SomePage"
45 {{/code}}
46
47 And then check the status of this ##hidden## status with a ##GET## HTTP request
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49 {{code language="none"}}
50 curl \
51 --verbose \
52 --user Admin:admin \
53 --request GET \
54 --header "Accept: application/xml" \
55 "http://localhost:8080/xwiki/rest/wikis/xwiki/spaces/SomeSpace/pages/SomePage"
56 {{/code}}
57
58 You may also use the ##application/x-www-form-urlencoded## to set this ##hidden## field.
59 {{code language="none"}}curl \
60 --verbose \
61 --user Admin:admin \
62 --request PUT \
63 --header "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
64 --data "title=Test of hidden&hidden=true&content=" \
65 "http://localhost:8080/xwiki/rest/wikis/xwiki/spaces/SomeSpace/pages/SomePage"{{/code}}
66
67 == Deprecated and Retired projects ==
68
69 <description of deprecated and retired projects>
70
71 == Upgrades ==
72
73 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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75 * <list libraries that have been upgraded>
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77 == Miscellaneous ==
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79 * XAR plugin's [[Verify Mojo>>dev:Community.XARPlugin||anchor="HVerifyMojo"]] can now verify that defined pages have matching titles.
80 * log4j 1.2.17 and commons-logging 1.2 are now found as core extension (which prevent them being installed as dependencies)
81
82 = Translations =
83
84 The following translations have been updated:
85
86 {{language codes="none, none"/}}
87
88 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
89
90 {{warning}}
91 The QA Tests are executed after the release has been done. Thus, they are being prepared now and will be published soon.
92 {{/warning}}
93
94 {{comment}}
95 TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready.
96 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}}
97 {{/comment}}
98
99 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
100
101 <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
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103 More details on <link to the test report>.
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105 = Known issues =
106
107 * [[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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109 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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111 == General Notes ==
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113 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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115 == Issues specific to XWiki <version> ==
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117 <issues specific to the project>
118
119 == API Breakages ==
120
121 The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>:
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123 {{code language="none"}}
124 <clirr output here>
125 {{/code}}

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