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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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Guillaume Delhumeau 5.1 9 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 7.3) =
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Guillaume Delhumeau 7.1 11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 7.4>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13590]].
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Guillaume Delhumeau 8.1 13 == Notifications & Watchlist ==
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Guillaume Delhumeau 8.1 15 * A new menu has been added to the top bar, on the right: the "notifications" menu (represented by a bell). In the future, it will be the place where you can find notifications about some events happening on the wiki (personal message, a page has been modified, etc...).(((
16 {{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki74M1@Notifications.png"/}}
17 )))
18 * In this menu, we have moved the Watchlist icons (watch this page, watch this wiki, etc...). These actions can be triggered with the new switch buttons(((
19 {{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki74M1@WatchList-Notifications.png"/}}
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Guillaume Delhumeau 3.1 21 * The livetable of the [[WatchList macro>>extensions:Extension.Watchlist Application]] have been updated to support Nested Pages.(((
22 {{image reference="WatchListTable.png"/}}
23 )))
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Guillaume Delhumeau 9.1 25 == App Within Minutes ==
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27 The application Code and Data pages are now being created. The Code page lists the application code pages.
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29 {{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki74M1@awmCodeHomePage.png"/}}
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31 The application Data page shows a live table with the application entries. The application home page has been modified to include the Data page.
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33 {{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki74M1@awmDataHomePage.png"/}}
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35 The application entries (custom) live table results page is not generated any more because it was used only to load the translations on demand and now they are loaded on the wiki or user scope, based on the user rights.
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Guillaume Delhumeau 1.1 37 == Miscellaneous ==
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Guillaume Delhumeau 10.1 39 * Some [[bootswatch themes>>extensions:Extension.Bootswatch Themes for Flamingo]] have now a more accurate logo.
40 * When the search button on the top menu is clicked, it now closes all other menus.
41 * The Sandbox now uses XWiki Syntax 2.1.
42 * Non terminal pages are now exported with their corresponding ##WebPreferences## page
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Guillaume Delhumeau 10.1 44 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+%227.4%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
Guillaume Delhumeau 1.1 45
46 = For Developers =
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Guillaume Delhumeau 11.1 48 == Flamingo ==
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Guillaume Delhumeau 11.1 50 An extension point to add content inside the new "Notifications" menu has been added:
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Guillaume Delhumeau 11.1 52 |=##[[org.xwiki.platform.notifications>>platform:ExtensionPoint.Notifications]]##
Guillaume Delhumeau 13.1 53 |{{image reference="ReleaseNotesXWiki74M1@NotificationsInside.png"/}}
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Guillaume Delhumeau 11.1 55 == Tree Velocity Macros ==
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Guillaume Delhumeau 11.1 57 You are now able to "call" the Document Tree from Velocity using something like this:
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Guillaume Delhumeau 11.1 59 {{code language="none"}}
60 #documentTree({
61 'class': 'location-tree',
62 'finder': true,
63 'showAttachments': false,
64 'showRoot': $showRoot,
65 'showTerminalDocuments': false,
66 'showTranslations': false,
67 'showWikis': $showWikis
68 })
69 {{/code}}
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Guillaume Delhumeau 11.1 71 The same is possible with the generic Tree Widget:
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Guillaume Delhumeau 11.1 73 {{code language="none"}}
74 #tree({
75 'reference': 'XWiki.DocumentTree',
76 'root': 'document:xwiki:Sandbox.WebHome',
77 'openTo': 'document:xwiki:Sandbox.TestPage2'
78 })
79 {{/code}}
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81 All the parameters that are available for the wiki macros (##~{~{documentTree}}## and ##~{~{tree}}##) should be available also for the corresponding Velocity macro.
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83 == New public Abstract job ==
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85 A public ##org.xwiki.job.AbstractJob## (and corresponding ##AbstractJobStatus##) is now provided to help implementing a Job. An ##AbstractJob## class already existed since a long time but it was in an internal package.
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Guillaume Delhumeau 1.1 87 == Miscellaneous ==
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Guillaume Delhumeau 11.1 89 * A new ##extractFirstReference(EntityType)## API has been added to ##EntityReference##: Extract the first entity of the given type from this one by traversing the current entity to the root. This differentiates it from ##extractReference(EntityType)## which extracts the last entity of the given type.
90 * The escape Velocity tool has a new method to escape CSS identifiers. This is similar to ##CSS.escape()## available in JavaScript, and is useful if you want to create CSS selectors dynamicaly using untrusted input.(((
91 {{code language="none"}}
92 $escapetool.css('a#b.c d[e=f]g{h:i;j}k')
93 ## Output: a\\#b\\.c\\ d\\[e\\=f\\]g\\{h\\:i\\;j\\}k
94 {{/code}}
95 )))
96 * The Document Tree Macro has a new parameter to control whether the hidden documents are filtered or not. Set to false to force the display of the hidden documents in the tree.(((
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98 {{documentTree filterHiddenDocuments="false" /}}
99 {{/code}}
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101 * Temporary resources can now be forced to be downloaded by using the ##force-download=1## URL parameter
Guillaume Delhumeau 1.1 102
Guillaume Delhumeau 11.1 103 == Upgrades ==
104
105 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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107 * [[slf4j 1.7.13>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-879]]
108 * [[Joda-Time 2.9.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-12816]]
109 * [[commons-collections 3.2.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-881]]
110 * [[Maven 3.3.9>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-883]]
111 * [[Guice 4.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-883]]
112 * [[commons-dbcp2 2.1.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-884]]
113 * [[jboss-logging 3.1.4>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-885]]
114 * [[Woodstox 4.4.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-12853]]
115 * [[commons-net 3.4>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-887]]
116 * [[commons-collections 4.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-889]]
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Guillaume Delhumeau 1.1 118 = Translations =
119
120 The following translations have been updated:
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122 {{language codes="none, none"/}}
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124 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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126 {{warning}}
127 The QA Tests are executed after the release has been done. Thus, they are being prepared now and will be published soon.
128 {{/warning}}
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130 {{comment}}
131 TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready.
132 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}}
133 {{/comment}}
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135 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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137 <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
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139 More details on <link to the test report>.
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141 = Known issues =
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143 * [[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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145 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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147 == General Notes ==
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149 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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Guillaume Delhumeau 14.1 151 == Issues specific to XWiki 7.4 ==
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Guillaume Delhumeau 14.1 153 * Better backward-compatibility for URLs has been added for the following 2 cases:
154 ** If the ##view## action is omitted in the URL and the first space name doesn't match an action name, then the "view" action is implied
155 ** The ##view## action can be specified even when the wiki is configured to hide the ##view## action.
156 ** Note that this fixes [[some backward-compatibility issue introduced in XWiki 7.2>>ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki72||anchor="HURLs"]]
Guillaume Delhumeau 1.1 157
158 == API Breakages ==
159
160 The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>:
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