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Version 15.2 by Vincent Massol on 2016/03/22

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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 <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>]].
12
13 == Requires Java 8 ==
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15 Java 8 is now required to run XWiki. If you use an earlier version of Java, you'll get an error while starting XWiki such as:
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17 {{code language="none"}}
18 java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
19 [...]
20 Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/xwiki/tools/jetty/listener/NotifyListener : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
21 [...]
22 {{/code}}
23
24 == Active Installs ==
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26 New widget displayed on the dashboard to see the number of Active Installs count per XWiki Cycle version:
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28 {{image reference="versionspercycle.png"/}}
29
30 == Miscellaneous ==
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32 <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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34 * The Annotations Application's Administration section has been updated to present the exception spaces as "locations", using the documentTree macro. The behavior has not been changed.(((
35 {{image reference="annotationsAdminSection.png"/}}
36 )))
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38 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.
39
40 = For Developers =
41
42 == <developer feature N> ==
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44 <description of developer feature N>
45
46 == Deprecated and Retired projects ==
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48 <description of deprecated and retired projects>
49
50 == Upgrades ==
51
52 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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54 * [[JSqlParser 0.9.5>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13215]]
55 * [[slf4j 1.7.19>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-938]]
56 * [[Jackson 2.7.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-940]]
57 * [[XStream 1.4.9>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-941]]
58 * [[GWT 2.7>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13236]]
59 * [[jQuery 2.2.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11095]]
60 * [[RequireJS 2.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11095]]
61
62 == Miscellaneous ==
63
64 * IRC Bot application has been moved to XWiki Contrib
65 * Selenium application had been moved to XWiki Contrib
66
67 = Translations =
68
69 The following translations have been updated:
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71 {{language codes="none, none"/}}
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73 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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75 {{warning}}
76 The QA Tests are executed after the release has been done. Thus, they are being prepared now and will be published soon.
77 {{/warning}}
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79 {{comment}}
80 TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready.
81 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}}
82 {{/comment}}
83
84 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
85
86 <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
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88 More details on <link to the test report>.
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90 = Known issues =
91
92 * [[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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94 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
95
96 == General Notes ==
97
98 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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100 == Issues specific to XWiki <version> ==
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102 <issues specific to the project>
103
104 == API Breakages ==
105
106 The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>:
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108 {{code language="none"}}
109 <clirr output here>
110 {{/code}}

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