Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 8.1 Milestone 1
Version 27.3 by Vincent Massol on 2016/03/30
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| 1 | {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}} | ||
| 2 | {{toc/}} | ||
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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> | ||
| 8 | |||
| 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 | == Requires Java 8 == | ||
| 14 | |||
| 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: | ||
| 16 | |||
| 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 == | ||
| 25 | |||
| 26 | New widget displayed on the dashboard to see the number of Active Installs count per XWiki Cycle version: | ||
| 27 | |||
| 28 | {{image reference="versionspercycle.png"/}} | ||
| 29 | |||
| 30 | == Tips Panel == | ||
| 31 | |||
| 32 | A new [[Tips Panel>>extensions:Extension.Help Application||anchor="HTipsPanel"]] has been added by default. Example: | ||
| 33 | |||
| 34 | {{image reference="tippanel-1.png"/}} | ||
| 35 | |||
| 36 | {{image reference="tippanel-2.png"/}} | ||
| 37 | |||
| 38 | == Sandbox Relocation == | ||
| 39 | |||
| 40 | The Sandbox pages were previously accessible through a link in the Quick Links Panel. This link has been removed and instead a Sandbox entry has been added in the [[Applications Panel>>extensions:Extension.Panels Application||anchor="HApplicationPanel"]]. | ||
| 41 | |||
| 42 | {{image reference="sandbox-appbar.png"/}} | ||
| 43 | |||
| 44 | In addition the message about the shortcut key to use the "Jump To Page" feature has been moved to the new Tips Panel. | ||
| 45 | |||
| 46 | Here's how the home page looks like now: | ||
| 47 | |||
| 48 | {{image reference="home.png" width="960px"/}} | ||
| 49 | |||
| 50 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 51 | |||
| 52 | * The ##xwiki.usedefaultweb## parameter from ##xwiki.cfg## has been removed. See below. | ||
| 53 | * 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.((( | ||
| 54 | {{image reference="annotationsAdminSection.png" width="960px"/}} | ||
| 55 | ))) | ||
| 56 | |||
| 57 | 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. | ||
| 58 | |||
| 59 | = For Developers = | ||
| 60 | |||
| 61 | == <developer feature N> == | ||
| 62 | |||
| 63 | <description of developer feature N> | ||
| 64 | |||
| 65 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == | ||
| 66 | |||
| 67 | <description of deprecated and retired projects> | ||
| 68 | |||
| 69 | == Upgrades == | ||
| 70 | |||
| 71 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
| 72 | |||
| 73 | * [[JSqlParser 0.9.5>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13215]] | ||
| 74 | * [[slf4j 1.7.20>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-938]] | ||
| 75 | * [[Jackson 2.7.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-940]] | ||
| 76 | * [[XStream 1.4.9>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-941]] | ||
| 77 | * [[GWT 2.7>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13236]] | ||
| 78 | * [[jQuery 2.2.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11095]] | ||
| 79 | * [[RequireJS 2.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11095]] | ||
| 80 | * [[Infinispan 8.2.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13264]] | ||
| 81 | * [[logback 1.1.7>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-953]] | ||
| 82 | |||
| 83 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 84 | |||
| 85 | * IRC Bot Application has been moved to XWiki Contrib under the new extension id of ##org.xwiki.contrib:application-ircbot-ui## | ||
| 86 | * Selenium Application had been moved to XWiki Contrib under the new extension id of ##org.xwiki.contrib:application-selenium## | ||
| 87 | * FAQ Application has been moved to XWiki Contrib under the new extension id of ##org.xwiki.contrib:application-faq-ui## | ||
| 88 | * The XAR plugin now also verifies that Translations.xml pages are using the ##plain/1.0## syntax. | ||
| 89 | |||
| 90 | = Translations = | ||
| 91 | |||
| 92 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
| 93 | |||
| 94 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
| 95 | |||
| 96 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
| 97 | |||
| 98 | {{warning}} | ||
| 99 | The QA Tests are executed after the release has been done. Thus, they are being prepared now and will be published soon. | ||
| 100 | {{/warning}} | ||
| 101 | |||
| 102 | {{comment}} | ||
| 103 | TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready. | ||
| 104 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}} | ||
| 105 | {{/comment}} | ||
| 106 | |||
| 107 | = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> = | ||
| 108 | |||
| 109 | <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version> | ||
| 110 | |||
| 111 | More details on <link to the test report>. | ||
| 112 | |||
| 113 | = Known issues = | ||
| 114 | |||
| 115 | * [[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]] | ||
| 116 | |||
| 117 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
| 118 | |||
| 119 | == General Notes == | ||
| 120 | |||
| 121 | 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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| 123 | == Issues specific to XWiki 8.1-milestone-1 == | ||
| 124 | |||
| 125 | * The ##xwiki.usedefaultweb## parameter has been removed from ##xwii.cfg##. This parameter had not been working since XWiki 7.2-milestone-1; when we introduced Nested Pages we had to make a choice and we decided to support addressing top-level Nested Pages without having to have ##WebHome## in the URL (nor having to finish URLs with a trailing ##/##). For example, ##http:~/~/<server>/xwiki/bin/view/something## points to ##something.WebHome## by default since XWiki 7.2-milestone-1. | ||
| 126 | |||
| 127 | == API Breakages == | ||
| 128 | |||
| 129 | The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>: | ||
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| 131 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
| 132 | <clirr output here> | ||
| 133 | {{/code}} |
