Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 8.2-rc-1
Version 31.1 by Marius Dumitru Florea on 2016/07/12
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1.1 | 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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21.1 | 7 | This release brings the addition of a //tour// on the home page which describe the XWiki user interface to newcomers. |
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16.1 | 9 | = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 8.1) = |
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17.1 | 11 | [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 8.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13615]]. |
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11.2 | 13 | == Tour for Homepage == |
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18.1 | 15 | A [[tour>>extensions:Extension.Tour Application]] has been created to present the existing UI elements from the home page. Every user will be guided through this tour in order to become familiar with XWiki. |
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11.2 | 17 | {{image reference="step4.png" width="600px;"/}} |
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1.1 | 19 | == Miscellaneous == |
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25.3 | 21 | * Removed ##Main.Welcome## page from the Dashboard since we now have a new Homepage that contains the welcome messages |
| 22 | * In the TemplateProviderClass, 2 new properties have been added: //description// and //icon//, in order to display additional information in template providers list.((( | ||
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22.1 | 23 | {{gallery}} |
| 24 | image:templates.png | ||
| 25 | image:templateView.png | ||
| 26 | image:templateEdit.png | ||
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26.1 | 27 | {{/gallery}} |
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25.3 | 28 | ))) |
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30.1 | 29 | * events produced during Filter conversion job are now folded by default. This essentially means that they won't appear in Activity Stream anymore. |
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16.1 | 31 | 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+%228.2-rc-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. |
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| 33 | = For Developers = | ||
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28.1 | 35 | == Instance Filter improvements == |
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29.1 | 37 | * Instance Output Filter now support missing begin/end event on document locale and revision so input filter for which those two concept don't make sense don't have to send them anymore. |
| 38 | * Instance Output Filter now use the context locale as default locale (used to be empty locale). | ||
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1.1 | 40 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == |
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3.1 | 42 | === MediaWiki parser === |
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20.1 | 44 | ##xwiki-rendering-syntax-mediawiki## has been deprecated and moved to https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/syntax-mediawiki-1.0. |
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5.1 | 46 | It's now recommended to use [[MediaWiki Syntax extension>>extensions:Extension.MediaWiki.MediaWiki Syntax]] instead. |
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1.1 | 48 | == Upgrades == |
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| 50 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
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| 52 | * [[Guice 4.1.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1004]] | ||
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2.1 | 53 | * [[Commons Compress 1.12>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1005]] |
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6.1 | 54 | * [[httpasyncclient 4.1.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1009]] |
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8.1 | 55 | * [[JGroups 3.6.10>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13532]] |
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9.1 | 56 | * [[Less4j 1.17.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13119]] |
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| 58 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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7.1 | 60 | * new ##org.xwiki.rendering.listener.SectionGeneratorListener## to generate section events from headers events |
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14.1 | 61 | * Instance Output filter now indicate the target syntax for Input filters producing rendering events |
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15.1 | 62 | * The same relative file path supported for ##source## filter properties parameter is now supported for any InputSource filter properties parameter in the Filter test framework |
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31.1 | 63 | * ~{~{$regextool}} [[Velocity Tool>>extensions:Extension.Velocity Module||anchor="HVelocityTools"]] has a new method to quote the replacement string in ~{~{String#replaceAll()}}. Here's how you can use it:((( |
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| 65 | #set ($out = $out.replaceAll(" (id|for)=('|"")$regextool.quote($oldId)", | ||
| 66 | " ${escapetool.d}1=${escapetool.d}2$regextool.quoteReplacement($newId)")) | ||
| 67 | {{/code}} | ||
| 68 | ))) | ||
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| 70 | = Translations = | ||
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| 72 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
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| 74 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
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| 76 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
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| 78 | {{warning}} | ||
| 79 | The QA Tests are executed after the release has been done. Thus, they are being prepared now and will be published soon. | ||
| 80 | {{/warning}} | ||
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| 82 | {{comment}} | ||
| 83 | TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready. | ||
| 84 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}} | ||
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| 87 | = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> = | ||
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| 89 | <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version> | ||
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| 91 | More details on <link to the test report>. | ||
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| 93 | = Known issues = | ||
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| 95 | * [[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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| 97 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
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| 99 | == General Notes == | ||
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| 101 | 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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| 103 | == Issues specific to XWiki <version> == | ||
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| 105 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
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| 107 | == API Breakages == | ||
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| 109 | The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>: | ||
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| 111 | {{comment}} | ||
| 112 | Remove! | ||
| 113 | {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="<version>"/}} | ||
| 114 | {{/comment}} |
