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Version 15.2 by Eduard Moraru on 2016/08/12
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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 8.2) = | ||
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| 11 | [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 8.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13629]]. | ||
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| 13 | == Export a page with children == | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | It's now possible, for HTML and XAR formats, to export selected children along with the current page: | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | ((( | ||
| 18 | {{image reference="export.png"/}} | ||
| 19 | ))) | ||
| 20 | |||
| 21 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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| 23 | * It's now possible, on a subwiki, to use a color theme coming from the main wiki (global themes):((( | ||
| 24 | {{image reference="FlamingoThemePicker.png"/}} | ||
| 25 | {{image reference="FlamingoThemesHome.png"/}} | ||
| 26 | ))) | ||
| 27 | * The Blog Category Panel now has an entry for All blog posts with a RSS feed for all:((( | ||
| 28 | {{image reference="BlogPanel.png"/}} | ||
| 29 | ))) | ||
| 30 | * Added hints for User Profile Preferences:((( | ||
| 31 | {{image reference="userProfileHints.png"/}} | ||
| 32 | ))) | ||
| 33 | * Added suggestions for the "document not found" and "attachment not found" error screens. The suggestions address minor typos and misspelling (including lower case vs upper case), but also bad location requests: | ||
| 34 | ** Documents: | ||
| 35 | {{image reference="docnotfound-suggestsions-mixed.png"/}} | ||
| 36 | ** Attachments: | ||
| 37 | {{image reference="attachmentnotfound-suggestsions-mixed.png"/}} | ||
| 38 | |||
| 39 | 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+%228.3-milestone-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. | ||
| 40 | |||
| 41 | = For Developers = | ||
| 42 | |||
| 43 | == <developer feature N> == | ||
| 44 | |||
| 45 | <description of developer feature N> | ||
| 46 | |||
| 47 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == | ||
| 48 | |||
| 49 | <description of deprecated and retired projects> | ||
| 50 | |||
| 51 | == Upgrades == | ||
| 52 | |||
| 53 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
| 54 | |||
| 55 | * [[Jackson 2.8.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1015]] | ||
| 56 | * [[cssparser 0.9.20>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1024]] | ||
| 57 | |||
| 58 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 59 | |||
| 60 | * 2 new generic extension points for the Document/Attachment Not Found views: | ||
| 61 | ** [[platform:ExtensionPoint.Document Does Not Exist]] | ||
| 62 | ** [[platform:ExtensionPoint.Attachment Does Not Exist]] | ||
| 63 | * 2 new specific extension points for providing recommendations in the Document/Attachment Not Found views: | ||
| 64 | ** [[platform:ExtensionPoint.Suggestions for Document Does Not Exist]] | ||
| 65 | ** [[platform:ExtensionPoint.Suggestions for Attachment Does Not Exist]] | ||
| 66 | |||
| 67 | <other dev stuff to add and link to JIRA for all issues fixed> | ||
| 68 | |||
| 69 | = Translations = | ||
| 70 | |||
| 71 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
| 72 | |||
| 73 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
| 74 | |||
| 75 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
| 76 | |||
| 77 | {{warning}} | ||
| 78 | The QA Tests are executed after the release has been done. Thus, they are being prepared now and will be published soon. | ||
| 79 | {{/warning}} | ||
| 80 | |||
| 81 | {{comment}} | ||
| 82 | TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready. | ||
| 83 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}} | ||
| 84 | {{/comment}} | ||
| 85 | |||
| 86 | = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> = | ||
| 87 | |||
| 88 | <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version> | ||
| 89 | |||
| 90 | More details on <link to the test report>. | ||
| 91 | |||
| 92 | = Known issues = | ||
| 93 | |||
| 94 | * [[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]] | ||
| 95 | |||
| 96 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
| 97 | |||
| 98 | == General Notes == | ||
| 99 | |||
| 100 | 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. | ||
| 101 | |||
| 102 | == Issues specific to XWiki <version> == | ||
| 103 | |||
| 104 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
| 105 | |||
| 106 | == API Breakages == | ||
| 107 | |||
| 108 | The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>: | ||
| 109 | |||
| 110 | {{comment}} | ||
| 111 | Remove! | ||
| 112 | {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="<version>"/}} | ||
| 113 | {{/comment}} | ||
| 114 | |||
| 115 | = Credits = | ||
| 116 | |||
| 117 | The following people have contributed code to this release (sorted alphabetically): | ||
| 118 | |||
| 119 | <code contributors> |
