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Version 11.2 by Eduard Moraru on 2016/09/12
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| 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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| 7 | <insert description of release here> | ||
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| 9 | = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 8.3 Milestone 1) = | ||
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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 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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| 15 | * Added partial matches for the Document/Attachment Does Not Exist suggestions, in addition to the existing stemmed and fuzzy matches, for better results. | ||
| 16 | * XWiki can now be [[deployed fine in WildFly 10.x>>platform:AdminGuide.InstallationJBoss]]. | ||
| 17 | * [[Let's Encrypt>>http://letsencrypt.org/]] root certificate is now automatically registered at runtime | ||
| 18 | * Allowing to specify visibility restrictions separate from creation restrictions on a template provider and to set default values. See the [[documentation>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application||anchor="#HRestrictthespaceswherethetemplateisavailable"]] for more details((( | ||
| 19 | {{image reference="TemplateProvider-Edit-creationRestrictions.png" /}} | ||
| 20 | ))) | ||
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| 22 | 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-2%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. | ||
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| 24 | = For Developers = | ||
| 25 | |||
| 26 | == Upgrades == | ||
| 27 | |||
| 28 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
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| 30 | * [[Tour Application 1.0.4>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XE-1572]] | ||
| 31 | * [[JSqlParser 0.9.6>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13664]] | ||
| 32 | * [[Bootstrap 3.3.7>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13598]] | ||
| 33 | * [[Jackson 2.8.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1059]] | ||
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| 35 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
| 36 | |||
| 37 | * The Velocity ###try()## directive [[now accepts an optional parameter>>extensions:Extension.Velocity Module||anchor="HVelocityDirectives"]] to specify the name of a Velocity variable into which to save the caught exception. For example:((( | ||
| 38 | {{code language="velocity"}} | ||
| 39 | {{velocity}} | ||
| 40 | #try("myexception") | ||
| 41 | $services.query.xwql("zzzzz").execute() | ||
| 42 | #end | ||
| 43 | |||
| 44 | #if ($myexception != '') | ||
| 45 | ... do something... | ||
| 46 | #end | ||
| 47 | {{/velocity}} | ||
| 48 | {{/code}} | ||
| 49 | ))) | ||
| 50 | * Added an ##order## field to the [["After Header">>platform:ExtensionPoint.AfterHeaderUIX]] extension point. | ||
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| 52 | = Translations = | ||
| 53 | |||
| 54 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
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| 56 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
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| 58 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
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| 60 | {{warning}} | ||
| 61 | The QA Tests are executed after the release has been done. Thus, they are being prepared now and will be published soon. | ||
| 62 | {{/warning}} | ||
| 63 | |||
| 64 | {{comment}} | ||
| 65 | TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready. | ||
| 66 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}} | ||
| 67 | {{/comment}} | ||
| 68 | |||
| 69 | = Known issues = | ||
| 70 | |||
| 71 | * [[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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| 73 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
| 74 | |||
| 75 | == General Notes == | ||
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| 77 | 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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| 79 | == API Breakages == | ||
| 80 | |||
| 81 | The following APIs were modified since XWiki 8.2.1: | ||
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| 83 | {{comment}} | ||
| 84 | Remove! | ||
| 85 | {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="<version>"/}} | ||
| 86 | {{/comment}} | ||
| 87 | |||
| 88 | = Credits = | ||
| 89 | |||
| 90 | The following people have contributed code to this release (sorted alphabetically): | ||
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| 92 | <code contributors> |
