Wiki source code of Summary of the XWiki 9.x Cycle

Version 6.23 by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) on 2018/01/05

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	5	This is a summary of the release notes for [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]], for the whole 9.x cycle (i.e. the whole year 2017). They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.
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3.13	7	New Notifications (grouping, templates, by mail, filters, diff)
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3.11	9	Administration reorganization
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3.9	11	HTML export
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3.10	13	Protection against accidental deletion of important pages
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3.11	15	We continued improving the CKEditor integration
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3.12	17	Attachment improvements like better handling of bigger attachments and preview.
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1.1	19	== Work Done ==
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	21	The work is organised using [[JIRA>>http://jira.wiki.org]] and here are some [[JIRA stats of what happened during the 9.x cycle>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13907]]:
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3.24	23	* 1003 issues were closed (See the [[full JIRA issue list>>https://jira.xwiki.org/issues/?filter=14607]])
	24	* 480 bugs closed, 254 improvements, 53 new features and more:(((
3.25	25	{{image reference="jira-issue-types-9x.png" width="500px"/}}
1.1	26	)))
	27	* And the top JIRA participants (those contributing to more than 1% of the total jira issue number):(((
3.25	28	{{image reference="jira-assignees-9x.png" width="500px"/}}
1.1	29	)))
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	31	Congrats to all who participated!
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5.18	33	=== Top 10 Features ===
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6.7	35	Here are the top 10 features that we wish to mention (arbitrarily hand-picked; it's hard to pick 10 out of 307 improvements and new features):
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5.19	37	{{toc depth="4" start="4" numbered="true"/}}
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5.20	39	(% class="row" %)
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5.24	43	==== Flavors ====
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5.35	45	We switched from the old "XWiki Enterprise" package and we now provide the "[[XWiki Standard>>extensions:Extension.XWiki Standard Flavor]]" flavor. When creating a new wiki, Administrators can choose which flavor they want.
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5.36	47	In XWiki, a [[flavor>>platform:Features.Applications\|\|queryString="#HFlavors"]] is simply a bundle of extensions that serve a particular usage. We expect in the future that the community members will provide additional flavors built on top of XWiki. Imagine a flavor for application development, one for documentation, one for procedures or even a flavor created especially for your team. Using flavors you can customize your XWiki to the smallest details.
5.20	48	)))
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	51	(((
5.24	52	{{gallery}}
5.37	53	image:flavors.png
6.3	54	[[image:extensions:Extension.XWiki Standard Flavor.WebHome@standard.png]]
5.24	55	{{/gallery}}
5.22	56	)))
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5.22	60	(% class="row" %)
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	63	(((
5.24	64	==== Notifications ====
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6.19	66	[[Notifications>>extensions:Extension.Notifications Application]] is our new major feature for this cycle.
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	68	You can subscribe to be notified about events happening in your wiki. You control the level of details you want to receive and what applications and pages are interesting for you. For example you can decide to receive Notifications when Comments are created but only on the Blog page and its children.
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	70	Notifications can be received in the UI or by email.
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	72	The [[Watchlist>>extensions:Extension.Watchlist Application]] feature has been replaced.
5.22	73	)))
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5.24	77	{{gallery}}
6.15	78	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.9\.10RC1.Change005.WebHome@Notifications.png]]
6.21	79	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.9\.7RC1.Change015.WebHome@NotificationPreferencesForApp.png]]
6.20	80	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.9\.5RC1.Change015.WebHome@NotificationsFilters.png]]
6.15	81	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.9\.11RC1.Change006.WebHome@NotifEmailTOC.png]]
5.24	82	{{/gallery}}
5.20	83	)))
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6.5	86
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	90	(((
6.9	91	==== CKEditor Integration Improvements ====
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	93	In 8.x we added the CKEditor. Since then we improved even more the integration by providing . We also finally removed the old WYSIWYG editor based on Google WebToolkit.
6.5	94	)))
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	96	(% class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" %)
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	98	{{gallery}}
	99	image:
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6.9	109	==== Administration reorganization ====
6.5	110	)))
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	114	{{gallery}}
	115	image:
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6.9	125	==== Protection against accidental deletion ====
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	127	System and Extension pages are now protected against accidental deletion. When you try to delete such pages, XWiki will now ask you to confirm the operation, and list all concerned pages.
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	132	{{gallery}}
6.14	133	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.9\.1RC1.Change003.WebHome@DeleteExtensionPage.png]]
6.5	134	{{/gallery}}
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6.9	143	==== Restore a batch of deleted pages ====
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	145	If you have performed an operation that deletes multiple pages at the same time (like delete with children or delete space), it is now possible to restore all the deleted pages together, to their original state and location. For each deleted page, you can now also choose to see the batch where it was deleted from and if you want to restore just one page or the entire batch.
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	149	(((
	150	{{gallery}}
6.12	151	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.9\.4RC1.Change005.WebHome@restore-deletedDocuments-withBatchColumn.png]]
6.13	152	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.9\.4RC1.Change005.WebHome@restore-showBatch-expanded.png]]
	153	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.9\.4RC1.Change005.WebHome@restore-job-log.png]]
6.5	154	{{/gallery}}
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6.9	163	==== Attachments Preview improvements ====
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	165	We improved the Attachments tab from the [[Page Index>>extensions:Extension.Index Application]] by providing a thumbnail preview for image attachments, allowing filtering by attachment type, file size, date, etc.
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	167	Preview of attachments are also displayed in the [[attachments tab>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.Attachments\|\|anchor="HUsingtheattachmenttabatthebottomofthepage"]] at the bottom of the page.
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	172	{{gallery}}
6.23	173	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.9\.7RC1.Change019.WebHome@attachmentIndex.png]]
6.22	174	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.9\.5RC1.Change020.WebHome@attachmentImagePreview.png]]
6.6	175	{{/gallery}}
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6.10	184	==== Filters ====
6.6	185	)))
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6.10	200	==== Blame View and Syntax Highlighting ====
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	202	Working with the syntax has become easier.
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6.17	204	A new [[Blame View>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.VersionControl\|\|anchor="HBlameView"]] was also added to the code viewer (##More Actions > View Source##). In this mode, each line of the page's content is annotated with the last author that modified it and the revision in which this modification was introduced. The blame view also works when viewing the source of a page revision (other than the latest one) so it can be accessed at any point in the history of a page.
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6.16	210	[[image:ReleaseNotes.Data.XWiki.9\.7RC1.Change009.WebHome@codeViewer-blameView.png]]
6.6	211	{{/gallery}}
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6.9	220	==== Other usability improvements ====
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	225	{{gallery}}
	226	image:
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3.20	231	== Top User Features ==
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1.1	233	For our users, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
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3.19	235	{{toc scope="local" depth="3"/}}
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5.5	237	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="9.%" importance="High, Medium, Low" audience="user" contextVariable="userChanges"/}}
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3.19	239	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="userChanges"/}}
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3.20	241	== Top Admin Features ==
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	243	For our admins, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
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3.19	245	{{toc scope="local" depth="3"/}}
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5.7	247	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="9.%" importance="High, Medium, Low" audience="administrator" contextVariable="adminChanges"/}}
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3.19	249	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="adminChanges"/}}
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3.20	251	== Top Developer Features ==
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	253	For our developers, here are the top features that we wish to highlight:
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3.19	255	{{toc scope="local" depth="3"/}}
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5.8	257	{{getChanges products="XWiki" versions="9.%" importance="High, Medium, Low" audience="developer" contextVariable="developerChanges"/}}
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3.19	259	{{displayChanges displayer="flow" contextVariable="developerChanges"/}}
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	261	== Detailed Release Notes ==
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	263	If you wish to see the full details of all features and improvements you can check each release note.
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3.19	265	{{include reference="ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki9x.WebHome"/}}

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