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1		-ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise33
	1	+Release Notes for XWiki Enterprise 3.3

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1		-XWiki.Sorin
	1	+XWiki.VincentMassol

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2	2	{{toc/}}
3	3	{{/box}}
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5		-<insert description of release here>
	5	+Following the [[goals established for the 3.x cycle>>enterprise:Main.Roadmap#HXWikiEnterprise3.xCycle]], XWiki Enterprise 3.3 delivers the first usable but experimental versions of App Within Minutes and Extension Manager features.
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7		-= New and Noteworthy ((% style="font-size: 25px; font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; text-align: left; " %)since XWiki Enterprise 3.2(%%)) =
	7	+= New and Noteworthy since XWiki Enterprise 3.2 =
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9		-== First version of the App Within Minutes wizard ==
	9	+== App Within Minutes (Experimental) ==
10	10
	11	+{{info}}This feature is experimental at this point which means you shouldn't use it in production at this stage. However we need the maximum number of feedback on this new feature in order to finalize it and to make it reach the production-ready status which we'd like to reach in 3.4 or 3.5.{{/info}}
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11	11	After the introduction of the new class editor and the live table generator, this release brings the App Within Minutes wizard tying all the other aspects making up the App Within Minutes feature. The wizard helps you create collaborative web applications within minutes, based on XWiki's powerful structured data management system.
12	12
13		-Start by going to the App Within Minutes home page. There you can see listed the existing applications. Click on the "Create Application" button to start the wizard.
	15	+Check the [[App Within Minutes documentation>>extensions:Extension.App Within Minutes Application]] for more details.
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15		-[[image:AppWithinMinutes-Step0.png||width="800px" style="border: 1px solid #CCC"]]
	17	+{{gallery}}
	18	+image:AppWithinMinutes-Step0.png
	19	+image:AppWithinMinutes-Step1.png
	20	+image:AppWithinMinutes-Step2.png
	21	+image:AppWithinMinutes-Step3.png
	22	+image:AppWithinMinutes-HomePage.png
	23	+{{/gallery}}
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17		-In the first step you have to provide the application name, which will determine the application home page URL and the application space. Each application is mapped to an XWiki space.
	25	+== Extension Manager (Experimental) ==
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19		-[[image:AppWithinMinutes-Step1.png||width="800px" style="border: 1px solid #CCC"]]
	27	+{{info}}This feature is experimental at this point which means you shouldn't use it in production at this stage. However we need the maximum number of feedback on this new feature in order to finalize it and to make it reach the production-ready status which we'd like to reach in 3.4 or 3.5.{{/info}}
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21		-In the second step you define the application structure, i.e. the type of data the application will handle. At the end of this step the wizard will create for you the template and the sheet that will be used to create new application entries.
	29	+Check the [[Extension Manager Application documentation>>extensions:Extension.Extension Manager Application]] for more details.
22	22
23		-[[image:AppWithinMinutes-Step2.png||width="800px" style="border: 1px solid #CCC"]]
24		-
25		-In the last step you customize the way the home page of your application will look like. You can choose which columns to display in the entries live table.
26		-
27		-[[image:AppWithinMinutes-Step3.png||width="800px" style="border: 1px solid #CCC"]]
28		-
29		-At the end the wizard takes you to the home page of your application, which is the place from where you can manage the application data: edit the application structure, add new entries, edit or delete existing ones.
30		-
31		-[[image:AppWithinMinutes-HomePage.png||width="800px" style="border: 1px solid #CCC"]]
32		-
33		-== New User Interface for the Extension Manager ==
34		-
35		-Although there's no back-end repository where to search for new extensions yet, the new UI for the Extension Manager is starting to shape up. The previous experimental UI has been replaced by a new category in the Administration dedicated to the extension manager, with three different sections.
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37	37	[[image:em.png||class="screenshot"]]
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39		-[[image:searchextensions.png||class="screenshot"]]
40		-
41		-[[image:showextension.png||class="screenshot"]]
42		-
43		-== Improvements to the Extension Manager ==
44		-
45		-The Extension Manager has been improved on all fronts, from the internal management of extensions, to the administration UI, and to the XWiki Extension Repository. Now [[the extensions wiki>>extensions:Main.WebHome]] is enabled by default as a source for extensions, although only a handful of extensions have been validated at the moment.
46		-
47	47	== Link Checker ==
48	48
49	49	It's now possible to [[check the statuses of all external links found in your wiki>>extensions:Extension.Link Checker Application]].
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63	63	[[image:cjk.png||class="screenshot"]]
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65		-== Updated the installation process of Workspaces ==
66		-
67		-The [[Workspace Application>>http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Workspace+Application]] requires that an admin provides the initial workspace template (as before), but now it can be anything the admin wants to use as base. The admin only has to rename it to "workspace-template.xar" and attach it to the WorkspaceManager.Install page. The workspace-related pages and settings will be applied to the template automatically.
68		-
69		-== Debian packages ==
70		-
71		-Starting with 3.3 Milestone 1 Debian packages and repositories are released.
72		-
73		-You can add one of the following list files to ##/etc/debian/apt/source.list.d/##:
74		-* http://maven.xwiki.org/stable/xwiki-stable.list : all stable releases starting with 3.3 (so nothing right now)
75		-* http://maven.xwiki.org/releases/xwiki-releases.list : all releases starting with 3.3 Milestone 1
76		-* http://maven.xwiki.org/snapshots/xwiki-snapshots.list : all snapshots release starting with 3.3 branch
77		-
78		-{{code}}
79		-sudo wget http://maven.xwiki.org/stable/xwiki-stable.list -P /etc/apt/sources.list.d
80		-{{/code}}
81		-
82	82	== LDAP user membership improvements ==
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84	84	Organization unit and search filter support have been added in the group membership mapping settings. To use them, replace the group DN with an organization unit DN or with any search filter.
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90	90	Several bugs with downloading attachments when the filesystem storage is enabled have also been fixed, making this feature ready for production use.
91	91
92		-== Link Checker ==
	61	+== Debian packages ==
93	93
94		-It's now possible to tell XWiki to check for validity of external links found in the Wiki (to verify broken links for example). This is implemented through a [[Link Checker Transformation>>rendering:Main.Transformations#HLinkCheckerTransformation]].
	63	+Starting with 3.3 Milestone 1 Debian packages and repositories are released.
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96		-It's not enabled by default. To enable it, edit the ##xwiki.properties## file and add ##linkchecker## to the list of transformations to execute. For example:
	65	+You can add one of the following list files to ##/etc/debian/apt/source.list.d/##:
	66	+* http://maven.xwiki.org/stable/xwiki-stable.list : all stable releases starting with 3.3 (so nothing right now)
	67	+* http://maven.xwiki.org/releases/xwiki-releases.list : all releases starting with 3.3 Milestone 1
	68	+* http://maven.xwiki.org/snapshots/xwiki-snapshots.list : all snapshots release starting with 3.3 branch
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98	98	{{code}}
99		-rendering.transformations = macro, icon, linkchecker
	71	+sudo wget http://maven.xwiki.org/stable/xwiki-stable.list -P /etc/apt/sources.list.d
100	100	{{/code}}
101	101
102		-Note that there's no UI for it yet (planned for 3.3 Milestone 2) but the Link States can be access through a Script Service. For example from Velocity:
103		-
104		-{{code}}
105		-{{velocity}}
106		-#set ($states = $services.linkchecker.getLinkStates())
107		-{{/velocity}}
108		-{{/code}}
109		-
110		-
111		-
112		-
113	113	= For Developers =
114	114
115	115	== <developer feature N> ==