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Version 8.9 by Eduard Moraru on 2012/09/25
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5 This is the first and hopefully final release candidate of the 4.2 release cycle ([[Roadmap>>Main.Roadmap]]). Being a release candidate, this release contains bugfixes and polishing, most of them focused on the new distribution wizard.
6
7 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki Enterprise 4.2 Milestone 3) =
8
9 == Improved Distribution Wizard ==
10
11 The look&feel of the Distribution Wizard has been greatly improved. We added an overview step to explain the goal of the wizard and list its steps.
12
13 {{image reference="DistributionWizard-WelcomeStep.png"/}}
14
15 The wizard is not yet production ready. It has a couple of issues we hope to fix very soon:
16
17 * information about core extensions is collected lazily and thus if you check distribution details just after starting XWiki you get incomplete information
18 * installing or checking the details of the user interface extension takes a couple of minutes depending on your internet bandwidth and the load of the remote extension repository
19 * some merge conflicts are reported even when the database is empty
20
21 {{image reference="DistributionWizard-UIStep.png"/}}
22
23 Invalid extensions are now marked differently in the last step.
24
25 {{image reference="DistributionWizard-ExtensionsStep.png"/}}
26
27 == Miscellaneous ==
28
29 * The Repository Application now registers an entry in the Application Panel:(((
30 {{image reference="repository.png"/}}
31 )))
32 * Better internationalization support for the [[Workspace Application>>extensions:Extension.Workspace Application]].
33
34 = For Developers =
35
36 == Upgrades ==
37
38 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
39
40 * Apache commons-codec 1.7
41
42 == Translations ==
43
44 The following translations have been updated:
45
46 {{language codes="fr"/}}
47
48 = Bug fixes and improvements =
49
50 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%2C+XEM%29+and+status+%3D+Closed+and+resolution+%3D+Fixed+and+fixVersion+%3D+%224.2-rc-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
51
52 = Tested Browsers =
53
54 Here's the list of browsers tested with this version (i.e. browsers that we've tested as working - Check the list of [[supported browsers>>dev:Community.BrowserSupportStrategy]]):
55
56 {{velocity}}
57 ## name = iexplorer, firefox, chrome, safari, opera
58 {{/velocity}}
59
60 {{browser name="firefox" version="15.0.1"/}}
61
62 = Known issues =
63
64 * [[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]]
65
66 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
67
68 == General Notes ==
69
70 You may also want to [[import the default wiki XAR>>Main.Download]] in order to benefit from all the improvements listed above.
71
72 {{warning}}
73 Always make sure you compare your ##xwiki.cfg## and ##xwiki.properties## files with the newest version since some configuration parameters were 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.
74 {{/warning}}
75
76 == API Breakages ==
77
78 The following APIs were modified since XWiki Enterprise 4.1.4:
79
80 * The logging module is new and is still considered a "young API". Added new methods to manipulate loggers levels.(((
81 {{code language="none"}}
82 org.xwiki.logging.LoggerManager: Method 'public org.xwiki.logging.LogLevel getLoggerLevel(java.lang.String)' has been added to an interface
83 org.xwiki.logging.LoggerManager: Method 'public java.util.Collection getLoggers()' has been added to an interface
84 org.xwiki.logging.LoggerManager: Method 'public void setLoggerLevel(java.lang.String, org.xwiki.logging.LogLevel)' has been added to an interface
85 {{/code}}
86 )))
87 * The Job module is new and is still considered a "young API". Added two new methods to check and remove custom properties.(((
88 {{code language="none"}}
89 org.xwiki.job.Request: Method 'public boolean containsProperty(java.lang.String)' has been added to an interface
90 org.xwiki.job.Request: Method 'public java.lang.Object removeProperty(java.lang.String)' has been added to an interface
91 {{/code}}
92 )))
93 * New ##InstalledExtension#isValid()## method.(((
94 {{code language="none"}}
95 org.xwiki.extension.InstalledExtension: Method 'public boolean isValid(java.lang.String)' has been added to an interface
96 {{/code}}
97 )))
98 * The Extension module is relatively new and is still undergoing some API tuning. New method to access environment extension. Also added new methods to execute custom checking before installing/uninstalling an extension and new methods to access local:installed extensions.(((
99 {{code language="none"}}
100 org.xwiki.extension.repository.CoreExtensionRepository: Method 'public org.xwiki.extension.CoreExtension getEnvironmentExtension()' has been added to an interface
101 org.xwiki.extension.handler.ExtensionHandler: Method 'public void checkInstall(org.xwiki.extension.Extension, java.lang.String, org.xwiki.job.Request)' has been added to an interface
102 org.xwiki.extension.handler.ExtensionHandler: Method 'public void checkUninstall(org.xwiki.extension.InstalledExtension, java.lang.String, org.xwiki.job.Request)' has been added to an interface
103 org.xwiki.extension.repository.InstalledExtensionRepository: Method 'public org.xwiki.extension.InstalledExtension getInstalledExtension(org.xwiki.extension.ExtensionId)' has been added to an interface
104 org.xwiki.extension.repository.LocalExtensionRepository: Method 'public org.xwiki.extension.LocalExtension getLocalExtension(org.xwiki.extension.ExtensionId)' has been added to an interface
105 {{/code}}
106 )))
107 * Fix method name typo (adding new method). This interface is not really supposed to be implemented except by internal class.(((
108 {{code language="none"}}
109 org.xwiki.properties.PropertyDescriptor: Method 'public java.lang.reflect.Field getField()' has been added to an interface
110 {{/code}}
111 )))
112 * The method getPreviousBlockByType() was moved to Legacy. There's no API breakage for the user.(((
113 {{code language="none"}}
114 org.xwiki.rendering.block.CompatibilityBlock: Method 'public java.util.List getChildrenByType(java.lang.Class, boolean)' has been added to an interface
115 {{/code}}
116 )))
117 * Added method to get the author of the macro.(((
118 {{code language="none"}}
119 org.xwiki.rendering.macro.wikibridge.WikiMacro: Method 'public org.xwiki.model.reference.DocumentReference getAuthorReference()' has been added to an interface
120 {{/code}}
121 )))
122 * Add a method to the oldcore/wikimacro bridge.(((
123 {{code language="none"}}
124 org.xwiki.rendering.macro.wikibridge.WikiMacroFactory: Method 'public boolean isAllowed(org.xwiki.model.reference.DocumentReference, org.xwiki.rendering.macro.wikibridge.WikiMacroVisibility)' has been added to an interface
125 {{/code}}
126 )))
127 * These classes below have never been used. It was supposed to be the start of the removal of Struts but since it hasn't progressed so far we're removing stray code from master. Experiments should be done on feature branches.(((
128 {{code language="none"}}
129 org.xwiki.container.servlet.XWikiServlet: Class org.xwiki.container.servlet.XWikiServlet removed
130 {{/code}}
131 )))
132 * Removed protected method (registerWikiMacros) that was not supposed to be used from outside (was protected for unit tests hacks).(((
133 {{code language="none"}}
134 com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki: Method 'protected void registerWikiMacros()' has been removed
135 {{/code}}
136 )))
137 * Chart plugin has been moved from oldcore to its own module. There's no API breakage for the user.(((
138 {{code language="none"}}
139 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.Chart: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.Chart removed
140 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.ChartCustomizer: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.ChartCustomizer removed
141 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.ChartImpl: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.ChartImpl removed
142 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.ChartingMacro: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.ChartingMacro removed
143 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.ChartingPlugin: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.ChartingPlugin removed
144 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.ChartingPluginApi: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.ChartingPluginApi removed
145 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.CustomXWikiRenderingEngine: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.CustomXWikiRenderingEngine removed
146 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.RadeoxHelper: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.RadeoxHelper removed
147 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.actions.ChartingAction: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.actions.ChartingAction removed
148 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.ChartingException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.ChartingException removed
149 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.ColumnIndexOutOfBoundsException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.ColumnIndexOutOfBoundsException removed
150 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.DataSourceException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.DataSourceException removed
151 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.EmptyDataSourceException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.EmptyDataSourceException removed
152 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.GenerateException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.GenerateException removed
153 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException removed
154 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.InvalidParamException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.InvalidParamException removed
155 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.MissingArgumentException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.MissingArgumentException removed
156 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.MissingDataSourceException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.MissingDataSourceException removed
157 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.MissingMandatoryParamException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.MissingMandatoryParamException removed
158 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.NoHeaderColumnException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.NoHeaderColumnException removed
159 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.NoHeaderRowException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.NoHeaderRowException removed
160 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.ParamException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.ParamException removed
161 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.RowIndexOutOfBoundsException: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.exceptions.RowIndexOutOfBoundsException removed
162 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.AbstractChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.AbstractChartParam removed
163 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.BooleanChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.BooleanChartParam removed
164 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.CategoryLabelPositionsChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.CategoryLabelPositionsChartParam removed
165 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ChartParam removed
166 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ChartParams: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ChartParams removed
167 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ChoiceChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ChoiceChartParam removed
168 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ColorChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ColorChartParam removed
169 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DateChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DateChartParam removed
170 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DateFormatChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DateFormatChartParam removed
171 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DateTickMarkPositionChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DateTickMarkPositionChartParam removed
172 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DateTickUnitChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DateTickUnitChartParam removed
173 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DefaultChartParams: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DefaultChartParams removed
174 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DefaultChartParams2: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DefaultChartParams2 removed
175 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DoubleChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.DoubleChartParam removed
176 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.FloatChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.FloatChartParam removed
177 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.FontChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.FontChartParam removed
178 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.HorizontalAlignmentChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.HorizontalAlignmentChartParam removed
179 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.IntegerChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.IntegerChartParam removed
180 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ListChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ListChartParam removed
181 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.LocaleChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.LocaleChartParam removed
182 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.MapChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.MapChartParam removed
183 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.NumberFormatChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.NumberFormatChartParam removed
184 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.NumberTickUnitChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.NumberTickUnitChartParam removed
185 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.PlotOrientationChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.PlotOrientationChartParam removed
186 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.Point2DChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.Point2DChartParam removed
187 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.RangeTypeChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.RangeTypeChartParam removed
188 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.RectangleAnchorChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.RectangleAnchorChartParam removed
189 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.RectangleEdgeChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.RectangleEdgeChartParam removed
190 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.RectangleInsetsChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.RectangleInsetsChartParam removed
191 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.RendererClassChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.RendererClassChartParam removed
192 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ShapeChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.ShapeChartParam removed
193 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.StringChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.StringChartParam removed
194 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.StrokeChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.StrokeChartParam removed
195 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.TimePeriodClassChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.TimePeriodClassChartParam removed
196 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.VerticalAlignmentChartParam: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.params.VerticalAlignmentChartParam removed
197 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.AreaPlotFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.AreaPlotFactory removed
198 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.BarPlotFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.BarPlotFactory removed
199 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.CategoryPlotFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.CategoryPlotFactory removed
200 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.LinePlotFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.LinePlotFactory removed
201 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.PiePlotFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.PiePlotFactory removed
202 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.PlotFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.PlotFactory removed
203 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.TableXYDatasetFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.TableXYDatasetFactory removed
204 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.TimePlotFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.TimePlotFactory removed
205 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.TimeSeriesCollectionFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.TimeSeriesCollectionFactory removed
206 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.XYPlotFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.plots.XYPlotFactory removed
207 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.DataSource: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.DataSource removed
208 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.DataSourceFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.DataSourceFactory removed
209 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.DefaultDataSource: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.DefaultDataSource removed
210 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.MainDataSourceFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.MainDataSourceFactory removed
211 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.ObjectDataSourceFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.ObjectDataSourceFactory removed
212 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.ObjectidDataSourceFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.ObjectidDataSourceFactory removed
213 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.TableDataSource: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.TableDataSource removed
214 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.TableDataSourceFactory: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.source.TableDataSourceFactory removed
215 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.wizard.DatasourceDefaultsHelper: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.wizard.DatasourceDefaultsHelper removed
216 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.wizard.FontHelper: Class com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.charts.wizard.FontHelper removed
217 {{/code}}
218 )))
219 * {{todo/}}Andreas, please explain why we have to break backward compatibility for the Chart module.(((
220 {{code language="none"}}
221 org.xwiki.chart.model.ChartModel: Method 'public org.jfree.chart.axis.Axis getAxis(int)' has been added to an interface
222 org.xwiki.chart.model.ChartModel: Method 'public java.lang.Number getCellValue(int, int)' has been removed
223 org.xwiki.chart.model.ChartModel: Method 'public int getColumnCount()' has been removed
224 org.xwiki.chart.model.ChartModel: Method 'public java.lang.String getColumnHeader(int)' has been removed
225 org.xwiki.chart.model.ChartModel: Method 'public org.jfree.data.general.Dataset getDataset()' has been added to an interface
226 org.xwiki.chart.model.ChartModel: Method 'public int getRowCount()' has been removed
227 org.xwiki.chart.model.ChartModel: Method 'public java.lang.String getRowHeader(int)' has been removed
228 org.xwiki.chart.model.DefaultChartModel: Class org.xwiki.chart.model.DefaultChartModel removed
229 org.xwiki.rendering.macro.chart.ChartDataSource: Field PARAMS has been removed, but it was previously a constant
230 org.xwiki.rendering.macro.chart.ChartDataSource: Field SOURCE has been removed, but it was previously a constant
231 {{/code}}
232 )))
233 * The getParametersMap() should never have been a public API. I was probably added there just as a way to reduce the Class Fan Out, which is the wrong solution.(((
234 {{code language="none"}}
235 org.xwiki.rendering.macro.chart.ChartMacroParameters: Method 'public java.util.Map getParametersMap()' has been removed
236 {{/code}}
237 )))
238 * Added a new sendMessageFromTemplate() method signature that uses a map of parameters instead of a VelocityContext(((
239 {{code language="none"}}
240 com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.mailsender.MailSender: Method 'public int sendMessageFromTemplate(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.Map)' has been added to an interface
241 {{/code}}
242 )))

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