Version 16.1 by Fabio Mancinelli on 2012/11/07

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5 This is the release notes for XWiki Platform, XWiki Enterprise and XWiki Enterprise Manager. 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 4.3 Milestone 1) =
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11 == New localization module ==
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13 A new localization module has been introduced to replace the old XWikiMessageTool.
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15 See [[extensions:Extension.Localization Module]] for more details.
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17 == Default date picker ==
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19 The date picker from [[AppWithinMinutes>>extensions:Extension.App Within Minutes Application]] is now the default picker for all [[XClass>>platform:DevGuide.DataModel]] properties of type Date. This means that you'll get a date picker when editing an object with a Date property even if you didn't use AppWithinMinutes to create the XClass.
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21 {{image reference="DatePicker.png"/}}
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23 If for some reason you don't want to use the new date picker then you can edit the XClass and uncheck "Use Date Picker" for the Date property.
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25 == User picker ==
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27 We added a user picker that is used by default for all [[XClass>>platform:DevGuide.DataModel]] properties of type "List of Users". When multiple selection is enabled, each selected user is added to the list above the picker. You can remove individual users from the list of selected users or you can clear the entire list.
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29 {{image reference="userPicker-editMultiple.png"/}}
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31 In single selection mode whenever you select an user it overwrites the previously selected user.
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33 {{image reference="userPicker-editSingle-objectEditor.png"/}}
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35 The list of selected users is displayed in view mode in a similar way. For each user there is a link to their profile page.
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37 {{image reference="userPicker-viewMultiple.png"/}}
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39 == REST API Improvements ==
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41 Some improvements have been done to the REST API with respect to wiki management.
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43 * XARs can be imported in Wikis by POSTing it to the /wikis/{wikiName}
44 * New wikis can be created using the /wikimanager resource. (This resource is only available with XWiki Enterprise Manager)
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46 For more information see [[XWiki RESTful API>>platform:Features.XWikiRESTfulAPI]]
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48 == Miscellaneous ==
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50 <insert misc user stuff and important bug fix descriptions here in a list, when they are too small to warrant a section by themselves - Change the version in the URL below!>
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52 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+%224.3-milestone-2%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
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54 = For Developers =
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56 == <developer feature N> ==
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58 <description of developer feature N>
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60 * XWiki REST API refactoring. Introduction of a new xwiki-platform-rest-api module containing all resource declarations. This is important for client and modules willing to use the REST API so that they can have all the information about resources using Java annotation. See [[platform:Features.XWikiRESTfulAPI#HCustomresources]]
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62 == Execution context property declarations ==
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64 Execution context properties can now be associated with various metadata attributes. See [[the documentation on the execution context>>doc:platform:DevGuide.SavingData||anchor="HExecutionContext"]] for more information.
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66 == Deprecated and Retired projects ==
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68 <description of deprecated and retired projects>
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70 == Upgrades ==
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72 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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74 * [[XStream 1.4.3>>http://xstream.codehaus.org/changes.html]]
75 * [[commons-io 2.4>>http://commons.apache.org/io/upgradeto2_4.html]]
76 * [[httpclient 4.2.2>>http://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/RELEASE_NOTES.txt]]
77 * [[commons-configuration 1.9>>http://commons.apache.org/configuration/changes-report.html#a1.9]]
78 * [[jcl-over-slf4j and log4j-over-slf4j 1.7.2>>http://www.slf4j.org/news.html]]
79 * Groovy [[1.8.7>>http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10242&version=18317]] [[1.8.8>>http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10242&version=18684]]
80 * [[JGroups 3.2.0.Final>>http://belaban.blogspot.fr/2012/10/jgroups-320final-released.html]]
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82 == Miscellaneous ==
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84 <other dev stuff to add and link to JIRA for all issues fixed>
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86 = Translations =
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88 The following translations have been updated:
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90 {{language codes="code1, code2"/}}
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92 = Tested Browsers =
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94 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]]):
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96 {{velocity}}
97 ## name = iexplorer, firefox, chrome, safari, opera
98 {{/velocity}}
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100 {{browser name="browser" version="x.x"/}}
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102 = Known issues =
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104 * [[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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106 = Test Report =
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108 You can check the [[manual test report>>TestReports.WebHome#<anchor to test report>]] to learn about what was tested and the results on various browsers.
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110 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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112 == General Notes ==
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114 You may also want to [[import the default wiki XAR>>Main.Download]] in order to benefit from all the improvements listed above.
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116 {{warning}}
117 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.
118 {{/warning}}
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120 == Issues specific to XWiki 4.3 Milestone 2 ==
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122 * The methods setUrlPatternMatcher and getUrlPatternMatcher have been removed from the core class com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki. The underlying URLPatternMatcher could not really be used as a singleton instance and was causing irregular failures in the basic authentication method. Thus these methods cannot be meaningfully relied upon and have therefore been removed.
123 * When setting the value using setValue (or setList) on a list field in an XWiki object, the list will now be copied. To be able to update the list, you must call getValue (or getList) and update the returned list. This is due to XWIKI-8398.
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125 == API Breakages ==
126
127 The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>:
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