Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 8.2-rc-1
Version 25.2 by Alex Cotiugă on 2016/07/04
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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 | This release brings the addition of a //tour// on the home page which describe the XWiki user interface to newcomers. | ||
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| 9 | = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 8.1) = | ||
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| 11 | [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 8.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13615]]. | ||
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| 13 | == Tour for Homepage == | ||
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| 15 | A [[tour>>extensions:Extension.Tour Application]] has been created to present the existing UI elements from the home page. Every user will be guided through this tour in order to become familiar with XWiki. | ||
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| 17 | {{image reference="step4.png" width="600px;"/}} | ||
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| 19 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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| 21 | * Removed ##Main.Welcome## page from the Dashboard since we now have a new Homepage that contains the welcome messages; | ||
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| 23 | * In the TemplateProviderClass, 2 new properties have been added: //description// and //icon//, in order to display additional information in template providers list. | ||
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| 25 | {{gallery}} | ||
| 26 | image:templates.png | ||
| 27 | image:templateView.png | ||
| 28 | image:templateEdit.png | ||
| 29 | {{gallery/}} | ||
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| 31 | 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+%228.2-rc-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. | ||
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| 33 | = For Developers = | ||
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| 35 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == | ||
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| 37 | === MediaWiki parser === | ||
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| 39 | ##xwiki-rendering-syntax-mediawiki## has been deprecated and moved to https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/syntax-mediawiki-1.0. | ||
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| 41 | It's now recommended to use [[MediaWiki Syntax extension>>extensions:Extension.MediaWiki.MediaWiki Syntax]] instead. | ||
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| 43 | == Upgrades == | ||
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| 45 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
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| 47 | * [[Guice 4.1.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1004]] | ||
| 48 | * [[Commons Compress 1.12>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1005]] | ||
| 49 | * [[httpasyncclient 4.1.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1009]] | ||
| 50 | * [[JGroups 3.6.10>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13532]] | ||
| 51 | * [[Less4j 1.17.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13119]] | ||
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| 53 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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| 55 | * new ##org.xwiki.rendering.listener.SectionGeneratorListener## to generate section events from headers events | ||
| 56 | * Instance Output filter now indicate the target syntax for Input filters producing rendering events | ||
| 57 | * The same relative file path supported for ##source## filter properties parameter is now supported for any InputSource filter properties parameter in the Filter test framework | ||
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| 59 | = Translations = | ||
| 60 | |||
| 61 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
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| 63 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
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| 65 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
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| 67 | {{warning}} | ||
| 68 | The QA Tests are executed after the release has been done. Thus, they are being prepared now and will be published soon. | ||
| 69 | {{/warning}} | ||
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| 71 | {{comment}} | ||
| 72 | TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready. | ||
| 73 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}} | ||
| 74 | {{/comment}} | ||
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| 76 | = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> = | ||
| 77 | |||
| 78 | <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version> | ||
| 79 | |||
| 80 | More details on <link to the test report>. | ||
| 81 | |||
| 82 | = Known issues = | ||
| 83 | |||
| 84 | * [[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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| 86 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
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| 88 | == General Notes == | ||
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| 90 | 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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| 92 | == Issues specific to XWiki <version> == | ||
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| 94 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
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| 96 | == API Breakages == | ||
| 97 | |||
| 98 | The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>: | ||
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| 100 | {{comment}} | ||
| 101 | Remove! | ||
| 102 | {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="<version>"/}} | ||
| 103 | {{/comment}} |
