Version 31.1 by Marius Dumitru Florea on 2016/07/12

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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
22 * In the TemplateProviderClass, 2 new properties have been added: //description// and //icon//, in order to display additional information in template providers list.(((
23 {{gallery}}
24 image:templates.png
25 image:templateView.png
26 image:templateEdit.png
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28 )))
29 * events produced during Filter conversion job are now folded by default. This essentially means that they won't appear in Activity Stream anymore.
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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 == Instance Filter improvements ==
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37 * Instance Output Filter now support missing begin/end event on document locale and revision so input filter for which those two concept don't make sense don't have to send them anymore.
38 * Instance Output Filter now use the context locale as default locale (used to be empty locale).
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40 == Deprecated and Retired projects ==
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42 === MediaWiki parser ===
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44 ##xwiki-rendering-syntax-mediawiki## has been deprecated and moved to https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/syntax-mediawiki-1.0.
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46 It's now recommended to use [[MediaWiki Syntax extension>>extensions:Extension.MediaWiki.MediaWiki Syntax]] instead.
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48 == Upgrades ==
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50 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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52 * [[Guice 4.1.0>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1004]]
53 * [[Commons Compress 1.12>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1005]]
54 * [[httpasyncclient 4.1.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1009]]
55 * [[JGroups 3.6.10>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13532]]
56 * [[Less4j 1.17.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13119]]
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58 == Miscellaneous ==
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60 * new ##org.xwiki.rendering.listener.SectionGeneratorListener## to generate section events from headers events
61 * Instance Output filter now indicate the target syntax for Input filters producing rendering events
62 * 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
63 * ~{~{$regextool}} [[Velocity Tool>>extensions:Extension.Velocity Module||anchor="HVelocityTools"]] has a new method to quote the replacement string in ~{~{String#replaceAll()}}. Here's how you can use it:(((
64 {{code language="none"}}
65 #set ($out = $out.replaceAll(" (id|for)=('|"")$regextool.quote($oldId)",
66 " ${escapetool.d}1=${escapetool.d}2$regextool.quoteReplacement($newId)"))
67 {{/code}}
68 )))
69
70 = Translations =
71
72 The following translations have been updated:
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74 {{language codes="none, none"/}}
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76 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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78 {{warning}}
79 The QA Tests are executed after the release has been done. Thus, they are being prepared now and will be published soon.
80 {{/warning}}
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82 {{comment}}
83 TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready.
84 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}}
85 {{/comment}}
86
87 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
88
89 <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
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91 More details on <link to the test report>.
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93 = Known issues =
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95 * [[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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97 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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99 == General Notes ==
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101 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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103 == Issues specific to XWiki <version> ==
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105 <issues specific to the project>
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107 == API Breakages ==
108
109 The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>:
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111 {{comment}}
112 Remove!
113 {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="<version>"/}}
114 {{/comment}}

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