Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 8.1 RC 1
Version 12.1 by Thomas Mortagne on 2016/05/04
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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 | <insert description of release here> | ||
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| 9 | = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 8.1 Milestone 2) = | ||
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| 11 | [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 8.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13603]]. | ||
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| 13 | == <feature N> == | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | <description of feature N> | ||
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| 17 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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| 19 | <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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| 21 | 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+%22<version>%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. | ||
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| 23 | = For Developers = | ||
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| 25 | == Context and cache inconsistency hunting == | ||
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| 27 | * XWikiHibernate* store implementations don't take into account the passed XWikiContext anymore and will even log a warning if the passed XWikiContext is not the same as the one in the ExecutionContext | ||
| 28 | * XWikiCacheStore make sure to recalculate the cache based based on whatever the actual store return instead of assuming the passes XWikiDocument is what it will received | ||
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| 30 | == Deprecated and Retired projects == | ||
| 31 | |||
| 32 | <description of deprecated and retired projects> | ||
| 33 | |||
| 34 | == Upgrades == | ||
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| 36 | The following dependencies have been upgraded: | ||
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| 38 | * [[Jackson 2.7.4>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-972]] | ||
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| 40 | == Miscellaneous == | ||
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| 42 | * introduced JobFinishingEvent to be called at the end of the job execution before starting to close it | ||
| 43 | * introduced new ExtensionNotFoundException exception to get more information about why exactly the resolve failed in extension repository API | ||
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| 45 | = Translations = | ||
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| 47 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
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| 49 | {{language codes="none, none"/}} | ||
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| 51 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
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| 53 | {{warning}} | ||
| 54 | The QA Tests are executed after the release has been done. Thus, they are being prepared now and will be published soon. | ||
| 55 | {{/warning}} | ||
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| 57 | {{comment}} | ||
| 58 | TODO: uncomment and update with proper link when the report is ready. | ||
| 59 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}} | ||
| 60 | {{/comment}} | ||
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| 62 | = Performances tests compared to XWiki 7.4.3 = | ||
| 63 | |||
| 64 | <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version> | ||
| 65 | |||
| 66 | More details on <link to the test report>. | ||
| 67 | |||
| 68 | = Known issues = | ||
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| 70 | * [[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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| 72 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
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| 74 | == General Notes == | ||
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| 76 | 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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| 78 | == Issues specific to XWiki 8.1-RC-1 == | ||
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| 80 | <issues specific to the project> | ||
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| 82 | == API Breakages == | ||
| 83 | |||
| 84 | The following APIs were modified since XWiki 8.0: | ||
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| 86 | {{comment}} | ||
| 87 | {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="8.1-rc-1"/}} | ||
| 88 | {{/comment}} |
