Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 6.0 Milestone 2

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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 milestone is moving forward on new Flamingo skin and fix many bugs.
 8: 
 9: = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 6.0 Milestone 1) =
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11: [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 6.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=12193]].
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13: == Experimental Flamingo Skin ==
14: 
15: We have made some progress in the [[flamingo skin>>extensions:Extension.Flamingo Skin]].
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17: * The administration is now implemented:(((
18:   {{image reference="flamingo-admin.png" width="65%"/}}
19: )))
20: * The user profile too:(((
21:   {{image reference="flamingo-profile.png" width="65%"/}}
22: )))
23: * The "advanced" edit modes are better (object, class, rights):(((
24:   {{image reference="flamingo-edit-objects.png" width="65%"/}}
25: )))
26: 
27: See the [[full list of JIRA issues>>https://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+%226.0-milestone-2%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
28: 
29: = For Developers =
30: 
31: == Extension Manager improvements ==
32: 
33: It's now possible to exclude extension from upgrade plan calculation. This is useful to speed up execution when you know some extension won't have any valid upgrade available.
34: 
35: {{code language="velocity"}}$upgraderequest.addExcludedExtension($extension.id){{/code}} 
36: 
37: == Upgrades ==
38: 
39: The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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41: * [[XStream 1.4.7>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-554]]
42: * [[HSQLDB 2.3.2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XE-1377]]
43: * [[htmlcleaner 2.8>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-559]]
44: * [[HttpClient 4.3.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-560]]
45: * [[JFreechart 1.0.17>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9968]]
46: * [[JGroups 3.4.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10196]]
47: * [[Joda-Time 2.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10197]]
48: * [[Logback 1.1.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-561]]
49: 
50: == Miscellaneous ==
51: 
52: * When debugging JavaScript by appending ##minify=false## in the URL, pulled skin extensions are also included unminified.
53: 
54: = Translations =
55: 
56: The following translations have been updated: 
57: 
58: {{language codes="de, fr"/}}
59: 
60: = Tested Browsers & Databases =
61: 
62: {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportXWiki60M2Summary"/}}
63: 
64: = Known issues =
65: 
66: * [[Bugs we know about>>https://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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68: = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
69: 
70: == General Notes ==
71: 
72: 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.
73: 
74: == API Breakages ==
75: 
76: The following APIs were modified since XWiki 5.4.3:
77: 
78: * Moved some method from EntityResource to Resource and changed EntityResource constructor:(((
79: {{code language="none"}}
80: org.xwiki.resource.EntityResource: In method 'public EntityResource(org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference)' the number of arguments has changed
81: org.xwiki.resource.EntityResource: Method 'public java.lang.String getAction()' has been removed
82: org.xwiki.resource.EntityResource: Method 'public void setAction(java.lang.String)' has been removed
83: org.xwiki.resource.Resource: Method 'public org.xwiki.resource.ActionId getActionId()' has been added to an interface
84: {{/code}}
85: )))
86: 
87: * This method is available on the standard JavaScript ##Window## object:(((
88: {{code language="none"}}
89: org.xwiki.gwt.dom.client.DOMUtils: Method 'public void stop(org.xwiki.gwt.dom.client.Window)' has been removed
90: {{/code}}
91: )))
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