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Release Notes for XWiki 8.1 RC 1
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1: {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}} 2: {{toc/}} 3: {{/box}} 4: 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. 6: 7: This release candidate brings a couple of improvements and bugfixes to Extension Manager and other bundled components. 8: 9: = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 8.1 Milestone 2) = 10: 11: [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 8.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13603]]. 12: 13: {{comment}} 14: == <feature N> == 15: 16: <description of feature N> 17: {{/comment}} 18: 19: == Miscellaneous == 20: 21: 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%29+and+status+%3D+Closed+and+resolution+%3D+Fixed+and+fixVersion+%3D+%228.1-rc-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release. 22: 23: = For Developers = 24: 25: == Context and cache inconsistency hunting == 26: 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 29: 30: == Extension Manager improvements == 31: 32: * introduced new ExtensionNotFoundException exception to get more information about why exactly the resolve failed in extension repository API 33: * provide API to search installed extensions in several all namespaces 34: 35: {{comment}} 36: == Deprecated and Retired projects == 37: 38: <description of deprecated and retired projects> 39: {{/comment}} 40: 41: == Upgrades == 42: 43: The following dependencies have been upgraded: 44: 45: * [[Jackson 2.7.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-972]] 46: * [[commons-net 3.5>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-977]] 47: 48: == Miscellaneous == 49: 50: * introduced JobFinishingEvent to be called at the end of the job execution before starting to close it 51: * introduced new JobStatus#getError() which return the exception that filled the job main execution (if any) (it's also logged in the log as an error like before) 52: 53: = Translations = 54: 55: The following translations have been updated: 56: 57: {{language codes="fr"/}} 58: 59: = Tested Browsers & Databases = 60: 61: {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki81RC1"/}} 62: 63: {{comment}} 64: = Performances tests compared to XWiki 7.4.3 = 65: 66: <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version> 67: 68: More details on <link to the test report>. 69: {{/comment}} 70: 71: = Known issues = 72: 73: * [[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]] 74: 75: = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = 76: 77: == General Notes == 78: 79: 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. 80: 81: == API Breakages == 82: 83: The following APIs were modified since XWiki 8.0: 84: 85: {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="8.1-rc-1"/}}
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