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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 candidate brings a couple of improvements and bugfixes to Extension Manager and other bundled components.
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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>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13603]].
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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.
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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
29: 
30: == Extension Manager improvements ==
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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
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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:
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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 =
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61: {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki81RC1"/}}
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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 ==
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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.
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81: == API Breakages ==
82: 
83: The following APIs were modified since XWiki 8.0:
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85: {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="8.1-rc-1"/}}
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