Release Notes for XWiki 14.4.7

Last modified by Simon Urli on 2023/01/02

This is the release notes for XWiki Commons, XWiki Rendering and XWiki Platform. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.

This is a bug fix version, fixing important issues - including security issues - discovered since XWiki 14.4.6 has been released.

New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 14.4.6)

Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for XWiki 14.4.7.

Upgrades

The following runtime dependencies have been upgraded (they have a different release cycle than XWiki Commons, XWiki Rendering and XWiki Platform):

Translations

The following translations have been updated: 

Tested Browsers & Databases

Here is the list of browsers we support and how they have been tested for this release:

 BrowserTested on:
Firefox30.pngMozilla Firefox 107Not Tested
Chrome30.pngGoogle Chrome 107Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
Edge30.pngMicrosoft Edge 107Not Tested
Safari30.pngSafari 16Not Tested

Here is the list of databases we support and how they have been tested for this release:

 DatabaseTested on:
hypersql.pngHyperSQL 2.6.1Not Tested
postgresql.pngPostgreSQL 15Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
mysql.pngMySQL 8Not Tested
mariadb.pngMariaDB 10.6Not Tested
oracle.pngOracle 19cNot Tested

Here is the list of Servlet Containers we support and how they have been tested for this release:

 Servlet ContainerTested on:
tomcat-icon.pngTomcat 9.0.69Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
jetty-icon.pngJetty 10.0.7 (XWiki Standalone packaging)Not Tested
jetty-icon.pngJetty 10.0.7Not Tested

Known issues

Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes

General Notes

  • When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
    • xwiki.cfg
    • xwiki.properties
    • web.xml
    • hibernate.cfg.xml
  • Add xwiki.store.migration=1 in xwiki.cfg so that XWiki will attempt to automatically migrate your current database to any new schema. Make sure you backup your Database before doing anything.

Issues specific to XWiki 14.4.7

  • The xwiki.action.import.xar.usefilter configuration property has been removed and it's no longer possible to use the old XAR import (it has been replaced by a newer implementation since XWiki 6.2).
  • This release introduce some new Japanese translations that might cause error logs such as:

    SQL Error: 1366, SQLState: HY000
    Incorrect string value: '\xC4\xBEa zd...' for column 'XWD_CONTENT' at row 1
    Incorrect string value: '\xC4\xBEa zd...' for column 'XWD_CONTENT' at row 1

    Those errors shouldn't impact you unless you're trying to use Japanese language, in which case you need to ensure to use a database encoded with utf8mb4. You can find details on https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20517.

API Breakages

No API breakage since XWiki 14.4.6.

Credits

The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):

  • Alex Cotiugă
  • Manuel Leduc
  • Marius Dumitru Florea
  • Michael Hamann
  • Simon Urli
  • Thomas Mortagne
  • Vincent Massol
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