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6 The following regressions were found after this version was released. We recommend downloading the 8.4.1 release (when it'll be available).
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8 {{jira url="https://jira.xwiki.org" style="list" source="list" fields="status, key, summary, note"}}
9 XWIKI-13873
10 XWIKI-13871
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14 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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16 This version brings a lot of usability improvements. The WYSIWYG editor (//CKEditor//) has been upgraded and proposes a better dialog for the creation of links. It is also possible to configure it from the administration.
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18 Application Within Minutes does not enforce anymore the location where the application's entries must be created, but proposes to the creator the places //where// and //from where// these entries should be. We have also get rid of the ##Data## page where the entries where created before.
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20 The default values of the user preferences are now better exposed to the users. The order of the applications in the [[application panel>>extensions:Extension.Panels Application||anchor="HApplicationPanel"]] can now be changed by the administrator. And the users now have the ability to filter the page types when they create a page.
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22 As usual plenty of less noticeable improvements are proposed, and 45 bugs have been fixed since XWiki 8.3.
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24 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 8.3) =
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26 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 8.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13703]].
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30 === Upgrades ===
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32 The following runtime dependencies have been upgraded (they have a different release cycle than [[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]]):
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34 * [[application-ckeditor 1.9>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XE-1594]]
35 * [[common-beanutils 1.9.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1074]]
36 * [[commons-lang3 3.5>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1085]]
37 * [[Jackson 2.8.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1086]]
38 * [[Solr 6.2.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13027]]
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40 = Translations =
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42 The following translations have been updated:
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44 {{language codes="cs, da, de ,es, fr, it, lv, nl, pt_BR, ru, sk, sv, tr"/}}
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46 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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48 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki84.WebHome"/}}
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50 = Performances tests compared to 7.4.5 =
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53 This report is not ready yet.
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56 = Known issues =
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58 * [[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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60 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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62 == General Notes ==
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64 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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66 == API Breakages ==
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68 The following APIs were modified since XWiki 8.3:
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70 {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="8.4"/}}
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72 = Credits =
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74 The following people have contributed code to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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76 * Alexandru Cotiuga
77 * Clemens Robbenhaar
78 * Denis Gervalle
79 * Ecaterina Moraru (Valica)
80 * Eduard Moraru
81 * Guillaume Delhumeau
82 * Manuel Smeria
83 * Marius Dumitru Florea
84 * Michiel Hobbelman
85 * Pascal Bastien
86 * Thomas Mortagne
87 * Vincent Massol

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