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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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Thomas Mortagne 40.1 7 This milestone contains a new mail API and module to replace the old mailsender plugin, Flamingo skin and Extension Manager improvements as well as various performances improvements and bug fixes.
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 8
9 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 6.1 Milestone 1) =
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Thomas Mortagne 45.1 11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 6.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=12290]].
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 12
Guillaume Delhumeau 8.1 13 == Experimental Flamingo Skin ==
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Guillaume Delhumeau 8.1 15 * Flamingo skin CSS is now computed at the runtime, using the [[LESS Module>>extensions:Extension.LESS Module]].
16 * Thanks to this, we have introduced a compatibility between this skin and the old color themes:
17 [[[[image:flamingo-default.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:flamingo-default.png]] [[[[image:flamingo-dusk.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:flamingo-dusk.png]] [[[[image:flamingo-mint.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:flamingo-mint.png]] [[[[image:flamingo-ruby.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:flamingo-ruby.png]] [[[[image:flamingo-nocolortheme.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:flamingo-nocolortheme.png]]
Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) 33.1 18 * Flamingo has a simplified Add menu
19 [[[[image:flamingo-menu.png]]>>attach:flamingo-menu.png]]
20 * A lot of fixes and polishing have been made too (changes to the layout, panels, menus).
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 21
Guillaume Delhumeau 13.1 22 == Applications Panel ==
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24 The applications panel has been modified to adapt itself to the panel column width. The design is different when the size is small, to look closer to a "dock" bar:
Guillaume Delhumeau 17.1 25 [[[[image:appbar.png||width="32%"]]>>attach:appbar.png]] (on this screenshot you can see the small version on the left, and the normal version on the right).
Guillaume Delhumeau 13.1 26
Thomas Mortagne 32.1 27 == Extension Manager improvements ==
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Vincent Massol 44.2 29 Extension-related jobs (install, uninstall, install plan calculation, etc.) which are not executing on the same namespace can now be run concurrently. You won't be stuck anymore, trying to install an extension when someone else is doing the same thing somewhere else on a farm.
Thomas Mortagne 32.1 30
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 31 == Miscellaneous ==
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Vincent Massol 36.2 33 * [[extensions:Extension.SpaceIndex Macro]] has now a new parameter to sort the document by creation date, modification date, or by name.
Pascal Bastien 35.1 34 * User Profile page display email hyperlink (if the email is not obfuscated) on view and preview mode.
Thomas Mortagne 37.1 35 * The SOLR index synchronization which is automatically run at XWiki startup can now be disabled using ##solr.synchronizeAtStartup## property in ##xwiki.properties## file
Guillaume Delhumeau 29.1 36
Thomas Mortagne 45.1 37 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+%226.1-milestone-2%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 38
39 = For Developers =
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Guillaume Delhumeau 2.1 41 == LESS module ==
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Guillaume Delhumeau 9.1 43 * The [[LESS Module>>extensions:Extension.LESS Module]] is now bundled with XWiki Enterprise.
Guillaume Delhumeau 2.1 44 * Some progress have been made on the DefaultLESSSkinFileCache. The cache is now cleared when a skin or a color theme is changed, but only on the concerned wiki.
Guillaume Delhumeau 10.1 45 * The LESS Compiler now compress the generated CSS.
Guillaume Delhumeau 25.1 46 * A new component has been added to compute a Color Theme compatible with [[extensions:Extension.Color Theme Application]] from a LESS file.
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 47
Vincent Massol 38.2 48 == New Mail module (Experimental) ==
Vincent Massol 38.1 49
50 Allows to send mails in Java and from wiki pages.
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52 See [[Mail Sender API>>extensions:Extension.Action API]] for all details.
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54 Example to send an email from a wiki page:
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56 {{code language="none"}}
57 {{velocity}}
58 #set ($message = $services.mailsender.createMessage("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "subject"))
59 #set ($discard = $message.addPart("text/plain", "text content"))
60 #set ($discard = $message.send())
61 #set ($discard = $message.waitTillSent(10000))
62 #foreach ($error in $message.getErrors())
63 * $error.message
64 #end
65 {{/velocity}}
66 {{/code}}
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Thomas Mortagne 30.1 68 == Job module improvements ==
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70 A new ##org.xwiki.job.JobExecutor## component has been introduce to replace ##org.xwiki.job.JobManager## (which is now deprecated). This component adds support for parallel execution of jobs and also support grouping jobs that need to be executed in the same thread.
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72 See [[extensions:Extension.Job Module]] for more details.
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Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 74 == Upgrades ==
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76 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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Thomas Mortagne 45.1 78 * [[Groovy 2.3.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-598]]
79 * [[Official LESS Compiler for Java 1.7.0.1.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10437]]
80 * [[Apache Lucene and Solr 4.8.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10357]]
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 81
82 == Miscellaneous ==
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Thomas Mortagne 18.1 84 * xwiki.cfg file properties are now accessible through ##org.xwiki.configuration.ConfigurationSource## component with role hint ##xwikicfg##
Vincent Massol 20.1 85 * Complete refactoring of the [[Resource module>>extensions:Extension.Resource API]]. Note that the Action module has been removed and folded into the new Resource module.
Vincent Massol 22.1 86 * The ##getInstance## methods in the [[Component Script Service>>extensions:Extension.Component Module||anchor="HAccessfromScripts"]] are now public and return ##null## if the Component cannot be looked up. A ##getLastError()## method was also added to get the last exception.
Thomas Mortagne 23.1 87 * New converter for ##java.lang.refect.Type## which allows converting from String to Type and opposite in Velocity and wiki macros parameters for example.
Vincent Massol 24.2 88 * The wiki manager API always returns a descriptor for the main wiki, and if there is no descriptor document it returns a "virtual" one that can be saved. Basically it now means that if a wiki exists there is always a corresponding descriptor, even for the main wiki.
Thomas Mortagne 45.1 89 * The "skin" parameter in the URL is now taken into account when generating the links to the skin CSS (see: [[XWIKI-10426>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10426]]).
90 * Filesystem Attachment Storage now allows you to disable cleaning of empty directories on startup since on a large installation this may take considerable time. (see: [[XWIKI-10431>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10431]])
Vincent Massol 38.3 91 * Start of implementation of the [[Resource Reference Serializer>>extensions:Extension.Resource API]] notion, still need more work.
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 92
93 = Translations =
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95 The following translations have been updated:
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97 {{language codes="none, none"/}}
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99 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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Manuel Smeria 25.2 101 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportXWiki61M2Summary"/}}
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 102
103 = Known issues =
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Thomas Mortagne 45.1 105 * [[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]]
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 106
107 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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109 == General Notes ==
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111 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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113 == API Breakages ==
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115 The following APIs were modified since XWiki 6.0:
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Thomas Mortagne 43.1 117 * Young APIs
Vincent Massol 19.1 118
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 119 {{code language="none"}}
Thomas Mortagne 42.1 120 org.xwiki.activeinstalls.server.DataManager: Method 'public com.google.gson.JsonObject countInstalls(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.Map)' has been added to an interface
121 org.xwiki.activeinstalls.server.DataManager: Method 'public long getInstallCount(java.lang.String)' has been removed
122 org.xwiki.activeinstalls.server.DataManager: Method 'public com.google.gson.JsonObject searchInstalls(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.Map)' has been added to an interface
123 org.xwiki.activeinstalls.server.script.ActiveInstallsScriptService: Method 'public long getInstallCount(java.lang.String)' has been removed
Marius Dumitru Florea 1.1 124 {{/code}}
Thomas Mortagne 43.1 125
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127 org.xwiki.crypto.store.CertificateStore: Class org.xwiki.crypto.store.CertificateStore removed
128 org.xwiki.crypto.store.CertificateStoreException: Class org.xwiki.crypto.store.CertificateStoreException removed
129 org.xwiki.crypto.store.KeyStore: Class org.xwiki.crypto.store.KeyStore removed
130 org.xwiki.crypto.store.KeyStoreException: Class org.xwiki.crypto.store.KeyStoreException removed
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133 * Not supposed to be public
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136 com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiHibernateBaseStore: In method 'protected void createHibernateSequenceIfRequired(java.lang.String, org.hibernate.Session)' the number of arguments has changed
137 com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiMacrosMappingRenderer: Removed org.xwiki.observation.EventListener from the set of implemented interfaces
138 com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiMacrosMappingRenderer: Method 'public java.util.List getEvents()' has been removed
139 com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiMacrosMappingRenderer: Method 'public java.lang.String getName()' has been removed
140 com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiMacrosMappingRenderer: Method 'public void onEvent(org.xwiki.observation.event.Event, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)' has been removed
141 {{/code}}

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