Version 16.1 by Thomas Mortagne on 2015/01/05

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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 <insert description of release here>
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9 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki <version - 1>) =
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11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for <version>>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=<fill id here>]].
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13 == New ratings module ==
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15 Contrib ratings project as been moved to platform. Java APIs have been broken by the package renaming but script APIs have been kept retro-compatibles and the UI stays mostly the same.
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17 See [[Ratings Application>>extensions:Extension.Ratings Application]].
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19 == Ratings support for extensions ==
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21 It's now possible to rate extensions in [[Extension Repository>>extensions:Extension.Repository Application]] and any repository handler can expose extension rating that are displayed (read only for now) in [[Extension Manager>>extensions:Extension.Extension Manager Application]].
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23 {{image reference="ratingem.png"/}} {{image reference="ratinger.png"/}}
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25 == Wiki Configuration ==
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27 A new "Configuration > Wiki" section is added in Administration where you can configure the current wiki, whether it is the main wiki or a subwiki.
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29 {{image reference="wikiDescriptorEditingAdministration-cropped.png"/}}
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31 For more information, see the [[documentation>>extensions:Extension.Wiki Application||anchor="HConfigureWiki"]].
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33 == Flamingo ==
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35 Some improvements have been made on the responsive tables (including the livetables) and we have fixed the broken livetables for mobiles on some places:
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37 (((
38 {{image reference="livetable-rights.png" width="30%"/}} {{image reference="mobile-users.png" width="30%"/}} {{image reference="mobile-groups.png" width="30%"/}}
39 )))
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41 == Solr server setup package ==
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43 Everything needed to setup an XWiki index in a remote Solr server is now packaged in a standalone project (##xwiki-platform-search-solr-server-data##). A Debian package (##xwiki-solr-data##) has also been provided to make easier to keep it up to date.
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45 == Miscellaneous ==
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47 * Displaying the 'Stable versions' label in an extension's description in Extension Manager before and after the list of versions is retrieved.
48 <insert misc user stuff and important bug fix descriptions here in a list, when they are too small to warrant a section by themselves - Change the version in the URL below!>
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50 See the [[full list of JIRA issues>>http://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+%226.4-milestone-3%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
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52 = For Developers =
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54 == Rendering ==
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56 * XWiki Rendering now provide an HTML5 Renderer.
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58 == Deprecated and Retired projects ==
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60 <description of deprecated and retired projects>
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62 == Upgrades ==
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64 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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66 * [[slf4j 1.7.9>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-712]]
67 * [[Lucene and SOLR 4.10.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11603]]
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69 == Miscellaneous ==
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71 <other dev stuff to add and link to JIRA for all issues fixed>
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73 = Translations =
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75 The following translations have been updated:
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79 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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81 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportTemplateSummary"/}}
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83 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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85 <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
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87 More details on <link to the test report>.
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89 = Known issues =
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91 * [[Bugs we know about>>http://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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93 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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95 == General Notes ==
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97 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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99 == Issues specific to XWiki <version> ==
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101 <issues specific to the project>
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103 == API Breakages ==
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105 The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>:
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