Changes Report
The AutoSave feature is now available in the WYSIWYG edit mode.
Debian packages now override standard configuration files handling for xwiki.cfg, xwiki.properties and web.xml to provide 3 ways merge with standard dpkg and apt command line tools.
Two new generic extension points for the Document/Attachment Not Found views:
Two new specific extension points for providing recommendations in the Document/Attachment Not Found views:
Injected extension repositories can now be associated with a priority
Improved Not Found Screen
Added partial matches for the Document/Attachment Does Not Exist suggestions, in addition to the existing stemmed and fuzzy matches, for better results.
We were previously searching using indexed Solr data (stemmed) and also using fuzzy searches (string difference of 2; helps with minor typos), but this did not cover partial matches. Example: "Sandb" is matched by the fuzzy search, since it has a difference of 2 characters ("ox"), but "Sand" is not matched by anything (no stemming and too greater string difference - 3).
XWiki can now be deployed fine in WildFly 10.x.
The Let's Encrypt root certificate is now automatically registered at runtime.
The Velocity #try() directive now accepts an optional parameter to specify the name of a Velocity variable into which to save the caught exception. For example:
{{velocity}}
#try("myexception")
$services.query.xwql("zzzzz").execute()
#end
#if ($myexception != '')
... do something...
#end
{{/velocity}}
Added an order field to the "After Header" extension point.
A new "instance" ScriptService has been introduced with an API to get the XWiki instance id. New methods will be added if needed. See Instance Module extension for more details.
Make most expensive steps more visible
The performance tree give interesting information but it was hard to see quickly which steps where causing performances issues.
Recommended extensions
"Recommended" concept has been added to Extension and Repository API
Disable core extensions resolution
It's now possible to disable core extension update at startup. See property extension.core.resolve in xwiki.properties.
New parameters for the Gallery Macro
The Gallery Macro has 3 new parameters. You can use the width and height parameters to control the amount of space reserved for the gallery. The class parameter can be used to add custom CSS class names in order to customize the appearance of a gallery. Here's an example where we use the Bootstrap Grid system:
{{gallery class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-4" width="" height="300px"}}
image:[email protected]
{{/gallery}}Pre-configured mail session
It's now possible to directly create a pre-configured mail Session. See Mail Sender API.
Support for the locale in the uid serializer
uid Reference serializers now supports Locales in DocumentReference. It's added at the end of the string representation, in the same way as for other parts of the reference (same as what XWikiDocument#getKey() was doing).
A new "table" category is now proposed in the Flamingo Theme Editor, where you can change the variables concerning the colors of the tables.
Gather distribution types
Features of distribution are now sent by active install. This allows to have statistics on the various types of packagings that are used (ZIP packaging, DEB packaging, EXE packaging, etc).
Environment extension
Each package (WAR, Debian, installers, etc.) now has its own "environment extension" descriptor. Among other things it means they don't send the same id through Active Installs and this allows to know what packaging users have used to install XWiki.
