Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 18.0.0
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| 1 | {{velocity}} | ||
| 2 | #if ($doc.getValue('released') != 1) | ||
| 3 | {{warning}}This version has not yet been released.{{/warning}} | ||
| 4 | #end | ||
| 5 | {{/velocity}} | ||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | {{velocity}} | ||
| 8 | #set ($rnObject = $doc.getObject('ReleaseNotes.Code.ReleaseNoteClass')) | ||
| 9 | #set ($product = $rnObject.product) | ||
| 10 | #set ($version = $rnObject.version) | ||
| 11 | #set ($versionPrefix = $stringtool.substringBefore($version, '-')) | ||
| 12 | #set ($versionParts = $stringtool.split($versionPrefix, '.')) | ||
| 13 | #set ($isRC = $version.contains('rc')) | ||
| 14 | #set ($isFinal = !$isRC) | ||
| 15 | #set ($isFirstFinal = $isFinal && ($versionParts.size() == 2 || $versionParts[2] == 0)) | ||
| 16 | #set ($isBugFix = $isFinal && $versionParts.size() == 3 && $versionParts[2] > 0) | ||
| 17 | {{/velocity}} | ||
| 18 | |||
| 19 | {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}} | ||
| 20 | {{toc/}} | ||
| 21 | {{/box}} | ||
| 22 | |||
| 23 | This is the release notes for [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]]. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version. | ||
| 24 | |||
| 25 | This release updates the icon theme, improves the accessibility of annotations, and adds new features to Live Data. Apart from this, many bugs were fixed. This is the first version of XWiki that requires Java 21 and supports Java 25. This release also contains security fixes, with the [[highest severity being 9.3/10>>doc:dev:Community.SecurityPolicy.WebHome||anchor="HSeverity"]]. | ||
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| 27 | {{velocity}} | ||
| 28 | {{jiraBlockersFor version="$version" id="xwikiorg"/}} | ||
| 29 | {{/velocity}} | ||
| 30 | |||
| 31 | = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 17.10.2) = | ||
| 32 | |||
| 33 | [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 18.0.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=16514]]. | ||
| 34 | |||
| 35 | {{velocity}} | ||
| 36 | #if ($isBugFix) | ||
| 37 | {{jira style="list" url="https://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, status, key, summary" source="jql"}} | ||
| 38 | resolution in (Fixed, "Solved By") AND component != "Development Issues only" AND component != "Development Issues only - Test" AND component != "Dependency Upgrades" AND project in (XCOMMONS, XRENDERING, XWIKI) AND fixVersion in ($version) | ||
| 39 | {{/jira}} | ||
| 40 | #else | ||
| 41 | {{releasenotechanges/}} | ||
| 42 | #end | ||
| 43 | {{/velocity}} | ||
| 44 | |||
| 45 | = Upgrades = | ||
| 46 | |||
| 47 | The following runtime dependencies have been upgraded (they have a different release cycle than [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]]): | ||
| 48 | |||
| 49 | {{velocity}} | ||
| 50 | #if ($isFirstFinal) | ||
| 51 | #set ($affectedVersions = "${version}-rc-1, ${version}") | ||
| 52 | #else | ||
| 53 | #set ($affectedVersions = "${version}") | ||
| 54 | #end | ||
| 55 | {{jira url="https://jira.xwiki.org" source="jql" style="list"}} | ||
| 56 | project in (XWIKI, XCOMMONS, XRENDERING) AND issuetype = Task AND fixVersion in ($affectedVersions) AND component = "Dependency Upgrades" | ||
| 57 | {{/jira}} | ||
| 58 | {{/velocity}} | ||
| 59 | |||
| 60 | {{comment}} | ||
| 61 | = Moved Modules = | ||
| 62 | |||
| 63 | <description deprecated, retired and moved projects> | ||
| 64 | {{/comment}} | ||
| 65 | |||
| 66 | = Translations = | ||
| 67 | |||
| 68 | The following translations have been updated: | ||
| 69 | |||
| 70 | {{language codes="de, fr, sl, uk"/}} | ||
| 71 | |||
| 72 | = Tested Browsers & Databases = | ||
| 73 | |||
| 74 | == Automated testing == | ||
| 75 | |||
| 76 | XWiki executes a lot of [[automated tests during its build>>dev:Community.Testing.WebHome||anchor="HTestingStrategy"]], testing all [[supported configurations>>dev:Community.SupportStrategy.WebHome]]. In addition, some manual QA is also executed to try to discover additional problems (see below): | ||
| 77 | |||
| 78 | {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki1800.WebHome"/}} | ||
| 79 | |||
| 80 | {{comment}} | ||
| 81 | TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready. | ||
| 82 | |||
| 83 | = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> = | ||
| 84 | |||
| 85 | {{display reference="test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy" section="HSummary"/}} | ||
| 86 | |||
| 87 | More details on [[performance comparison on single wiki between x.x and y.y>>test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy]]. | ||
| 88 | {{/comment}} | ||
| 89 | |||
| 90 | = Security Issues = | ||
| 91 | |||
| 92 | Security issues are not listed in issue lists or dashboards to avoid disclosing ways to use them, but they will appear automatically in them once they're disclosed. See the [[XWiki Security Policy>>dev:Community.SecurityPolicy.WebHome]] for more details. | ||
| 93 | |||
| 94 | = Known issues = | ||
| 95 | |||
| 96 | * [[Bugs we know about>>https://jira.xwiki.org/issues/?jql=category%20%3D%2010000%20AND%20issuetype%20%3D%20Bug%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20updated%20DESC]] | ||
| 97 | |||
| 98 | = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes = | ||
| 99 | |||
| 100 | == General Notes == | ||
| 101 | |||
| 102 | * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added: | ||
| 103 | ** ##xwiki.cfg## | ||
| 104 | ** ##xwiki.properties## | ||
| 105 | ** ##web.xml## | ||
| 106 | ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml## | ||
| 107 | * 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. | ||
| 108 | |||
| 109 | == Issues specific to {{velocity}}$product $version{{/velocity}} == | ||
| 110 | |||
| 111 | === Java 21 required === | ||
| 112 | |||
| 113 | XWiki 18 require at least Java 21. | ||
| 114 | |||
| 115 | === Upgrade to Groovy 5 === | ||
| 116 | |||
| 117 | As usuall with Groovy major upgrades, this can come with potential breakages. See https://groovy-lang.org/releasenotes/groovy-5.0.html#Groovy5.0-breaking for more details. | ||
| 118 | |||
| 119 | == API Breakages == | ||
| 120 | |||
| 121 | The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 17.10.2: | ||
| 122 | |||
| 123 | {{velocity}} | ||
| 124 | {{backwardCompatibilityReport134 version="$version"/}} | ||
| 125 | {{/velocity}} | ||
| 126 | |||
| 127 | = Credits = | ||
| 128 | |||
| 129 | The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically): | ||
| 130 | |||
| 131 | * 이경철 | ||
| 132 | * Aman-Baliyan | ||
| 133 | * Anca Luca | ||
| 134 | * anonymous | ||
| 135 | * Cédric LAMBLIN | ||
| 136 | * Clément Eraud | ||
| 137 | * Gianmarco | ||
| 138 | * Ilie Andriuta | ||
| 139 | * Lucas Charpentier | ||
| 140 | * Manuel Leduc | ||
| 141 | * Marius Dumitru Florea | ||
| 142 | * Michael Hamann | ||
| 143 | * Nikita Petrenko | ||
| 144 | * Peter Viskup | ||
| 145 | * Pierre Jeanjean | ||
| 146 | * Raphaël Jakse | ||
| 147 | * Rostyslav Haitkulov | ||
| 148 | * Saa Kiraly | ||
| 149 | * Simon Urli | ||
| 150 | * Simpel | ||
| 151 | * Thiago Krieck | ||
| 152 | * Thomas Mortagne | ||
| 153 | * Vincent Massol | ||
| 154 | * Xiaofei Cui | ||
| 155 | * xrichard | ||
| 156 | * 龔敖摩 |
