Wiki source code of Release Notes for XWiki 18.0.1

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3 {{warning}}This version has not yet been released.{{/warning}}
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19 {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}}
20 {{toc/}}
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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.
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25 This is a bugfix release. It 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="$version" id="xwikiorg"/}}
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31 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 18.0.0) =
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33 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 18.0.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=16517]].
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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
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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]]):
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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 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
61
62 == Automated testing ==
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64 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):
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66 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki1801.WebHome"/}}
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68 {{comment}}
69 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
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71 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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73 {{display reference="test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy" section="HSummary"/}}
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75 More details on [[performance comparison on single wiki between x.x and y.y>>test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy]].
76 {{/comment}}
77
78 = Security Issues =
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80 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.
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82 = Known issues =
83
84 * [[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]]
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86 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
87
88 == General Notes ==
89
90 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
91 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
92 ** ##xwiki.properties##
93 ** ##web.xml##
94 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
95 * 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.
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97 == API Breakages ==
98
99 The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 18.0.0:
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101 {{velocity}}
102 {{backwardCompatibilityReport134 version="$version"/}}
103 {{/velocity}}
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105 = Credits =
106
107 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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109 * Manuel Leduc
110 * Marius Dumitru Florea
111 * Simon Urli
112 * Thiago Krieck
113 * Thomas Mortagne

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