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5 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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7 Starting with this release the Activity Stream Application is fully replaced by the Notifications Application. The list of followed users is back in the user profile and the Page Index can be sorted by page title. The Users and Groups administrations sections have been improved and there's a new Page Picker Velocity macro that can be used by developers.
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10 Important bugs have been discovered since XWiki 10.9 has been released:
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12 * [[XWIKI-15781: Groups not displaying in Administration>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15781]]
13 * [[XWIKI-15791: Improper behavior of the User Administration section>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15791]]
14 * [[XWIKI-15793: Cannot Edit/Delete an user after editing another user's profile without page refresh>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15793]]
15 * [[XWIKI-15794: The default exported wiki XAR package name is 'XWiki.XWikiPreferences' instead of 'backup'>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15794]]
16 * [[XWIKI-15835: Upgrading to XWiki 10.9 fails on Oracle>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15835]]
17 * [[XWIKI-15879: Cannot accept or reject subwiki candidates>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15879]]
18 * [[XWIKI-15908: Cerulean theme is selected by default in the Page Administration>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15908]]
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20 You can apply the fix indicated in the issue comments or wait for the next version of XWiki that will be released soon!
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23 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 10.8.1) =
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25 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 10.9>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=14333]].
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27 {{releasenotechanges/}}
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29 === Upgrades ===
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31 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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33 * [[Dom4j 2.1.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1503]]. This is actually a downgrade from version 2.1.1 used in XWiki 10.8RC1 and 10.8 which has a [[regression>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1503]].
34 * [[Apache PDFBox 2.0.12>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15683]]
35 * [[Rome 1.11.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15335]]
36 * [[JNR FFI 2.1.9>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15678]]
37 * [[JNR Constants 0.9.11>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15677]]
38 * [[JGroups 4.0.15>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15679]]
39 * [[JSqlParser 1.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15680]]
40 * [[Tika 1.19.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15656]]
41 * [[Groovy 2.5.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1508]]
42 * [[snakeyaml 1.23>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1497]]
43 * [[Jackson 2.9.7>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1489]]
44 * [[commons-lang3 3.8.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1490]]
45 * [[commons-text 1.5>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1499]]
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47 = Translations =
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49 The following translations have been updated:
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51 {{language codes="de,fr,hu,lv,pl,pt,ru,zh"/}}
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53 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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55 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki109.WebHome"/}}
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57 {{comment}}
58 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
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60 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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62 <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
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64 More details on <link to the test report>.
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67 = Known issues =
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69 * [[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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71 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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73 == General Notes ==
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75 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
76 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
77 ** ##xwiki.properties##
78 ** ##web.xml##
79 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
80 * 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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82 == Issues specific to XWiki 10.9 ==
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84 === Cannot remove a property from an xobject ===
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86 It's not possible anymore to completely delete a property from an XObject if that property exists in the XClass. It will be automatically added back (with null value) when the document is saved.
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88 === Default is empty in the list property editor ===
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90 The List property select based editor now always make sure the default choice is empty value for non multi list. It's possible control that by indicate what is the default value in which case empty value won't be proposed anymore.
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92 == API Breakages ==
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94 The following APIs were modified since XWiki 10.8.1:
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96 {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="10.9"/}}
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98 = Credits =
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100 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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102 * Adel Atallah
103 * Arun Pattni
104 * Clemens Klein-Robbenhaar
105 * Ecaterina Moraru (Valica)
106 * Eduard Moraru
107 * Guillaume Delhumeau
108 * JSDennebouy
109 * Lavinia Florean
110 * Leif Erik Andersen
111 * Mario-Hofstaetter
112 * Marius Dumitru Florea
113 * Ryszard Jeziorski
114 * Simon Urli
115 * Thomas Mortagne
116 * Valdis Vitolins
117 * Vincent Massol
118 * xrichard
119 * 吴国凯

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