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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 This release is a stabilization version that fix important bugs discovered in the 5.4 version.
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9 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 5.4) =
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11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 5.4.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=12003]].
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13 == Improvement ==
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15 * In the Wiki Index, all the wikis that the user can not access [[are not displayed anymore>>extensions:Extension.Wiki Application||anchor="HNewmenusandWikiIndex"]].
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17 == Full Issue List ==
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19 {{jira style="list" url="https://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, status, key, summary" source="jql"}}
20 category in ("Top Level Projects") AND fixVersion in ("5.4.1") AND resolution in (Fixed) and component not in ("Development Issues only")
21 {{/jira}}
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23 + some security issues have been fixed.
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25 = Translations =
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27 The following translations have been updated:
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29 {{language codes="fr, de, tr"/}}
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31 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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33 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportXWiki541Summary"/}}
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35 = Known issues =
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37 * [[Bugs we know about>>https://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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39 = For Developers =
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41 == New extensible cryptographic APIs ==
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43 A new API is available to support all kind of cryptographic processing. This new API is build over the component architecture of XWiki to be fully extensible through external extensions. The ScriptService as well as the module documentation are still to be written, but the whole API is available from the component manager and you may access the javadoc from:
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45 {{velocity}}
46 #macro(cryptoJavadocUrl $version $module)
47 http://nexus.xwiki.org/nexus/service/local/repositories/releases/archive/org/xwiki/platform/xwiki-platform-crypto-${module}/${version}/xwiki-platform-crypto-${module}-${version}-javadoc.jar/!/index.html
48 #end
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50 * [[Javadoc for XWiki Platform Crypto Common>>#cryptoJavadocUrl("5.4.1" "common")]]
51 * [[Javadoc for XWiki Platform Crypto Password>>#cryptoJavadocUrl("5.4.1" "password")]]
52 * [[Javadoc for XWiki Platform Crypto PKIX>>#cryptoJavadocUrl("5.4.1" "pkix")]]
53 * [[Javadoc for XWiki Platform Crypto Cipher>>#cryptoJavadocUrl("5.4.1" "cipher")]]
54 * [[Javadoc for XWiki Platform Crypto Signer>>#cryptoJavadocUrl("5.4.1" "signer")]]
55 {{/velocity}}
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57 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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59 == General Notes ==
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61 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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63 == API Breakages ==
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65 There is no API breakage since XWiki Enterprise 5.4.

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