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16 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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18 This releases improves the new client-side PDF Export feature (still experimental but getting closer to being production ready) by offering the ability to configure it in the Admin UI and by enhancing the default template. It also fixes bugs and especially several security bugs, making it a recommended upgrade.
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20 {{comment}}
21 Uncomment when there's at least one issue listed in the table!
22 {{error}}
23 The following regressions were introduced in this release (and found after it was released). Please check them out and if they impact you we recommend waiting to upgrade to a version where they are fixed.
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33 {{jira id="xwikiorg" source="jql"}}
34 category = 10000 and affectedVersion in ($affectedVersions)${fixVersionJQL}and priority = Blocker and resolution in (Fixed, Unresolved) and component != "Development Issues only"
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38 {{/comment}}
39
40 = New and Noteworthy (since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 14.8) =
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42 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 14.9>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=15195]].
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44 {{releasenotechanges/}}
45
46 === Upgrades ===
47
48 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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50 * [[node 16.17.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20148]]
51 * [[log4j API 2.19.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2530]]
52 * [[Snakeyaml 1.33>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2520]]
53 * [[Protostream 4.5.0.Final>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2528]]
54 * [[Protobuf Java 3.21.7>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2515]]
55 * [[Netty 4.1.82.Final>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20134]]
56 * [[MariaDB connector 3.0.8>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20147]]
57 * [[Joda-Time 2.11.2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20178]]
58 * [[Jetty Client 9.4.49.v20220914>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20199]]
59 * [[Javassist 3.29.2-GA>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2518]]
60 * [[Jackson Databind 2.13.4.2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2540]]
61 * [[Infinispan 13.0.11.Final>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2519]]
62 * [[ICU4J 71.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2303]]
63 * [[Hibernate 5.6.12>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20177]]
64 * [[Groovy 3.0.13>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2533]]
65 * [[Error Prone annotations 2.16>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2538]]
66 * [[Commons Text 1.10.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2527]]
67 * [[Closure Compiler v20221004>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2537]]
68 * [[Checker Qual 3.26.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2536]]
69 * [[Byte Buddy 1.12.17>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2522]]
70 * [[Bouncy Castle 1.72>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2521]]
71 * [[Batik 1.15>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20179]]
72 * [[Apache PDFBox 2.0.27>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20176]]
73 * [[ASM 9.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2532]]
74 * [[Jython 2.7.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20107]]
75
76 = Translations =
77
78 The following translations have been updated:
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80 {{language codes="de,fr,uk,ru"/}}
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82 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
83
84 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki149RC1.WebHome"/}}
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86 {{comment}}
87 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
88
89 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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91 {{display reference="test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy" section="HSummary"/}}
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93 More details on [[performance comparison on single wiki between x.x and y.y>>test:Performances.Jetty HSQLDB single wiki xxx to yyy]].
94 {{/comment}}
95
96 = Known issues =
97
98 * [[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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100 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
101
102 == General Notes ==
103
104 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
105 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
106 ** ##xwiki.properties##
107 ** ##web.xml##
108 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
109 * 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.
110
111 == Issues specific to {{velocity}}$product $version{{/velocity}} ==
112
113 === Right check for Javascript and StyleSheet XObject ===
114
115 In order to execute the scripts contained in xobjects (javascript XObject or stylesheet XObject) it's now necessary that the author of the page holding those xobjects has script rights.
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117 == API Breakages ==
118
119 The following APIs were modified since {{velocity}}$product{{/velocity}} 14.8:
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121 {{velocity}}
122 {{backwardCompatibilityReport134 version="$version"/}}
123 {{/velocity}}
124
125 = Credits =
126
127 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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129 Gankov Andrey
130 Manuel Leduc
131 Marius Dumitru Florea
132 Nikita Petrenko
133 Oana-Lavinia Florean
134 Simon Urli
135 Simpel
136 Thomas Mortagne
137 Vincent Massol
138 acotiuga
139 nouman
140 xrichard

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