Release Notes for XWiki 14.10.5

Last modified by Vincent Massol on 2023/04/26

This is the release notes for XWiki Commons, XWiki Rendering and XWiki Platform. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.

Bugfix release with several security issues fixed.

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.

New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 14.10.4)

Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 14.10.5.

Translations

The following translations have been updated: 

Tested Browsers & Databases

Here is the list of browsers we support and how they have been tested for this release:

 BrowserTested on:
Firefox30.pngMozilla Firefox 110Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
Chrome30.pngGoogle Chrome 110Not Tested
Edge30.pngMicrosoft Edge 110Tests run and results
Safari30.pngSafari 16Not Tested

Here is the list of databases we support and how they have been tested for this release:

 DatabaseTested on:
hypersql.pngHyperSQL 2.7.1Not Tested
postgresql.pngPostgreSQL 15Not Tested
mariadb.pngMariaDB 10.6Not Tested
mysql.pngMySQL 8Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
oracle.pngOracle 19cTests run and results

Here is the list of Servlet Containers we support and how they have been tested for this release:

 Servlet ContainerTested on:
tomcat-icon.pngTomcat 9.0.71
jetty-icon.pngJetty 10.0.7 (XWiki Standalone packaging)Not Tested
jetty-icon.pngJetty 10.0.7Not Tested

Known issues

Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes

General Notes

  • When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
    • xwiki.cfg
    • xwiki.properties
    • web.xml
    • hibernate.cfg.xml
  • 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.

API Breakages

The following APIs were modified since XWiki 14.10.4:

Unstable APIs

Not real backward compatibility breakages since they were done on APIs marked @Unstable (a.k.a Young APIs). Thus it's part of the contract that they can be broken until they become stable. They're listed purely for reference in case you decided to still use them (and thus agreed to be broken).

  • Young API. Refactored into a more generic version exposed by xwiki-rendering.
    • Violation type:
      java.method.returnTypeChanged
    • Code:
      ## Old:
      method org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSourceReference org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.CodeMacroParameters::getSource()

      ## New:
      method org.xwiki.rendering.macro.source.MacroContentSourceReference org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.CodeMacroParameters::getSource()
  • Young API. Refactored into a more generic version exposed by xwiki-rendering.
    • Violation type:
      java.method.parameterTypeChanged
    • Code:
      ## Old:
      parameter void org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.CodeMacroParameters::setSource(===org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSourceReference===)

      ## New:
      parameter void org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.CodeMacroParameters::setSource(===org.xwiki.rendering.macro.source.MacroContentSourceReference===)
  • Young API. Refactored into a more generic version exposed by xwiki-rendering.
    • Violation type:
      java.method.parameterTypeChanged
    • Code:
      ## Old:
      parameter void org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSource::<init>(===org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSourceReference===, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

      ## New:
      parameter void org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSource::<init>(===org.xwiki.rendering.macro.source.MacroContentSourceReference===, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
  • Young API. Refactored into a more generic version exposed by xwiki-rendering.
    • Violation type:
      java.method.returnTypeChanged
    • Code:
      ## Old:
      method org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSourceReference org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSource::getReference()

      ## New:
      method org.xwiki.rendering.macro.source.MacroContentSourceReference org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSource::getReference()
  • Young API. Refactored into a more generic version exposed by xwiki-rendering.
    • Violation type:
      java.method.parameterTypeChanged
    • Code:
      ## Old:
      parameter org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSource org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSourceFactory::getContent(===org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSourceReference===, org.xwiki.rendering.transformation.MacroTransformationContext) throws org.xwiki.rendering.macro.MacroExecutionException

      ## New:
      parameter org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSource org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSourceFactory::getContent(===org.xwiki.rendering.macro.source.MacroContentSourceReference===, org.xwiki.rendering.transformation.MacroTransformationContext) throws org.xwiki.rendering.macro.MacroExecutionException
  • Young API. Refactored into a more generic version exposed by xwiki-rendering.
    • Violation type:
      java.class.removed
    • Code:
      ## Old:
      class org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSourceReference
  • Young API. Refactored into a more generic version exposed by xwiki-rendering.
    • Violation type:
      java.class.removed
    • Code:
      ## Old:
      interface org.xwiki.rendering.macro.code.source.CodeMacroSourceReferenceConverter<T>

Credits

The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):

  • Alex Cotiugă
  • Manuel Leduc
  • Marius Dumitru Florea
  • Michael Hamann
  • Oana-Lavinia Florean
  • Simon Urli
  • Thomas Mortagne
  • Vincent Massol

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