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

New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 8.3 Milestone 2)

Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 8.3.

For Users

Miscellaneous

For Admins

Miscellaneous

For Developers

Miscellaneous

Upgrades

The following dependencies have been upgraded:

• Jackson 2.8.3
• JGroups 3.6.11
• javax.annotation-api 1.3

Translations

The following translations have been updated: 

• Danish
• German
• Spanish
• French
• Latvian
• Dutch
• Russian
• Slovak
• Swedish
• Turkish

Tested Browsers & Databases

Known issues

• Bugs we know about

Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes

General Notes

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.

Issues specific to XWiki 8.3 Release Candidate 1

None!

API Breakages

The following APIs were modified since XWiki 8.2.1:

• Align with ExtensionRepository API
  • Violation type:
    java.method.exception.checkedAdded
  • Code:
    ## Old:
    method org.xwiki.extension.repository.result.IterableResult<org.xwiki.extension.Extension> org.xwiki.extension.repository.ExtensionRepositoryManager::search(java.lang.String, int, int)
    
    ## New:
    method org.xwiki.extension.repository.result.IterableResult<org.xwiki.extension.Extension> org.xwiki.extension.repository.ExtensionRepositoryManager::search(java.lang.String, int, int) throws org.xwiki.extension.repository.search.SearchException
• Align with ExtensionRepository API
  • Violation type:
    java.method.exception.checkedAdded
  • Code:
    ## Old:
    method org.xwiki.extension.repository.result.IterableResult<org.xwiki.extension.Extension> org.xwiki.extension.repository.ExtensionRepositoryManager::search(org.xwiki.extension.repository.search.ExtensionQuery)
    
    ## New:
    method org.xwiki.extension.repository.result.IterableResult<org.xwiki.extension.Extension> org.xwiki.extension.repository.ExtensionRepositoryManager::search(org.xwiki.extension.repository.search.ExtensionQuery) throws org.xwiki.extension.repository.search.SearchException
• Young API. Remember the external name of the resource
  • Violation type:
    java.method.addedToInterface
  • Code:
    ## Old:
    null
    
    ## New:
    method java.lang.String org.xwiki.skin.Resource<I extends org.xwiki.filter.input.InputSource>::getResourceName()
• Young API. Add helpers
  • Violation type:
    java.method.addedToInterface
  • Code:
    ## Old:
    null
    
    ## New:
    method org.xwiki.rendering.block.XDOM org.xwiki.template.TemplateManager::execute(org.xwiki.template.Template) throws java.lang.Exception
• Young API. Add helpers
  • Violation type:
    java.method.addedToInterface
  • Code:
    ## Old:
    null
    
    ## New:
    method org.xwiki.rendering.block.XDOM org.xwiki.template.TemplateManager::executeNoException(org.xwiki.template.Template)
• Young API. Add helpers
  • Violation type:
    java.method.addedToInterface
  • Code:
    ## Old:
    null
    
    ## New:
    method org.xwiki.rendering.block.XDOM org.xwiki.template.TemplateManager::getXDOM(org.xwiki.template.Template) throws java.lang.Exception
• Young API. Add helpers
  • Violation type:
    java.method.addedToInterface
  • Code:
    ## Old:
    null
    
    ## New:
    method org.xwiki.rendering.block.XDOM org.xwiki.template.TemplateManager::getXDOMNoException(org.xwiki.template.Template)
• Young API. Add helpers
  • Violation type:
    java.method.addedToInterface
  • Code:
    ## Old:
    null
    
    ## New:
    method void org.xwiki.template.TemplateManager::renderNoException(org.xwiki.template.Template, java.io.Writer)
• Align with ExtensionRepository API
  • Violation type:
    java.method.exception.checkedAdded
  • Code:
    ## Old:
    method org.xwiki.extension.repository.result.IterableResult<org.xwiki.extension.Extension> org.xwiki.platform.flavor.FlavorManager::getFlavors(org.xwiki.platform.flavor.FlavorQuery)
    
    ## New:
    method org.xwiki.extension.repository.result.IterableResult<org.xwiki.extension.Extension> org.xwiki.platform.flavor.FlavorManager::getFlavors(org.xwiki.platform.flavor.FlavorQuery) throws org.xwiki.extension.repository.search.SearchException
• Align with ExtensionRepository API
  • Violation type:
    java.method.exception.checkedAdded
  • Code:
    ## Old:
    method org.xwiki.extension.repository.result.IterableResult<org.xwiki.extension.Extension> org.xwiki.platform.flavor.FlavorManager::searchFlavors(org.xwiki.platform.flavor.FlavorQuery)
    
    ## New:
    method org.xwiki.extension.repository.result.IterableResult<org.xwiki.extension.Extension> org.xwiki.platform.flavor.FlavorManager::searchFlavors(org.xwiki.platform.flavor.FlavorQuery) throws org.xwiki.extension.repository.search.SearchException
• Was publicly exposing internal class
  • Violation type:
    java.field.typeChanged
  • Code:
    ## Old:
    field org.xwiki.mail.script.AbstractMailScriptService.sessionFactory
    
    ## New:
    field org.xwiki.mail.script.AbstractMailScriptService.sessionFactory

Credits

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

Alexandru Cotiuga
Denis Gervalle
Eduard Moraru
Manuel Smeria
Marius Dumitru Florea
Thibault Clauzier
Thomas Mortagne
Vincent Massol