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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 This release brings new security features related to user authentication and management, a new way to see document changes closer to the WYSIWYG edition, and a new macro to define part of a document that should be asynchronously loaded for better performance.
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10 Some important bugs have been found since XWiki 11.6 has been released:
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12 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org"}}
13 XWIKI-16640
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17 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 11.5) =
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19 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 11.6>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=14432]].
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21 {{releasenotechanges/}}
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23 === Upgrades ===
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25 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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27 * [[CSS4J 1.0.0RC1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16583]]
28 * [[commons-text 1.7>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1668]]
29 * [[commons-collections 4.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1672]]
30 * [[Woodstox 5.3.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1674]]
31 * [[Tika 1.21>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16450]]
32 * [[Solr 8.1.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-14124]]
33 * [[Rome 1.12.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16543]]
34 * [[Protobuf Java 3.9.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16587]]
35 * [[Protobuf Java 3.8.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16551]]
36 * [[Plexus Utils 3.2.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1673]]
37 * [[Plexus Interpolation 1.26>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1663]]
38 * [[MChange Commons 0.2.16>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16552]]
39 * [[Joda-Time 2.10.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16571]]
40 * [[JavaMail 1.6.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1494]]
41 * [[Jackson 2.9.9.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1675]]
42 * [[JSqlParser 2.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16553]]
43 * [[JGroups 4.0.20>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1661]]
44 * [[Infinispan 9.4.15.Final>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1658]]
45 * [[Guava 28.0-jre>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1155]]
46 * [[Freefont 20120503>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16567]]
47 * [[Checker Qual 2.9.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1666]]
48 * [[Apache PDFBox 2.0.16>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16548]]
49 * [[PostgresSQL connector to 42.2.6>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16542]]
50 * [[CKEditor Integration 1.36>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16597]]
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52 = Translations =
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54 The following translations have been updated:
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56 {{language codes="fr,ko,no,pt_BR,ru,zh,zh_TW"/}}
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58 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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60 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki116.WebHome"/}}
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62 {{comment}}
63 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
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65 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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67 <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
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69 More details on <link to the test report>.
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72 = Known issues =
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74 * [[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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76 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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78 == General Notes ==
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80 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
81 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
82 ** ##xwiki.properties##
83 ** ##web.xml##
84 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
85 * 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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87 == API Breakages ==
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89 The following APIs were modified since XWiki 11.5:
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91 {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="11.6"/}}
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93 = Credits =
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95 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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97 Alex Cotiugă
98 arcilli
99 Camelia Andrei
100 Catalin Scripcariu
101 Clemens Robbenhaar
102 Clément Aubin
103 Ecaterina Moraru (Valica)
104 Jarle Sandmo
105 Marius Dumitru Florea
106 NilRai
107 Pyungkyu Moon
108 Simon Urli
109 Thomas Mortagne
110 Vincent Massol
111 Vyacheslav Sukharnikov
112 xrichard
113 XWiki
114 zon1002

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