Release Notes for XWiki 8.3-rc-1
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.
<insert description of release here>
New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 8.3 Milestone 2)
Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for <version>.
Extension Repository
The Extension Repository Application now supports the optional feature of being able to mark some Extensions as Recommended. This provides some form of curation and separate "good" Extensions from others. The need arises when there are lots of Extensions.
View when the Recommendation feature is turned on:
A Recommended Extension is displayed with a badge showing it's Recommended:
Miscellaneous
<insert misc user stuff and important bug fix descriptions here in a list, when they are too small to warrant a section by themselves - Change the version in the URL below!>
See the full list of JIRA issues fixed in this release.
For Developers
Script service for Instance Module
A new "instance" ScriptService has been introduced with an API to get the XWiki instance id. New methods will be added if needed. See Instance Module extension for more details.
Deprecated and Retired projects
<description of deprecated and retired projects>
Upgrades
The following dependencies have been upgraded:
Miscellaneous
<other dev stuff to add and link to JIRA for all issues fixed>
Translations
The following translations have been updated:
Tested Browsers & Databases
Performances tests compared to <last super stable version>
<a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
More details on <link to the test report>.
Known issues
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 <version>
<issues specific to the project>
API Breakages
The following APIs were modified since <project> <version - 1>:
Credits
The following people have contributed code to this release (sorted alphabetically):
<code contributors>
