Release Notes for XWiki 11.10.5

Last modified by Ilie Andriuta on 2020/06/01

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.
This is a bugfix release that covers important issues that we have discovered since 11.10.4 has been released.

New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 10.11.4)

Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 11.10.5.

Upgrades

The following runtime dependencies have been upgraded (they have a different release cycle than XWiki Commons, XWiki Rendering and XWiki Platform):

Tested Browsers & Databases

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

 BrowserTested on:
Chrome30.pngGoogle Chrome 81Not Tested
Edge30.pngMicrosoft Edge 81Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
Firefox30.pngMozilla Firefox 76Tests run and results
IE30.pngInternet Explorer 11
Safari30.pngSafari 13Not Tested

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

 DatabaseTested on:
hypersql.pngHyperSQL 2.5.0Not Tested
mysql.pngMySQL 5.7Tests run and results
oracle.pngOracle 19c
postgresql.pngPostgreSQL 12Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes

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

 Servlet ContainerTested on:
tomcat-icon.pngTomcat 9.0.35Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes

Tests run and results
jetty-icon.pngJetty 9.4.22 (XWiki Standalone packaging)
jetty-icon.pngJetty 9.4.22Not 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 11.10.4:

  • Was never meant to be protected and the class did not made any sense, probably a bad copy/paste
    • Violation type:
      java.field.visibilityReduced
    • Code:
      ## Old:
      field com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseElement<R extends org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference>.LOGGER

      ## New:
      field com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseElement<R extends org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference>.LOGGER
  • Was never meant to be protected and the class did not made any sense, probably a bad copy/paste
    • Violation type:
      java.field.visibilityReduced
    • Code:
      ## Old:
      field com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseElement<R extends org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference>.LOGGER @ com.xpn.xwiki.objects.classes.BaseClass

      ## New:
      field com.xpn.xwiki.objects.classes.BaseClass.LOGGER
  • Was never meant to be protected and the class did not made any sense, probably a bad copy/paste
    • Violation type:
      java.field.removed
    • Code:
      ## Old:
      field com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseElement<R extends org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference>.LOGGER @ com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseObject
  • Was never meant to be protected and the class did not made any sense, probably a bad copy/paste
    • Violation type:
      java.field.removed
    • Code:
      ## Old:
      field com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseElement<R extends org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference>.LOGGER @ com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseProperty<R extends org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference>

Credits

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

Cami Andrei
Eduard Moraru
Guillaume Delhumeau
Manuel Leduc
Marius Dumitru Florea
oanalavinia
Oana-Lavinia Florean
Simon Urli
Thomas Mortagne
Vincent Massol

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