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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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9 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 11.5) =
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11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for XWiki 11.6RC1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=14432]].
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13 {{releasenotechanges/}}
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15 === Upgrades ===
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17 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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19 * [[CSS4J 1.0.0RC1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16583]]
20 * [[commons-text 1.7>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1668]]
21 * [[commons-collections 4.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1672]]
22 * [[Woodstox 5.3.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1674]]
23 * [[Tika 1.21>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16450]]
24 * [[Solr 8.1.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-14124]]
25 * [[Rome 1.12.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16543]]
26 * [[Protobuf Java 3.9.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16587]]
27 * [[Protobuf Java 3.8.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16551]]
28 * [[Plexus Utils 3.2.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1673]]
29 * [[Plexus Interpolation 1.26>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1663]]
30 * [[MChange Commons 0.2.16>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16552]]
31 * [[Joda-Time 2.10.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16571]]
32 * [[JavaMail 1.6.3>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1494]]
33 * [[Jackson 2.9.9.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1675]]
34 * [[JSqlParser 2.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16553]]
35 * [[JGroups 4.0.20>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1661]]
36 * [[Infinispan 9.4.15.Final>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1658]]
37 * [[Guava 28.0-jre>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1155]]
38 * [[Freefont 20120503>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16567]]
39 * [[Checker Qual 2.9.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1666]]
40 * [[Apache PDFBox 2.0.16>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16548]]
41 * [[PostgresSQL connector to 42.2.6>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16542]]
42 * [[CKEditor Integration 1.36>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16597]]
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44 = Translations =
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46 The following translations have been updated:
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48 {{language codes="fr,ko,no,pt_BR,ru,zh,zh_TW"/}}
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50 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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52 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki116RC1.WebHome"/}}
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55 {{comment}}
56 TODO: uncomment and update with proper links when the report is ready.
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58 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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60 <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
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62 More details on <link to the test report>.
63 {{/comment}}
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65 = Known issues =
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67 * [[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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69 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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71 == General Notes ==
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73 * When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
74 ** ##xwiki.cfg##
75 ** ##xwiki.properties##
76 ** ##web.xml##
77 ** ##hibernate.cfg.xml##
78 * 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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80 == API Breakages ==
81
82 The following APIs were modified since XWiki 11.5:
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84 {{backwardCompatiblityReport version="11.6-rc-1"/}}
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86 = Credits =
87
88 The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):
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90 Alex Cotiugă
91 arcilli
92 Camelia Andrei
93 Catalin Scripcariu
94 Clément Aubin
95 Ecaterina Moraru (Valica)
96 Jarle Sandmo
97 Marius Dumitru Florea
98 NilRai
99 Pyungkyu Moon
100 Simon Urli
101 Thomas Mortagne
102 Vincent Massol
103 Vyacheslav Sukharnikov
104 xrichard
105 zon1002

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