Release Notes - XWiki Platform - Version 8.3-rc-1 - HTML format

Bug

  • [XWIKI-13087] - The setup of user initial groups on user creation can set groups cache to a wrong value, resulting in wrong user groups until next restart
  • [XWIKI-13172] - Section Name displayed with Markup
  • [XWIKI-13632] - Wrong key generation in XWikiCacheStore
  • [XWIKI-13693] - Deprecated LDAP translations have been broken
  • [XWIKI-13694] - xwiki.action.*.xar.usefilter are not up to date in the generated xwiki.cfg
  • [XWIKI-13695] - UI should allow XAR export even when Package plugin is not found
  • [XWIKI-13697] - Missing translations for Ratings and Installation count in Extension Livetable
  • [XWIKI-13700] - The document tree is still slow on MySql
  • [XWIKI-13708] - Possible nullpointer in the log when deleting an attachment
  • [XWIKI-13710] - The title displayed for the current document in the navigation panel is "Document Tree"
  • [XWIKI-13711] - Rest service delete page even when it's already deleted
  • [XWIKI-13712] - Document#saveDocument set the document author as guest reference instead of null when context has no user
  • [XWIKI-13713] - Guest user can still add/delete attachments using REST API when its denied edit right
  • [XWIKI-13717] - Global user may loose local subwiki rights received via global groups
  • [XWIKI-13719] - Don't hardcode the HSQLDB version when not defined in project using the Packager plugin
  • [XWIKI-13733] - Installation via apt get of XWiki Enterprise does not select CKEditor as default editor
  • [XWIKI-13734] - Context macro should execute transformations in the context of the referenced document
  • [XWIKI-13735] - Some special characters in request parameter keys cause a "missing end delimiter" exception
  • [XWIKI-13736] - Possible Nullpointer when accessing root REST resource of an extension

New Feature

  • [XWIKI-13691] - Add ability to filter out Recommended extensions and provide a UI for it
  • [XWIKI-13714] - Create a script service for the Instance Module

Task

  • [XWIKI-13707] - Reorganize xwiki-platform-xar to make way for future new XAR import/export modules
  • [XWIKI-13723] - Upgrade to JGroups 3.6.11

Improvement

  • [XWIKI-13663] - Update the User Profile's "Dashboard preferences" label to be in line with its behaviour
  • [XWIKI-13698] - Display recommended extensions in the Extension Manager
  • [XWIKI-13701] - Make SUExecutor public
  • [XWIKI-13702] - Make Template Manager fallback on embedded template file
  • [XWIKI-13704] - Remove lock in the XWikiCacheStore
  • [XWIKI-13705] - Add support for document Locale in uid serializers
  • [XWIKI-13709] - Provide a helper to produce a default mail Session based on standard configuration
  • [XWIKI-13715] - XWiki#getPlainUserName() should log only a warning instead of an error with full stack trace because it falls-back on the user profile reference name
  • [XWIKI-13716] - On Administration rights page, radio button is not stick at "users" when I resize my browser
  • [XWIKI-13718] - Allow configuring the width and height of the Gallery macro
  • [XWIKI-13731] - Make most expensive steps more visible

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