Release Notes - XWiki Platform - Version 8.3 - HTML format

Bug

  • [XWIKI-12912] - Improve authorization checks based on the current user for accessing a VFS attachment archive
  • [XWIKI-13256] - Viewing a PPT / ODP with the Office Macro fails when on a nested page
  • [XWIKI-13310] - Menus entries are stuck to the arrow indicating a sub-menu
  • [XWIKI-13490] - Document displayer put the wrong XWikiDocument instance in the context
  • [XWIKI-13706] - Cannot add a custom favicon anymore
  • [XWIKI-13727] - Ratings app is unusable showing unrendered velocity macro call
  • [XWIKI-13729] - Script right missing in a subwiki's default rights setup
  • [XWIKI-13740] - The document tree is not loading on a sub wiki dashboard
  • [XWIKI-13742] - Put back XWikiDocument#getRenderedContent(String) behavior and move the safeguard at Document level
  • [XWIKI-13743] - Impossible to set the TextArea content type in the class editor
  • [XWIKI-13745] - Many classes have the wrong TextArea content type
  • [XWIKI-13746] - Users may loose access rights related to their group memberships on heavy loaded sites
  • [XWIKI-13756] - Repository extension update might end up deleteding and recreating the same dependencies over and over
  • [XWIKI-13760] - Repository Application is missing allowed namespaces field in the class
  • [XWIKI-13764] - XAR extension pages index is not properly filled at init
  • [XWIKI-13766] - When uninstalling a XAR, pages which are part of several extensions are sometimes selected
  • [XWIKI-13772] - A warning is displayed on the log when a Flamingo Theme is being edited
  • [XWIKI-13776] - "Content" field always uses the GWT WYSIWYG in edit mode
  • [XWIKI-13777] - Possible StackOverflow when trying to repair on a wiki an extension installed on root
  • [XWIKI-13788] - Long text field from app in minutes shows html code when adding an entry

New Feature

  • [XWIKI-742] - Parsing option for TextAreaProperty

Task

  • [XWIKI-13768] - Move XWiki10DocumentTitleDisplayer to contrib

Improvement

  • [XWIKI-10375] - Refactor the temporary resource concept inside the Resource module
  • [XWIKI-13726] - Have XWiki displayed as last item in the "Navigation" panel
  • [XWIKI-13748] - Save embedded images that use Data URI as attachments when importing an office document
  • [XWIKI-13752] - Introduce a new Context macro parameter to control the execution environment for macros inside it
  • [XWIKI-13771] - Make XWikiCacheStore#flushCache() empty the cache instead of trying to create a new one

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