Release Notes - XWiki Platform - Version 9.0-rc-1 - HTML format

Bug

  • [XWIKI-8910] - Cannot delete document with many large attachments
  • [XWIKI-9386] - Unable to run Solr queries without PR
  • [XWIKI-12642] - Skin extension classes does not update properly for XSKINX-32
  • [XWIKI-12937] - Impossible to copy a page if the user has no edit right at the wiki or space level
  • [XWIKI-13372] - Failed to upgrade XWiki.TemplateProviderTemplate between pre-NS and post-NS version
  • [XWIKI-13374] - Calls to ElasticSearch should set the user agent
  • [XWIKI-13474] - Upload of files >2GB fails
  • [XWIKI-13493] - The parent-child relationship of a page is not updated during a move
  • [XWIKI-13812] - Some of the translations are broken at step 3 on AWM on subwikis
  • [XWIKI-13826] - Failed automatic object data conversion during a property rename results in data loss
  • [XWIKI-13847] - Create button not available for users which only have edit rights on a subtree in the wiki (and not on the whole wiki)
  • [XWIKI-13852] - Wrong link "Use this theme" on the current theme on the Flamingo Theme WebHome
  • [XWIKI-13861] - Hidden and unpublished blog articles should not be displayed on the search results or AS
  • [XWIKI-13866] - Can't install on Debian jessie 8.6 because of dbconfig-mysql dependency
  • [XWIKI-13873] - Impossible to translate a page
  • [XWIKI-13877] - Impossible to get/put/delete a page translation trough REST when the default version does not exist
  • [XWIKI-13880] - "Show details" on ldap Authenticator displayed a velocity error
  • [XWIKI-13883] - Pages with / (slash) in the name are saved in the wrong path in a XAR
  • [XWIKI-13892] - When I insert an image (regardless of its size) I want to see it in the editing frame (and not be obliged to scroll right)
  • [XWIKI-13895] - Disable the packager plugin when integration tests are disabled (running a release)
  • [XWIKI-13898] - Error while scanning core extensions in WebSphere
  • [XWIKI-13904] - The "Space Documents Panel" makes the Panel Wizard slow on wikis with many users
  • [XWIKI-13907] - The page tree pagination doesn't work when editing a template provider
  • [XWIKI-13909] - Selection of the creation restrictions locations for template providers is using document names, not titles
  • [XWIKI-13910] - Choosing a creation restriction location with a comma in the name is not straightforward
  • [XWIKI-13916] - BaseClass#addTextAreaField try to modify existing field without checking if it's already the right type
  • [XWIKI-13919] - Setting an xproperty to the empty string via REST fails
  • [XWIKI-13925] - Can't install extension if there is any non blocker error in the install plan log
  • [XWIKI-13928] - Explicit attachment mime type is lost when importing a XAR
  • [XWIKI-13931] - Clicking on the "X more..." link changes the selection in the tree
  • [XWIKI-13932] - Bad float in PDF might cause PDF attachment to not be indexed by SOLR
  • [XWIKI-13939] - Serializing solr indexer job progress on big wikis takes way too much memory
  • [XWIKI-13940] - DefaultWikiCopier might produce broken progress tree
  • [XWIKI-13943] - ListClass#getMap returns entries in a random order
  • [XWIKI-13945] - English typo in the creation of a Template Provider
  • [XWIKI-13946] - The headings from the installation instructions are not displayed in the table of contents

New Feature

  • [XWIKI-13887] - Display graph showing the various distribution ids used

Task

Improvement

  • [XWIKI-7623] - Bad Image Scaling Quality
  • [XWIKI-7715] - Hard to understand which is the default value for Profile's Preferences entries (edit/view mode)
  • [XWIKI-11717] - Update the list of exposed variables in the Flamingo Theme Editor
  • [XWIKI-12566] - Allow subwiki admin to install webjars
  • [XWIKI-13070] - Better organisation of Drawer's entries
  • [XWIKI-13161] - Move XAR format to XML 1.1
  • [XWIKI-13320] - Display a nicer message when using a Java version incompatible with XWiki
  • [XWIKI-13785] - Filesystem templates should have programming right by default
  • [XWIKI-13818] - Use the XWiki Icon Set in the Blog Application
  • [XWIKI-13843] - Drop support for IE6
  • [XWIKI-13851] - Make the "page type" section of the "Create Page" form bigger
  • [XWIKI-13854] - Find a way to provide a list of reusable dependencies to other XWiki Distributions
  • [XWIKI-13863] - Add support for wildcard in distribution id configuration
  • [XWIKI-13864] - Match all org.xwiki.* distributions by default
  • [XWIKI-13869] - Option to use custom temporary file name for download
  • [XWIKI-13870] - Send extension features in active install
  • [XWIKI-13879] - Add test helpers to manipulate page locales and translations
  • [XWIKI-13881] - Automatically convert Instance Id passed as a String into an InstanceId object
  • [XWIKI-13891] - Add ability to specify the locale when rendering a translation from a script
  • [XWIKI-13897] - Automatically install on root namespace the JAR dependencies of the default main wiki UI
  • [XWIKI-13901] - Make it easier to find an element in the select fields of the "Localization" section in the Administration
  • [XWIKI-13902] - Rewrite entities to/fromXML methods based on Filter framework
  • [XWIKI-13908] - The priority for the creation restrictions of a template provider is not clear
  • [XWIKI-13911] - Introduce mojo in Packager plugin to generate data package which support XAR and JAR extensions
  • [XWIKI-13914] - Put back the "create wiki" link in the Wiki Index
  • [XWIKI-13944] - Allow "=" in static list value labels
  • [XWIKI-13950] - XAR input filter should not load the entire attachment in memory
  • [XWIKI-13969] - Provide helper to make easier to migrate classes in mandatory documents
  • [XWIKI-13971] - Make AbstractMandatoryDocumentInitializer public
  • [XWIKI-13984] - Provide an extension.xed descriptor for the generated runtime

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