projectdoc Toolbox 8.0.0 Release Notes

Support for Confluence 10.x.

Release Date

Today we released version 8.0.0 of the projectdoc Toolbox!

The projectdoc Toolbox is an add-on for Confluence supporting agile software development teams to collaborate on process, project, system, and product documentation. 

Summary

Support for Confluence 10 requires a new artifact. This artifact is compatible with Confluence 10, but not with previous versions of Confluence.

It also requires to update projectdoc Extensions and four of the Doctype Add-ons (see below).

Breaking Changes

Key Summary T P Description Fix Version/s
PDAC-1864 Support for Confluence 10 New Feature Highest

Support for Confluence 10 requires a new artifact. This artifact is compatible with Confluence 10, but not with previous versions of Confluence.

It also requires to update projectdoc Extensions and some of the Doctype Add-ons (see release notes for details).

8.0.0

Installation Instructions

Install the projectdoc Toolbox to your Confluence instance.

There are no additional steps necessary.

Upgrade Instructions

Update the projectdoc Toolbox on your Confluence instance.

This version supports Confluence version 10.x. and later.

For previous versions of Confluence there are separate versions of the projectdoc Toolbox:

  • Confluence 8.x/7.x see version 6.2.15
  • For Confluence 9.0.x and 9.1.x we recommend to upgrade to Confluence 9.2.x (LTS)
  • For Confluence 9.2.x (LTS) and later see version 7.4.1

List of Changes

The following changes are part of version 8.0.0 of the projectdoc Toolbox for Confluence

Key Summary T P Description
PDAC-1864 Support for Confluence 10 New Feature Highest

Support for Confluence 10 requires a new artifact. This artifact is compatible with Confluence 10, but not with previous versions of Confluence.

It also requires to update projectdoc Extensions and some of the Doctype Add-ons (see release notes for details).

PDAC-1863 Improve Serialization of RenderContentFragment Improvement Major

Update the serialization of RenderContentFragment. Use primitives and String instead of more complex objects.

PDAC-1862 Ensure no Standard Labels rendered in Tag Macro Bug Major

Remove per default labels from the list of tags with the Tag Macro.

There are a couple of standard labels that should never be added as tags to a document. Such as “projectdoc”, “projectdoc-document, “projectdoc-index”, or “unrestored-unknown-attachment”.

PDAC-1861 Properties Marker must only be rendered on Document Properties Table Bug Major

The CSS class “pd-document-properties” must only be set on a properties table.

The Tour Macro also uses this class, but must not.

Related Releases

This version does not require updates of of the Web API Extension or the Information Systems Extension, but it does require the update of the Doctype Add-ons to the versions shown below.

Extension Add-ons

Doctype Add-on Version
14.0.0
9.0.0

Web API Extension

The following changes are part of the latest Web API Extension.

Key Summary T P Status Resolution Description
PDEXWAPI-91 Support for Confluence 10 New Feature Highest To Do Unresolved

Support for Confluence 10 requires a new artifact. This artifact is compatible with Confluence 10, but not with previous versions of Confluence.

This release requires version 8.x of the projectdoc Toolbox.

Information Systems Extension

The following changes are part of the latest Information Systems Extension.

Key Summary T P Status Resolution Description
PDEXINFOSY-58 Support for Confluence 10 New Feature Major To Do Unresolved

Support for Confluence 10 requires a new artifact. This artifact is compatible with Confluence 10, but not with previous versions of Confluence.

This release requires version 8.x of the projectdoc Toolbox.

Doctype Add-ons

The following doctype add-ons are required to be updated for the projectdoc Toolbox.

All doctype add-ons are optional. In case an add-on is not installed, there is no need to install it for this version of the projectdoc Toolbox.

In case any of the following doctype add-ons are used, they are required to be installed to work with this version of the projectdoc Toolbox.

Core Doctypes

The following changes are part of the latest Core Doctypes Add-on

Key Summary T P Status Resolution Description
PDCORED-303 Support for Confluence 10 New Feature Highest To Do Unresolved

Support for Confluence 10 requires a new artifact. This artifact is compatible with Confluence 10, but not with previous versions of Confluence.

This release requires version 8.x of the projectdoc Toolbox.

projectdoc Developer Diaries

The following changes are part of the latest projectdoc Developer Diaries.

Key Summary T P Status Resolution Description
DEVDIARY-155 Support for Confluence 10 New Feature Highest To Do Unresolved

Support for Confluence 10 requires a new artifact. This artifact is compatible with Confluence 10, but not with previous versions of Confluence.

This release requires version 8.x of the projectdoc Toolbox.

Doctypes for Software Development

The following changes are part of the latest Doctypes for Software Development.

Key Summary T P Status Resolution Description
PDSWDEVD-177 Support for Confluence 10 New Feature Highest To Do Unresolved

Support for Confluence 10 requires a new artifact. This artifact is compatible with Confluence 10, but not with previous versions of Confluence.

This release requires version 8.x of the projectdoc Toolbox.

projectdoc arc42 Template

The following changes are part of the latest projectdoc Add-on for arc42.

Key Summary T P Status Resolution Description
ARCFOURTWO-90 Support for Confluence 10 New Feature Highest To Do Unresolved

Support for Confluence 10 requires a new artifact. This artifact is compatible with Confluence 10, but not with previous versions of Confluence.

This release requires version 8.x of the projectdoc Toolbox.

References

Links to information referenced in the release notes.

projectdoc Rebuild Manual
Information for administrators on how to maintain projectdoc documents or to build them from scratch.

Resources

Additional resources on our website regarding the release of the projectdoc Toolbox.

Release Notes for the projectdoc Toolbox
Relevant information on changes to the projectdoc Toolbox for Confluence introduces by new versions of this app.
Glossary
Terms used in and defined for projectdoc.
FAQs
Questions and answers related to the projectdoc Toolbox and Confluence.