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1 = MediaWiki release notes =
2
3 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
4 setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.
5
6 == MediaWiki 1.16 ==
7
8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
9
10 MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
11 quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
12 "ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.
13
14 Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
15 from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature developments
16 will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.
17
18 Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
19 it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
20
21 === Configuration changes in 1.16 ===
22
23 * $wgEnableFirefogg enable support for firefogg extension, firefogg supports
24 in-browser transcoding, chunk uploads and client side hash checking.
25 * $wgEnableTemporalOggUrls enable oggz_chop support a server side ogg seeking
26 helper
27 * $wgEnableScriptLoader if the script-loader shoudl be enabled
28 * $wgJSAutoloadClasses array of javascript classes to file paths used by
29 script-loader to load javascript by class name.
30 * $wgEnableJS2system if we should include js2 stuff like jquery,
31 mv_embed.js (script-loader helper) and use new interfaces for upload
32 * $wgEnableScriptLoaderJsFile if we support grabbing js files with the script
33 loader. By default we only grab classes in $wgJSAutoloadClasses
34 * $wgEnableScriptMinify if you want the script loader to minify js
35 * $wgEnableScriptLocalization if you want the script loader to do msg lookups
36 * $wgMwEmbedDirectory the path to MwEmbed Directory (maybe we can depreciate
37 this. Was used when mwEmbed was going to be an extension.
38 * $wgDebugJavaScript if we want to enable fresh debug javascript
39 * $wgPhpCliPath Path to php-cli for spinning up background php processes
40 * (bug 18222) $wgMinimalPasswordLength default is now 1
41 * $wgSessionHandler can be used to configure session.save_handler
42 * $wgLocalFileRepo/$wgForeignFileRepos now have a 'fileMode' parameter to
43 be used when uploading/moving files
44 * (bug 18761) $wgHiddenPrefs is a new array for specifying preferences not
45 to be shown to users
46 * $wgAllowRealName and $wgAllowUserSkin were deprecated in favor of
47 $wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'realname', but the former are still retained
48 for backwards-compatibility
49 * (bug 9257) $wgRCMaxAge now defaults to three months
50 * $wgDevelopmentWarnings can be set to true to show warnings about deprecated
51 functions and other potential errors when developing.
52 * Subpages are now enabled in the MediaWiki namespace by default. This is
53 mainly a cosmetic change, and does not in any way affect the MessageCache,
54 which was already effectively treating the namespace as if it had subpages.
55 * (bug 10837) $wgVariant is a user variant selected in the user's preferences
56 if the $wgContLang does not have variant, then the $wgLang is used instead.
57 * Oracle: maintenance/ora/user.sql script for creating DB user on oracle with
58 appropriate privileges. Creating this user with web-install page requires
59 oci8.privileged_connect set to On in php.ini.
60 * Removed UserrightsChangeableGroups hook introduced in 1.14
61 * Added $wgCacheDirectory, to replace $wgFileCacheDirectory,
62 $wgLocalMessageCache, and any other local caches which need a place to put
63 files.
64 * $wgFileCacheDirectory is no longer set to anything by default, and so either
65 needs to be set explicitly, or $wgCacheDirectory needs to be set instead.
66 * $wgLocalMessageCache has been removed. Instead, set $wgUseLocalMessageCache
67 to true
68 * Removed $wgEnableSerializedMessages and $wgCheckSerialized. Similar
69 functionality is now available via $wgLocalisationCacheConf.
70 * $wgMessageCache->addMessages() is deprecated. Messages added via this
71 interface will not appear in Special:AllMessages.
72 * $wgRegisterInternalExternals can be used to record external links pointing
73 to same server
74 * $wgSpecialVersionExtended shows the extended version information besides
75 PHP and database version.
76 * $wgSecondaryGoNamespaces allows an arry of namespaces to be checked when the
77 GO button is pressed, in addition to the main namespace.
78 * (bug 19907) $wgCrossSiteAJAXdomains and $wgCrossSiteAJAXdomainsRegex added
79 to control which external domains may access the API via cross-site AJAX.
80 * $wgMaintenanceScripts for extensions to add their scripts to the default list
81 * $wgMemoryLimit has been added, default value '50M'
82
83 === New features in 1.16 ===
84
85 * Add CSS defintion of the 'wikitable' class to shared.css
86 * (bug 17163) Added MediaWiki:Talkpageheader which will be displayed when
87 viewing talk pages
88 * Superfluous border="0" removed from images
89 * Added new hook 'MessageCacheReplace' into MessageCache.php. For instance
90 to allow extensions to update caches in similar way as MediaWiki invalidates
91 a cached MonoBook sidebar
92 * Special:AllPages: Move hardcoded styles from code to CSS
93 * (bug 18529) New hook: SoftwareInfo for adding information about the software
94 to Special:Version
95 * Added $wgExtPGAlteredFields to allow extensions to easily alter the data
96 type of columns when using the Postgres backend.
97 * (bug 16950) Show move log when viewing/creating a deleted page
98 * (bug 18242) Show the Subversion revision number per extensions in
99 Special:Version
100 * (bug 18420) Missing file revisions are handled gracefully now
101 * (bug 9219) Auth plugins can control editing RealName/Email/Nick preferences
102 * New hook: MessageNotInMwNs to handle localised messages that aren't in the
103 Mediawiki Namespace, before checking the message files
104 * (bug 18466) Add note or warning when overruling a move (semi-)protection
105 * (bug 18342) insertTags works in edit summary box
106 * (bug 18411) The upload form also checks post_max_size
107 * Watchlist now has a specialized <div> tag that contains a unique class for
108 each page
109 * Added Minguo calendar support for the Taiwan Chinese language
110 * Database: unionQueries function to be used for UNION sql construction, so
111 it can be overloaded on DB abstraction level for DB specific functionality
112 * (bug 18849) Implement Japanese and North Korean calendars
113 * (bug 5755) Introduce {{CURRENTMONTH1}} and {{LOCALMONTH1}} to display the
114 month number without the leading zero
115 * (bug 13456) categoriespagetext supports PLURAL
116 * (bug 18860) Blocks of IPs affecting registered users can now block email
117 * (bug 17093) Date and time are separate parameters in Special:BlockList
118 * (bug 11484) Added ISO speed rating to default collapsed EXIF metadata view
119 * (bug 14866) Messages 'recentchangeslinked-toolbox' and
120 'recentchangeslinked-toolbox' were added to allow more fine grained
121 customisation of the user interface
122 * DISPLAYTITLE now accepts a limited amount of wiki markup (the single-quote items)
123 * Special:Search now could search terms in all variant-forms. ONLY apply on
124 wikis with LanguageConverter
125 * Add autopromote condition APCOND_BLOCKED to autopromote blocked users to various
126 user groups.
127 * Add $wgRevokePermissions as a means of restricting a group's rights. The syntax is
128 identical to $wgGroupPermissions, but users in these groups will have these rights
129 stripped from them.
130 * Added a PHP port of CDB (constant database), for improved local caching when
131 the DBA extension is not available.
132 * Introduced a new system for localisation caching. The system is based around
133 fast fetches of individual messages, minimising memory overhead and startup
134 time in the typical case. The database backend will be used by default, but
135 set $wgCacheDirectory to get a faster CDB-based implementation.
136 * Expanded the number of variables which can be set in the extension messages
137 files.
138 * Added a feature to allow per-article process pool size control for the parsing
139 task, to limit resource usage when the cache for a heavily-viewed article is
140 invalidated. Requires an external daemon.
141 * Leading > is now syntax for <blockquote>.
142 * (bug 19576) Moved the id attribues from the anchors accompanying section
143 headers to the <span class="mw-headline"> elements within the section headers,
144 removing the redundant anchor elements.
145 * Parser::setFunctionTagHook now can be used to add a new tag which is parsed at
146 preprocesor level.
147 * Added $wgShowArchiveThumbnails, allowing sysadmins to disable thumbnail
148 display for old versions of images.
149 * In watchlists and Special:RecentChanges, the difference in page size now
150 appears in dark green if bytes were added and dark red if bytes were removed.
151 * Added FSRepo configuration properties thumbUrl and thumbDir, to allow the
152 thumbnails to be stored in a separate location to the source images.
153 * If config/ directory is not executable, the command to make it executable
154 now asks the user to cd to the correct directory
155 * Add experimental new external authentication framework, ExternalAuth
156 * (bug 14201) Set $wgDBadminuser/$wgDBadminpassword during setup
157 * (bug 18768) Remove AdminSettings requirements. Maintenance environment
158 will still load it if it exists, but it's not required for anything
159 * Added $wgSecondaryGoNamespaces, allowing an array of namespaces to be checked
160 when the Go button is pressed in addition to the main namespace.
161 * (bug 19900) The "listgrouprights-key" message is now wrapped in a div with
162 class "mw-listgrouprights-key"
163 * (bug 471) Allow RSS feeds for watchlist, using an opt-in security token
164 * (bug 10812) Interwiki links can have names and descriptions, fetched from
165 message 'interwiki-desc-PREFIX', not really used anywhere yet though
166 * (bug 9691) Add type (signup or login) parameter to AuthPlugin::ModifyUITemplate()
167 * (bug 14454) "Member of group(s)" in Special:Preferences causes language difficulties
168 * (bug 16697) Unicode combining characters are difficult to edit in some browsers
169 * Parser test supports uploading results to remote CodeReview instance
170 * (bug 20013) Added CSS class "mw-version-ext-version" is wrapped on the
171 extension version in Special:Version
172 * (bug 20014) Added CSS class "mw-listgrouprights-right-name" is wrapped on the
173 right name in Special:ListGroupRights
174 * (bug 12920) New CoreParserFunction {{nse:...}} as an url-friendly equivalent
175 to {{ns:...}}
176 * (bug 16322) Allow maintenance scripts to accept DB user/pass over input or params
177 * (bug 18566) Maintenance script to un/protect pages
178 * (bug 671) The HTML <abbr> tag is now permitted.
179 * RecentChanges now has a legend to explain what the Nmb! flags mean, and the
180 flags have tooltips.
181 * (bug 15209) New hook BeforeInitialize called after everything has been setup
182 but before Mediawiki::performRequestForTitle()
183 * wgMainPageTitle variable now available to JavaScript code to identify the main
184 page link, so it doesn't have to be extracted from the link URLs.
185 * (bug 16836) Display preview of signature in user preferences and describe its use
186 * The default output format is now HTML 5 instead of XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
187 This can be disabled by setting $wgHtml5 = false;. Specific features enabled
188 if HTML 5 is used:
189 ** New HTML 5 input attributes allow JavaScript-free input validation in some
190 cutting-edge browsers. E.g., some inputs will be autofocused, users will
191 not be allowed to submit forms with certain types of invalid values (like
192 numbers outside the permitted ranges), etc.
193 ** The summary attribute has been removed from tables of contents. summary is
194 obsolete in HTML 5 and wasn't useful here anyway.
195 ** Unnecessary type="" attribute removed for CSS and JS.
196 ** If $wgWellFormedXml is set to false, some bytes will be shaved off of HTML
197 output by omitting some things like quotation marks where HTML 5 allows.
198 * Added crop for inline images.
199 * The description message in $wgExtensionCredits can be an array with parameters
200
201 === Bug fixes in 1.16 ===
202
203 * (bug 18031) Make namespace selector on Special:Export remember the previous
204 selection
205 * The svn-version version numbers on Special:Version have been removed
206 * (bug 17374) Special:Export no longer exports two copies of the same page
207 * (bug 18190) Proper parsing in MediaWiki:Sharedupload message
208 * (bug 17617) HTML cleanup for ImagePage
209 * (bug 17964) namespaceDupes.php no longer fails on an empty interwiki table
210 * Improved error handling for image moving
211 * (bug 17974) On Special:SpecialPages, restricted special pages are now marked
212 with <strong> tags, helps with text-based browsers
213 * (bug 18259) Special:DeletedContributions now also uses
214 MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-logs for the link to Special:Log
215 * Don't add empty title="" attributes to links to anchors on the current page
216 * (bug 18291) rebuildrecentchanges.php failed to add deletion log entries
217 * (bug 18304) rebuildrecentchanges.php got size changes wrong
218 * (bug 18170) Fixed a PHP warning in Parser::preSaveTransform() in PHP 5.3
219 * (bug 18289) Database connection error page now returns correct HTML
220 * "successbox", "errorbox" and related CSS classes are now available in all
221 skins
222 * Fixed a PHP notice when $wgEnableSerializedMessages was set to false
223 * (bug 18316) Removed superfluous name="fulltext" from Special:Search
224 * (bug 18331) MediaWiki:Undelete-revision can now have wikitext
225 * The "noautoblock" flag is no longer displayed in the block log when blocking
226 an IP address
227 * (bug 18009) $wgHooks and $wgExtensionFunctions now support closures
228 * (bug 17948) Maintenance scripts now exit(0) or exit(1) as appropriate
229 * (bug 18377) Time in Enhanced ChangesList lacking localisation
230 * (bug 12998) Allow <sup>, <sub>, etc. in DISPLAYTITLE
231 * (bug 1553) Lowercase navigation headings in German
232 * (bug 7830) Pending transactions failed to commit on loginToUse() error
233 * (bug 11613) session.save_handler being over-ridden
234 * (bug 11381) session.save_handler being set twice (causes error)
235 * (bug 17835) ForeignAPIRepo throwing error on first page load for file
236 * (bug 18115) ForeignAPIRepo cache isn't working
237 * Fixed a bug caused by LanguageConverter.php, which brings an abnormal '}-'
238 after some parsed math syntax.
239 * (bug 18441) rebuildrecentchanges.inc no longer ignores $wgLogRestrictions
240 * (bug 18317) Bolded selections in 1 | 3 | etc days on RecentChanges now use
241 <strong> instead of hardcoded styles
242 * (bug 18449) Fixed items number per column on category pages when the total is
243 divisible by 3
244 * (bug 18121) maintenance/deleteArchivedRevisions.php no longer deletes
245 revisions when --delete is not passed
246 * (bug 13172) GPS coordinates in image Exif data are now actually displayed
247 * Overhaul of preferences system, includes the following bug fixes:
248 * (bug 5363) Changes to default preferences now impact registered users.
249 * (bug 14806) Hook to enable putting preferences in existing tabs.
250 * (bug 17191) Registration date now listed on preferences page.
251 * Note that this change will break some extensions which have not been adapted
252 for it.
253 * (bug 17020) Adding fallback encodings for Traditional and Simplified Chinese
254 languages while the the text is typed as URLs.
255 * (bug 17614) Prev / Next links are not shown if all results are shown
256 * (bug 18207) Strange spacing before [[irc:...]] links
257 * Removed float from the user login form in RTL interface - caused display
258 problems in FF2
259 * (bug 15008) Redirect images are now subject to Bad image list rules
260 * (bug 6802) profileinfo.php now also work on other database servers than MySQL
261 * (bug 16925) Diffs no longer fail when $wgExternalDiffEngine is set to
262 'wikidiff' or 'wikidiff2' but extension is not installed
263 * (bug 18326) Chmod errors in file repos have been hidden
264 * (bug 18718) Comma after a } create a error in IE
265 * (bug 18716) Removed redundant class in Modern skin CSS for category links and
266 tweaked spacing.
267 * (bug 18656) Use proper directory separators in wfMkdirParents()
268 * (bug 18549) Make Special:Blockip respect $wgEnableUserEmail and
269 $wgSysopEmailBans
270 * (bug 16912) Tooltips on images with link= disappear
271 * (bug 18389) Localise numbers in EXIF data
272 * (bug 18522) Wrap MediaWiki:Protect-cascadeon in a div for identification
273 * (bug 18438) Tweak HTML for preview bar for consistency and accessibility
274 * (bug 18432) Updated documentation for dumpBackup.php
275 * Fix array logic in Sanitizer::removeHTMLtags so that it doesn't strip good
276 tags that were redundantly defined.
277 * (bug 14118) SpecialPage::getTitleFor does not return a localised name
278 * (bug 18698) Renaming non entry point maintenance scripts from .inc.php to
279 .inc
280 * Deprecated methods Title::getInterwikiLink, Title::userCanCreate(),
281 Title::userCanEdit() and Title::userCanMove() have been removed
282 * Only show upload links on file description if $wgEnableUploads = true
283 and user can upload
284 * Don't say "You need to log in to upload/move", because it's possible that
285 uploading/moving is disabled for registered users as well (e.g. only sysops)
286 * (bug 18943) Handle invalid titles gracefully at Special:Mostlinked
287 * (bug 8873) Enable variant conversion in text on 'alt' and 'title' attributes
288 * (bug 10837) Introducing the StubUserVariant class to determine the variant
289 variable instead of using this to overrules the user language preference.
290 * (bug 19014) If user had deletedhistory right, but not undeleted right, then
291 show "view" instead of "view/restore" on logs.
292 * (bug 19017) TOC level calculation error in an odd case
293 * (bug 18999) CSS update for RTL interwiki links
294 * (bug 18925) history.js removes class names of list elements on initialization
295 * Multiple whitespace in TOC anchors is now stripped, for consistency with the
296 link from the edit comment
297 * (bug 19112) Preferences now respects $wgUseExternalEditor, $wgExternalDiffEngine
298 * (bug 18173) MediaWiki now fails when unable to determine a client IP
299 * (bug 19170) Special:Version should follow the content language direction
300 * (bug 19160) maintenance/purgeOldText.inc is now compatible with PostgreSQL
301 * Fixed performance regression in "bad image list" feature
302 * Show user preference 'Use live preview' if $wgLivePreview is enabled only
303 * (bug 17014) Blocked users can no longer use Special:UserRights unless they
304 can add/remove *all* groups (have 'userrights' permission).
305 * (bug 19294) Always show Sp-contributions-footer(-anon)
306 * Attempts to restrict reading of pages while anonymous viewing is allowed
307 via extensions not using the userCan hook and via $wgRevokePermissions now work.
308 * (bug 8445) Multiple-character search terms are now handled properly for Chinese
309 * (bug 19450) Use formatNum for "Number of edits" in Special:Preferences
310 * (bug 11242) Check for MySQL storage engines during installation now checks
311 whether the engines are actually available
312 * (bug 19390) Omit the "printable version" link on the printable version
313 * (bug 18394) img_auth.php now respects userCan
314 * (bug 19509) Uploading to a file named '0' previously treated it as null input
315 and attempted to upload with the source name. Now warns about not having an
316 extension (since 0.ext is perfectly valid)
317 * (bug 19468) Enotif preferences are now only displayed when they are turned on
318 * (bug 19442) Show/hide options on watchlist only work once
319 * (bug 19602) PubMed Magic links now use updated NIH url
320 * (bug 19637) externallinks have links to self
321 * Don't load Opera 9.5 RTL fixes for Opera 9.6
322 * Remove five-year-old KHTMLFixes.css, which is unlikely to be relevant anymore
323 and was causing problems.
324 * Removed repetition of URIs in the title attributes of external links.
325 * (bug 19693) User name is now escaped in "Contributions for ..." link on
326 Special:BlockIP
327 * (bug 19571) Override buildConcat for SQLite.
328 * Log in and log out links no longer return to page view when clicked from
329 history view, edit page, or something similar
330 * (bug 19513) RTL fixes for new Search UI
331 * (bug 16497) Special:Allmessages is paginated
332 * (bug 18708) CSS plainlinks class now available to all skins
333 * (bug 19590) Database error messages no longer have "MySQL" hardcoded as the
334 database type
335 * (bug 19759) successbox on Special:Preferences now correctly aligned on
336 standard, nostalgia and cologneblue skin
337 * (bug 19814) interwiki links from file links ([[File:Foo.jpg|link=de:Test]])
338 are no longer recorded in the pagelinks table
339 * (bug 19784) date option "ISO 8601" produced illegal id
340 * (bug 19761) Removed autogenerated <meta keywords> tag with link data.
341 Keyword set was not useful, and is ignored by modern search engines anway.
342 * (bug 19827) Special:SpecialPages title is "Upload file
343 * (bug 19355) Added .xhtml, .xht to upload file extension blacklist
344 * (bug 19287) Workaround for lag on history page in Firefox 3.5
345 * (bug 19564) Updated docs/hooks.txt
346 * (bug 18751) Fix for buggage in profiling setup for some extensions on PHP 5.1
347 * (bug 17139) ts_resortTable inconsistent trimming makes date sorting fragile
348 * (bug 19445) Change oldimage table to use ON UPDATE CASCADE for FK to image table.
349 * (bug 14080) Short notation links to subpages didn't work in edit summaries
350 * (bug 17374) Special:Export no longer exports multiple copies of pages
351 * (bug 19818) Edits to user CSS/JS subpages can now be marked as patrolled by
352 users who can't edit them
353 * (bug 15745) The edit summary link parser now handles mismatched brackets
354 better
355 * (bug 19839) Comments in log items are no more double escaped
356 * (bug 18161) Fix inconsistent separators in watchlist link toolbars with
357 "enhanced recent changes"
358 * (bug 19857) maintenance/deleteRevision.php on last revision no longer breaks
359 target page
360 * (bug 16877) Moving a page over a redirect no longer leaves an orphan entry in
361 the recentchanges table
362 * (bug 16009) Limit selection forms based on Pager now links to the correct page
363 when using long urls
364 * The display of the language list on the preferences is more comply with the
365 BCP 47 standards.
366 * (bug 19849) Custom X-Vary-Options header now disabled unless $wgUseXVO is set
367 * (bug 19301) Duplicates entries in $wgAddGroups, $wgRemoveGroups,
368 $wgGroupsAddToSelf and $wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf are no more displayed on
369 Special:ListGroupRights
370 * (bug 18799) Special:Userlogin now handles correctly the returnto parameter
371 to not link back to Special:Userlogout when user's language isn't the same as
372 content's language
373 * (bug 19479) Show proper error message when unable to connect to PostgreSQL
374 database with username/password in MediaWiki's setup
375 * (bugs 18407, 18409) Special:Upload is now listed on Special:Specialpages only
376 if uploads are enabled and the user can access it
377 * (bug 17988) Spaces before [[Category:]] links are no longer ignored
378 * (bug 19392) Favicon, apple-touch-icon links matching the defaults are no
379 longer sent
380 * (bug 19957) All known-failing tests now marked disabled; added --run-disabled
381 option to parser test suite to run disabled tests if desired.
382 * (bug 16311) Make recent change flags (n/m/b) <abbr>s instead of <span>s
383 * (bug 15680) Split the edit tip message of user CSS/JS subpage into
384 "usercssyoucanpreview" and "userjsyoucanpreview" respectively.
385 * (bug 12110) Split the rights for editing users' CSS/JS subpage from
386 "editusercssjs" into "editusercss" and edituserjs" respectively.
387 * (bug 19394) RecentChanges feed URLs for log items with no revisions
388 (eg Newuser, Userrights) are no longer broken
389 * (bug 17395) Remote file descriptions use user language ($wgLang), not wiki
390 language ($wgContLang)
391 * (bug 11867) Lock error on redirect table when running orphans.php
392 * (bug 18930) initStats.php now refreshes active users count
393 * (bug 18699) Using the nosummary URL option no longer triggers the "You have
394 not provided a summary" warning for those who activated it in their
395 preferences
396 * (bug 18855) commandLine.inc and Maintenance.php are now properly included
397 using the full path
398 * (bug 18497) Opera in fullscreen mode doesn't use any style sheets
399 * (bug 16084) Default memory limit has be increased to 50M, see $wgMemoryLimit
400 * (bug 17864/19519) Added proper input normalization in Special:UserRights
401 * (bug 20086) Add Hook to add extra statistics at the end of Special:Statistics
402 * (bug 19289) importDump.php can now handle bzip2 and 7zip
403 * (bug 20131) Fixed a PHP notice for users having the "rollback" right on
404 Special:RecentChangesLinked
405 * Do not transform EXIF fields with pure text to avoid results like
406 foo,bar@example,com
407
408 == API changes in 1.16 ==
409
410 * Added uiprop=changeablegroups to meta=userinfo
411 * Added usprop=gender to list=users
412 * (bug 18311) action=purge now works for images too
413 * Add parentid to prop=revisions output
414 * (bug 17832) action=delete returns 'unknownerror' instead of 'permissiondenied'
415 when the user is blocked
416 * (bug 18546) Added timestamp of new revision to action=edit output
417 * (bug 18554) Also list hidden revisions in list=usercontribs for privileged
418 users
419 * (bug 13049) "API must be accessed from the primary script entry point" error
420 * (bug 16422) Don't display help for format=jsonfm unless specifically requested
421 * Added PHP and database version to meta=siteinfo output
422 * (bug 18533) Add readonly message to meta=siteinfo output
423 * (bug 18518) Add clprop=hidden to prop=categories
424 * (bug 18710) Fixed internal error with empty parameter in action=paraminfo
425 * (bug 18709) Missing descriptions for some parameters in action=paraminfo
426 output
427 * (bug 18731) Show correct SVN links for extension modules in api.php?version
428 * (bug 18730) Add version information to action=paraminfo output
429 * (bug 18743) Add ucprop=size to list=usercontribs
430 * (bug 18749) Add generator flag to action=paraminfo output
431 * Make action=block respect $wgEnableUserEmail and $wgSysopEmailBans
432 * Made deleting file description pages without files possible
433 * (bug 18773) Add content flag to siprop=namespaces output
434 * (bug 18785) Add siprop=languages to meta=siteinfo
435 * (bug 14200) Added user and excludeuser parameters to list=watchlist and
436 list=recentchanges
437 * Added index, fromtitle and byteoffset fields to action=parse&prop=sections
438 output
439 * (bug 19313) action=rollback returns wrong revid on master/slave setups
440 * (bug 19323) action=parse doesn't return section tree on pages with Cite
441 warnings
442 * (bug 18720) Add anchor field to action=parse&prop=sections output
443 * (bug 19423) The initial file description page used caption in user lang
444 rather than UI lang
445 * (bug 17809) Add number of users in user groups to meta=siteinfo
446 * (bug 18533) Add readonly reason to readonly exception
447 * (bug 19528) Added XSLT parameter to API queries in format=xml
448 * (bug 19040) Fix prependtext and appendtext in combination with section
449 parameter in action=edit
450 * (bug 19090) Added watchlist parameter, deprecated watch and unwatch
451 parameter in action=edit
452 * Added fields to list=search output: size, wordcount, timestamp, snippet
453 * Where supported by backend, list=search adds a 'searchinfo' element with
454 optional info: 'totalhits' count and 'suggestion' alternate query term
455 * (bug 19907) $wgCrossSiteAJAXdomains added to allow specified (or all)
456 external domains to access api.php via AJAX, if the browser supports the
457 Access-Control-Allow-Origin HTTP header
458 * (bug 19004) Added support for tags to the API.
459
460 === Languages updated in 1.16 ===
461
462 MediaWiki supports over 300 languages. Many localisations are updated
463 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
464 changes to languages because of MediaZilla reports.
465
466 * Lower Silesian (sli) (new)
467 * Picard (pcd) (new)
468 * Uyghur (Arabic script) (ug-arab) (new)
469
470 * (bug 18474) Sorani (ckb - Central Kurdish) (renamed from ku-arab)
471 * Add PLURAL function for Scots Gaelic (gd)
472 * Add Estonian letters äöõšüž to linktrail (et)
473 * (bug 18776) Native name of Burmese language (my)
474 * (bug 18806) Use correct unicode characters in spelling of native Chuvash
475 (Чӑвашла)
476 * (bug 18864) Updated autonym for Zhuang language
477 * (bug 18308) Updated date formatting in Occitan (oc)
478 * (bug 19080) Added ăâîşţșțĂÂÎŞŢȘȚ to Romanion (ro) linktrail
479 * (bug 19286) Correct commafying function in Polish (pl)
480 * (bug 19441) Updated date formatting for Lithuanian
481 * (bug 19630) Added ÄäÇçĞğŇňÖöŞşÜüÝýŽž to Turkmen (tk) linktrail
482 * (bug 19949) New linktrail for Greek (el)
483 * (bug 19809) Korean (North Korea) (ko-kp) (new)
484 * (bug 19968) Fixed "Project talk" namespace name for Maltese (mt)
485
486 == Compatibility ==
487
488 MediaWiki 1.16 requires PHP 5 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
489
490 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
491 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
492 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
493
494 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
495 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
496
497
498 == Upgrading ==
499
500 1.16 has several database changes since 1.15, and will not work without schema
501 updates.
502
503 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons reposito-
504 ry, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
505 database schema changes.
506
507 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
508 new database fields are filled with data.
509
510 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
511 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
512 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
513
514 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
515
516
517 === Caveats ===
518
519 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
520 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
521 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
522 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
523 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
524
525 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
526
527
528 === Online documentation ===
529
530 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
531 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
532 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
533 the public domain) :
534
535 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
536
537
538 === Mailing list ===
539
540 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
541 wikitech-l list:
542
543 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
544
545 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
546
547 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
548
549 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
550 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
551
552
553 === IRC help ===
554
555 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net