RELEASE-NOTES

   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 1.12 ==
   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 1.12 ===
  22
  23 === New features in 1.12 ===
  24 * Add a warning for non-descriptive filenames at Special:Upload
  25 * Add {{filepath:}} parser function to get full path to an uploaded file,
  26   complementing {{fullurl:}} for pages.
  27 * (bug 11136) If using Postgres, search path is explicitly set if wgDBmwschema is
  28   not set to 'mediawiki', allowing multiple mediawiki instances per user.
  29 * (bug 11151) Add descriptive <title> to revision history page
  30 * (bug 5412) Add feed links for the site to all pages
  31
  32 === Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
  33
  34 * Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
  35 * (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
  36   ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
  37 * (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
  38   getUserPermissionsErrors.
  39 * Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
  40 * (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
  41   translations
  42 * (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
  43   message, the level of protection.
  44 * (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
  45   message.
  46 * (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
  47   where rollback is given to non-sysops.
  48 * (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
  49   editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
  50 * (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
  51 * (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
  52 * Fixed notice when accessing special page without read permission and whitelist
  53   is not defined
  54 * (bug 9252) Fix for tidy funkiness when using editintro mode
  55 * (bug 4021) Fix for MySQL wildcard search
  56 * (bug 10699) Fix for MySQL phrase search
  57 * (bug 11321) Fix width of gallerybox when option "width=xxx" is used
  58 * (bug 7890) Special:BrokenRedirects links deleted redirects to a non-existent page
  59 * Fix initial statistics when installing: add correct values
  60 * (bug 11342) Fix several 'returnto' links in permissions/error pages which
  61   linked to the main page instead of targetted page
  62 * Strike the link to the redirect rather than using an asterisk in Special:Listredirects
  63 * (bug 11355) Fix false positives in Safe Mode and other config detection
  64   when boolean settings are disabled with 'Off' via php_admin_value/php_value
  65 * (bug 11292) Fixed unserialize errors with Postgres by creating special Blob object.
  66 * (bug 11363) Make all metadata fields bytea when using Postgres.
  67 * (bug 11331) Add buildConcat() and use CASE not IF for DB compatibility. Make oldimage
  68   cascade delete via image table for Postgres, change fa_storage_key TEXT.
  69 * (bug 11438) Live Preview chops returned text
  70 * Show the right message on account creation when the user is blocked
  71 * (bug 11450) Fix creation of objectcache table on upgrade
  72
  73
  74 === API changes in 1.12 ===
  75
  76 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  77
  78 * (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
  79 * (bug 11308) Allow the API to output the image metadata
  80 * (bug 11296) Temporary fix for escaping of ampersands inside links in pretty-printed
  81   help document.
  82 * (bug 11405) Expand templates implementation in the API
  83
  84 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
  85
  86 * Amharic (am) (new)
  87 * Arabic (ar)
  88 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
  89 * Asturian (ast)
  90 * Samogitian (bat-smg)
  91 * Bikol Central (bcl)
  92 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
  93 * Bulgarian (bg)
  94 * Bislama (bi) (new)
  95 * Bengali (bn)
  96 * Bishnupriya Manipuri (bpy)
  97 * Catalan (ca)
  98 * Breton (br)
  99 * Czech (cs)
 100 * Cassubian (csb)
 101 * Welsh (cy)
 102 * Danish (da)
 103 * German (de)
 104 * Lower Sorbian (dsb) (new)
 105 * Greek (el)
 106 * Spanish (es)
 107 * Extremaduran (ext)
 108 * Finnish (fi)
 109 * Persian (fa)
 110 * Võro (fiu-vro)
 111 * Frisian (fy)
 112 * French (fr)
 113 * Cajun French (frc)
 114 * Franco-Provençal (frp)
 115 * Irish (ga)
 116 * Galician (gl)
 117 * Ancient Greek (grc) (new)
 118 * Hakka (hak)
 119 * Hebrew (he)
 120 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
 121 * Indonesian (id)
 122 * Icelandic (is)
 123 * Italian (it)
 124 * Kazakh (kk)
 125 * Korean (ko)
 126 * Latin (la)
 127 * Limbugian (li)
 128 * Malay (ms)
 129 * Low Saxon (nds)
 130 * Dutch (nl)
 131 * Norwegian (no)
 132 * Russian (ru)
 133 * Sakha (sah)
 134 * Sicilian (scn)
 135 * Seri (sei) (new)
 136 * Slovak (sk)
 137 * Serbian (Cyrillic) (sr-ec)
 138 * Sundanese (su)
 139 * Tamil (ta)
 140 * Tetun (tet) (new)
 141 * Walloon (wa)
 142 * Yiddish (yi)
 143 * Zhuang (za)
 144 * Zealandic (zea)
 145
 146 == Compatibility ==
 147
 148 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 149
 150 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 151 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 152 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 153
 154 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 155 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 156
 157
 158 == Upgrading ==
 159
 160 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
 161 updates.
 162
 163 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 164 new database fields are filled with data.
 165
 166 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 167 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 168 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 169
 170 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 171
 172
 173 === Caveats ===
 174
 175 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 176 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 177 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 178 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 179 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 180
 181 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 182
 183
 184 === Online documentation ===
 185
 186 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 187 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 188 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 189 the public domain) :
 190
 191   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 192
 193
 194 === Mailing list ===
 195
 196 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 197 wikitech-l list:
 198
 199   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 200
 201 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 202
 203   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 204
 205 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 206 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 207
 208
 209 === IRC help ===
 210
 211 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net