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
  28
  29 === Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
  30
  31 * Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
  32 * (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
  33   ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
  34 * (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
  35   getUserPermissionsErrors.
  36 * Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
  37 * (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
  38   translations
  39 * (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
  40   message, the level of protection.
  41 * (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
  42   message.
  43 * (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
  44   where rollback is given to non-sysops.
  45 * (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
  46   editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
  47 * (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
  48 * (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
  49 * Fixed notice when accessing special page without read permission and whitelist
  50   is not defined
  51 * (bug 9252) Fix for tidy funkiness when using editintro mode
  52 * (bug 4021) Fix for MySQL wildcard search
  53 * (bug 10699) Fix for MySQL phrase search
  54 * (bug 11321) Fix width of gallerybox when option "width=xxx" is used
  55 * (bug 7890) Special:BrokenRedirects links deleted redirects to a non-existent page
  56 * Fix initial statistics when installing: add correct values
  57 * (bug 11342) Fix several 'returnto' links in permissions/error pages which
  58   linked to the main page instead of targetted page
  59 * Strike the link to the redirect rather than using an asterisk in Special:Listredirects
  60 * (bug 11355) Fix false positives in Safe Mode and other config detection
  61   when boolean settings are disabled with 'Off' via php_admin_value/php_value
  62
  63 === API changes in 1.12 ===
  64
  65 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  66
  67 * (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
  68 * (bug 11308) Allow the API to output the image metadata
  69
  70 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
  71
  72 * Arabic (ar)
  73 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
  74 * Bikol Central (bcl)
  75 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
  76 * Bengali (bn)
  77 * Catalan (ca)
  78 * Czech (cs)
  79 * Cassubian (csb)
  80 * Welsh (cy)
  81 * Danish (da)
  82 * German (de)
  83 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
  84 * Greek (el)
  85 * Spanish (es)
  86 * Extremaduran (ext)
  87 * Persian (fa)
  88 * Võro (fiu-vro)
  89 * Frisian (fy)
  90 * French (fr)
  91 * Hebrew (he)
  92 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
  93 * Indonesian (id)
  94 * Icelandic (is)
  95 * Kazakh (kk)
  96 * Korean (ko)
  97 * Low Saxon (nds)
  98 * Dutch (nl)
  99 * Russian (ru)
 100 * Sakha (sah)
 101 * Sicilian (scn)
 102 * Slovak (sk)
 103 * Serbian (Cyrillic) (sr-ec)
 104 * Sundanese (su)
 105 * Tamil (ta)
 106 * Tetun (tet) (new)
 107 * Walloon (wa)
 108 * Zhuang (za)
 109 * Zealandic (zea)
 110
 111 == Compatibility ==
 112
 113 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 114
 115 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 116 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 117 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 118
 119 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 120 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 121
 122
 123 == Upgrading ==
 124
 125 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
 126 updates.
 127
 128 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 129 new database fields are filled with data.
 130
 131 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 132 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 133 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 134
 135 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 136
 137
 138 === Caveats ===
 139
 140 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 141 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 142 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 143 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 144 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 145
 146 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 147
 148
 149 === Online documentation ===
 150
 151 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 152 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 153 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 154 the public domain) :
 155
 156   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 157
 158
 159 === Mailing list ===
 160
 161 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 162 wikitech-l list:
 163
 164   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 165
 166 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 167
 168   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 169
 170 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 171 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 172
 173
 174 === IRC help ===
 175
 176 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net