RELEASE-NOTES-1.23

   1 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
   2 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.23 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.23 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.23 ===
  12 * $wgDebugLogGroups values may be set to an associative array with a
  13   'destination' key specifying the log destination. The array may also contain
  14   a 'sample' key with a positive integer value N indicating that the log group
  15   should be sampled by dispatching one in every N messages on average. The
  16   sampling is random.
  17 * In addition to the current exception log format, MediaWiki now serializes
  18   exception metadata to JSON and logs it to the 'exception-json' log group.
  19   This makes MediaWiki easier to integrate with log aggregation and analysis
  20   tools.
  21
  22 === New features in 1.23 ===
  23 * ResourceLoader can utilize the Web Storage API to cache modules client-side.
  24   Compared to the browser cache, caching in Web Storage allows ResourceLoader
  25   to be more granular about evicting stale modules from the cache while
  26   retaining the ability to retrieve multiple modules in a single HTTP request.
  27   This capability can be enabled by setting $wgResourceLoaderStorageEnabled to
  28   true. This feature is currently considered experimental and should only be
  29   enabled with care.
  30 * (bug 6092) Add expensive parser functions {{REVISIONID:}}, {{REVISIONUSER:}}
  31   and {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP:}} (with friends).
  32
  33 === Bug fixes in 1.23 ===
  34 * (bug 41759) The "updated since last visit" markers (on history pages, recent
  35   changes and watchlist) and the talk page message indicator are now correctly
  36   updated when the user is viewing old revisions of pages, instead of always
  37   acting as if the latest revision was being viewed.
  38 * (bug 56443) Special:ConfirmEmail no longer shows a "Mail a confirmation code"
  39   when the email address is already confirmed. Also, consistently use
  40   "confirmed", rather than "authenticated", when messaging whether or not the
  41   user has confirmed an email address.
  42
  43 === API changes in 1.23 ===
  44 * (bug 54884) action=parse&prop=categories now indicates hidden and missing
  45   categories.
  46
  47 === Languages updated in 1.23===
  48
  49 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  50 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  51 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  52
  53 === Other changes in 1.23 ===
  54 * The global variable $wgArticle has been removed after a lengthy deprecation
  55
  56 == Compatibility ==
  57
  58 MediaWiki 1.23 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
  59
  60 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  61 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  62 Oracle.
  63
  64 The supported versions are:
  65
  66 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  67 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  68 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  69 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  70
  71 == Upgrading ==
  72
  73 1.23 has several database changes since 1.22, and will not work without schema
  74 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  75 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  76 many hours on a large site).
  77
  78 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  79 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  80 due to database schema changes.
  81
  82 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  83 new database fields are filled with data.
  84
  85 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
  86 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
  87 with MediaWiki 1.21.
  88
  89 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  90
  91 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  92
  93 For notes on 1.21.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  94
  95 == Online documentation ==
  96
  97 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  98 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  99 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 100
 101         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 102
 103 == Mailing list ==
 104
 105 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 106
 107         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 108
 109 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 110
 111         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 112
 113 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 114 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 115
 116 == IRC help ==
 117
 118 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.