RELEASE-NOTES-1.27

   1 Security reminder: If you have PHP's register_globals option set, you must
   2 turn it off. MediaWiki will not work with it enabled.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.27 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.27 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.27 ===
  12 * Removed $wgUseLinkNamespaceDBFields
  13 * Deprecated $wgResourceLoaderMinifierStatementsOnOwnLine and
  14   $wgResourceLoaderMinifierMaxLineLength, because there was little value in
  15   making the behavior configurable. The default values (`false` for the former,
  16   1000 for the latter) are now hard-coded.
  17
  18 === New features in 1.27 ===
  19 * $wgDataCenterId and $wgDataCenterRoles where added, which will serve as
  20   basic configuration settings needed for multi-datacenter setups.
  21   $wgDataCenterUpdateStickTTL was also added.
  22 * Added a new hook, 'UserMailerTransformContent', to transform the contents
  23   of an email. This is similar to the EmailUser hook but applies to all mail
  24   sent via UserMailer.
  25 * Added a new hook, 'UserMailerTransformMessage', to transform the contents
  26   of an emai after MIME encoding.
  27 * Added a new hook, 'UserMailerSplitTo', to control which users have to be
  28   emailed separately (ie. there is a single address in the To: field) so
  29   user-specific changes to the email can be applied safely.
  30
  31 ==== External libraries ====
  32
  33 === Bug fixes in 1.27 ===
  34
  35 === Action API changes in 1.27 ===
  36
  37 === Action API internal changes in 1.27 ===
  38
  39 === Languages updated in 1.27 ===
  40
  41 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  42 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  43 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  44
  45
  46 === Other changes in 1.27 ===
  47
  48
  49 == Compatibility ==
  50
  51 MediaWiki 1.27 requires PHP 5.3.3 or later. There is experimental support for
  52 HHVM 3.3.0.
  53
  54 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  55 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  56 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  57
  58 The supported versions are:
  59
  60 * MySQL 5.0.3 or later
  61 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  62 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  63 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  64 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
  65
  66 == Upgrading ==
  67
  68 1.27 has several database changes since 1.26, and will not work without schema
  69 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  70 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  71 many hours on a large site).
  72
  73 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  74 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  75 due to database schema changes.
  76
  77 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  78 new database fields are filled with data.
  79
  80 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
  81 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
  82 with MediaWiki 1.21.
  83
  84 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  85
  86 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  87
  88 For notes on 1.26.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  89
  90 == Online documentation ==
  91
  92 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  93 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  94 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  95
  96        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
  97
  98 == Mailing list ==
  99
 100 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 101
 102        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 103
 104 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 105
 106        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 107
 108 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 109 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 110
 111 == IRC help ==
 112
 113 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.