RELEASE-NOTES-1.32

   1 == MediaWiki 1.32 ==
   2
   3 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   4
   5 MediaWiki 1.32 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   6 production.
   7
   8 === Configuration changes in 1.32 ===
   9 * (T115414) The $wgEnableAPI and $wgEnableWriteAPI settings, deprecated in 1.31,
  10   have been removed.
  11 * The $wgUseAjax setting, deprecated in 1.31, is now ignored.
  12 * The $wgSiteSupportPage setting, unused since 1.5, was removed.
  13 * The default quality of JPEG thumbnails generated by GD was reduced from 95 to
  14   80. The quality of JPEG thumbnails is now configurable through the new setting
  15   $wgJpegQuality (default 80). This aligns the quality to what ImageMagick uses.
  16 * $wgExperimentalHtmlIds, deprecated since 1.30, has been removed. The
  17   'html5-legacy' value for $wgFragmentMode is no longer accepted.
  18 * The experimental Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy drivers were removed.
  19   RemexHtml, which is the default, should be used instead.
  20 * (T135963) You can now define a Content Security Policy for your wiki. This
  21   adds a defense-in-depth feature to stop an attacker who has found a bug in
  22   the parser allowing them to insert malicious attributes. Disabled by default,
  23   you can configure this via $wgCSPHeader and $wgCSPReportOnlyHeader.
  24
  25 === New features in 1.32 ===
  26 * (T112474) Generalized the ResourceLoader mechanism for overriding modules
  27   using a particular page during edit previews.
  28 * (T12331) You can now log page creation events by setting $wgPageCreationLog
  29   to true.
  30 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
  31 * (T174313) Added checkbox on Special:ListUsers to display only users in temporary
  32   user groups.
  33
  34 === External library changes in 1.32 ===
  35 * …
  36
  37 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
  38 * Updated QUnit from 2.4.0 to 2.6.0.
  39
  40 ==== New external libraries ====
  41 * …
  42
  43 ==== Removed and replaced external libraries ====
  44 * …
  45
  46 === Bug fixes in 1.32 ===
  47 * …
  48
  49 === Action API changes in 1.32 ===
  50 * Added templated parameters.
  51   * A module can define a templated parameter like "{fruit}-quantity", where
  52     the actual parameters recognized correspond to the values of a multi-valued
  53     parameter. Then clients can make requests like
  54     "fruits=apples|bananas&apples-quantity=1&bananas-quantity=5".
  55   * action=paraminfo will return templated parameter definitions separately
  56     from normal parameters. All parameter definitions now include an "index"
  57     key to allow clients to maintain parameter ordering when merging normal and
  58     templated parameters.
  59
  60 === Action API internal changes in 1.32 ===
  61 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
  62 * Parameter names may no longer contain '{' or '}', as these are now used for
  63   templated parameters.
  64
  65 === Languages updated in 1.32 ===
  66 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
  67 Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
  68 because of Phabricator reports.
  69
  70 * (T193566) Added language support for Ambonese Malay (abs).
  71
  72 === Breaking changes in 1.32 ===
  73 * $wgRequestTime, deprecated in 1.25, was removed. Use
  74   $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'] or WebRequest::getElapsedTime() instead.
  75 * The MediaWikiI18N class, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  76 * QuickTemplate::setTranslator(), deprecated in 1.31, was removed. Use
  77   Skin::msg() instead.
  78 * wfInitShellLocale(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  79 * wfShellExecDisabled(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  80 * The type string for the parameter $lang of DateFormatter::getInstance,
  81   deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  82 * The EDIT_TOKEN_SUFFIX constant deprecated in 1.27, was removed. Use
  83   MediaWiki\Session\Token::SUFFIX instead.
  84 * EditPage::isOouiEnabled() deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  85 * mw.util.wikiGetlink(), deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use mw.util.getUrl()
  86   instead.
  87 * (T61113) The following methods and constants from the Revision class, which
  88   were deprecated in 1.25, have now been removed:
  89   * Revision::getRawUser()
  90   * Revision::getRawUserText()
  91   * Revision::getRawComment()
  92 * window.gM() from mediawiki.jqueryMsg, deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use
  93   mw.msg() or mw.message() instead.
  94 * mw.util.escapeId(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed. Use
  95   mw.util.escapeIdForAttribute or mw.util.escapeIdForLink instead.
  96 * mw.util.updateTooltipAccessKeys(), deprecated in 1.24, was removed. Use
  97   jquery.accessKeyLabel instead.
  98 * The SqlDataUpdate class, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
  99 * The Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy driver classes were removed, along with the
 100   Balancer tidy implementation. Both implementations were experimental, and were replaced
 101   by RemexHtml.
 102
 103 === Deprecations in 1.32 ===
 104 * Use of a StartProfiler.php file is deprecated in favour of placing
 105   configuration in LocalSettings.php.
 106 * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive() is deprecated. No need to call it. Submit
 107   button is already marked as progressive.
 108 * Skin::setupSkinUserCss() is deprecated. Adding of modules to load
 109   has been centralised to Skin::getDefaultModules(), which is now capable
 110   of queueing style modules as well.
 111 * OutputPage::addModuleScripts() and ParserOutput::addModuleScripts are
 112   deprecated. Use addModules() instead.
 113 * Overriding SearchEngine::{searchText,searchTitle,searchArchiveTitle}
 114   in extending classes is deprecated.  Extend related doSearch* methods
 115   instead.
 116 * CollationFa has been removed completely as it's not needed anymore
 117
 118 === Other changes in 1.32 ===
 119 * Soft hyphens (U+00AD) are now automatically removed from titles; these
 120   characters can accidentally end up in copy-and-pasted titles.
 121 * Strip Unicode 6.3.0 directional formatting characters (U+061C, U+2066,
 122   U+2067, U+2068, U+2069) from the title.
 123 * …
 124
 125 == Compatibility ==
 126 MediaWiki 1.32 requires PHP 5.5.9 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
 127 supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 5.5.9 or later for long term
 128 support.
 129
 130 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
 131 but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 132 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 133
 134 The supported versions are:
 135
 136 * MySQL 5.5.8 or later
 137 * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
 138 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 139 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 140 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 141
 142 == Upgrading ==
 143 1.32 has several database changes since 1.31, and will not work without schema
 144 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 145 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 146 many hours on a large site).
 147
 148 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 149
 150 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
 151 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
 152
 153 For notes on 1.31.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 154
 155 == Online documentation ==
 156 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 157 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 158 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 159
 160        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
 161
 162 == Mailing list ==
 163 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 164
 165        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 166
 167 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 168
 169        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 170
 171 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 172 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 173
 174 == IRC help ==
 175 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.