= MediaWiki release notes =

Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.

== MediaWiki 1.6 pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha ==

Misc work going on.....

Big things to note:
* MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported.


== Changes since 1.5 ==

* please fill in for the last couple weeks
* Rearranged Special:Movepage form to reduce confusion between destination
  title and reason input boxes
* (bug 2527) Always set destination filename when new file is selected
* (bug 3056) MySQL 3 compatibility fix: USE INDEX instead of FORCE INDEX
* PHP 4.1 compatibility fix: don't use new_link parameter to mysql_connect
  if running prior to 4.2.0 as it causes the call to fail
* (bug 3117) Fix display of upload size and type with tidy on
* (bug 3076) Support MacBinary-encoded uploads from IE/Mac
* (bug 2323) Remove "last" tabindex from history page
* (bug 3141) Partial support for Breton language (thanks Fulup).
* Partial support for Basque language (from wikipedia and meta)
* (bug 3116) Division by zero on [[Image:Foo.png|123x123px|]]
* Fix display of read-only lockfile message
* Update all stats fields on recount.sql
* Include software-visible client IP address in Special:Version comment
  as a proxy debugging aid
* (bug 3170) Page Title failed to obey MediaWiki:Pagetitle.
  wikititlesuffix was removed
* (bug 3177) Estonian date formats not implemented in LanguageEt.php
* Add ability to break off certain debug topics into additional log files;
  use $wgDebugLogGroups to configure and wfDebugLog() to log.
* Finnish date format was hardcoded, now implemented properly
* (bug 3190) Added some date format choices for language sr
* (bug 1334) LanguageGa.php update
* (bug 1020) Changing user interface language does not work immediately
* (bug 2753) Some namespaces were not translated in LanguageTa.php (Tamil)
* (bug 3204) Fix typo breaking special pages in fy localization
* Oracle support
* Edit conflict on recreation of deleted page
* (bug 3210) Fix Media: links with remote image URL path
* (bug 1956) Hide bot uploads from Special:Newimages
* (bug 3216) Don't show empty warning page when no warnings.
* (bug 3218) Use proper quoting on history Compare Revisions button
* (bug 3220) Fix escaping of block URLs in Recentchanges
* (bug 3227) Fix SQL injection introduced in experimental code
* Move ArticleSave hook execution into Article insert/update functions,
  so they get called on non-EditPage actions that use these functions
  to create or update pages.
* Fix table prefix usage in Block::enumBlocks
* (bug 3244) Fix remote image loading hack, JavaScript injection on MSIE
* Fix upgrade from 1.4 due to version number check breakage [for rc future]
* Fix upgrade from 1.4 with no old revisions
* Remove "info" editing toolbar that was shown in browsers which do not
fully support the editing toolbar, but was found to be too confusing.
* (bug 2554) Tell users they are uploading too large file
* (bug 3271) Updated LanguageNn.php for HEAD
* (bug 3280) Respect 'move' group permission on page moves
* (bug 2613) Clear saved passwords from the form
* Finally dropped MySQL 3.23.x support
* Experimental feature to allow translation of block expiry times
  Implementation only for Finnish currently
* (bug 3284) Ipblocklist paging, substring search
* Allow filtering of robot edits in Special:Watchlist by stting 
  $wgFilterRobotsWL = true.
* (bug 2885) More PHP 5.1 fixes: skin, search, log, undelete
* Fix interlanguage links on special pages when extra namespaces configured
* IP privacy fix for blocklist search on autoblocks
* Support for a license selection box on Special:Upload, configurable from MediaWiki:Licenses
* Security fix for <math>
* Security fix for tables


=== Caveats ===

Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)


For notes on 1.5.x and older releases, see HISTORY.


=== Online documentation ===

Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
License:

  http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents


=== Mailing list ===

A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
wikitech-l list:

  http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
  http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce

It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.


=== IRC help ===

There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net