not sure if this span is really needed, but in any case it depends on user language...

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.19

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19
index 2577c26..3fd9945 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19
@@ -11,14 +11,20 @@ MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
 production.
 
 === Configuration changes in 1.19 ===
 production.
 
 === Configuration changes in 1.19 ===

+* Changed LoginAuthenticateAudit hook so that it may be called before a
+  valid user is available.  In those cases, an anonymouse user object
+  will be supplied.

 * Removed SkinTemplateSetupPageCss hook; use BeforePageDisplay instead.
 * (bug 27132) movefile right granted by default to registered users.
 * Default cookie lifetime ($wgCookieExpiration) is increased to 180 days.
 * Removed SkinTemplateSetupPageCss hook; use BeforePageDisplay instead.
 * (bug 27132) movefile right granted by default to registered users.
 * Default cookie lifetime ($wgCookieExpiration) is increased to 180 days.

-* (bug 31204) Removed old user.user_options
+* (bug 31204) Removed old user.user_options.

 * $wgMaxImageArea now applies to jpeg files if they are not scaled with
   ImageMagick.
 * Introduced $wgQueryPageDefaultLimit (defaults to 50) for the number of
   items to show by default on query pages (special pages such as Whatlinkshere).
 * $wgMaxImageArea now applies to jpeg files if they are not scaled with
   ImageMagick.
 * Introduced $wgQueryPageDefaultLimit (defaults to 50) for the number of
   items to show by default on query pages (special pages such as Whatlinkshere).

+* (bug 32470) Increase the length of ug_group.
+* (bug 32239) Removed wgEnableTooltipsAndAccesskeys.
+* Removed $wgVectorShowVariantName.

 
 === New features in 1.19 ===
 * (bug 19838) Possibility to get all interwiki prefixes if the interwiki
 
 === New features in 1.19 ===
 * (bug 19838) Possibility to get all interwiki prefixes if the interwiki


@@ -35,7 +41,6 @@ production.
 * Installer now issues a warning if mod_security is present.
 * (bug 29455) Add support for a filter callback function in jQuery byteLimit
   plugin.
 * Installer now issues a warning if mod_security is present.
 * (bug 29455) Add support for a filter callback function in jQuery byteLimit
   plugin.

-* Extensions can now participate in the extraction of titles from url paths

 * Added two new GetLocalURL hooks to better serve extensions working on a
   limited type of titles.
 * Added a --no-updates flag to importDump.php that skips updating the links
 * Added two new GetLocalURL hooks to better serve extensions working on a
   limited type of titles.
 * Added a --no-updates flag to importDump.php that skips updating the links


@@ -48,35 +53,61 @@ production.
   NAMESPACE) now depend on the page content language instead of the site
   language. In theory this sets the right magic words in system messages,
   although they are not used there.
   NAMESPACE) now depend on the page content language instead of the site
   language. In theory this sets the right magic words in system messages,
   although they are not used there.

-* (bug 30451) Add page_props to RefreshLinks::deleteLinksFromNonexistent
-* (bug 30450) Clear page_props table on page deletion
-* Hook added to check for exempt from account creation throttle
+* (bug 30451) Add page_props to RefreshLinks::deleteLinksFromNonexistent.
+* (bug 30450) Clear page_props table on page deletion.
+* Hook added to check for exempt from account creation throttle.

 * (bug 30344) Add configuration variable for setting custom priorities when
 * (bug 30344) Add configuration variable for setting custom priorities when

-  generating sitemaps
-* (bug 16428) Include permalink in printable version
+  generating sitemaps.

 * (bug 96170) Add array support for space-separated list attributes (like
   'class') in the Html helper class.
 * (bug 26470) Add checkered background image on hover on files pages.
 * (bug 30774) mediawiki.html: Add support for numbers and booleans in the
   attribute values and element contents.
 * (bug 96170) Add array support for space-separated list attributes (like
   'class') in the Html helper class.
 * (bug 26470) Add checkered background image on hover on files pages.
 * (bug 30774) mediawiki.html: Add support for numbers and booleans in the
   attribute values and element contents.

-* Conversion script between Tifinagh and Latin for the Tachelhit language
+* Conversion script between Tifinagh and Latin for the Tachelhit language.

 * (bug 16755) Add options 'noreplace' and 'noerror' to {{DEFAULTSORT:...}}
   to stop it from replace an already existing default sort, and suppress error.
 * (bug 18578) Rewrote revision delete related messages to allow better
 * (bug 16755) Add options 'noreplace' and 'noerror' to {{DEFAULTSORT:...}}
   to stop it from replace an already existing default sort, and suppress error.
 * (bug 18578) Rewrote revision delete related messages to allow better

-  localisation
+  localisation.

 * (bug 30364) LanguageConverter now depends on the page content language
 * (bug 30364) LanguageConverter now depends on the page content language

-  instead of the wiki content language
+  instead of the wiki content language.

 * Jump links will now be usable in css-capable browsers instead of only
   in outdated text browsers.
 * New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles
   of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
 * Jump links will now be usable in css-capable browsers instead of only
   in outdated text browsers.
 * New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles
   of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.

-* Some deprecated presentational html attributes will now be automatically converted to css.
-* (bug 31297) Add support for namespaces in Special:RecentChanges subpage filter syntax.
+* Some deprecated presentational html attributes will now be automatically
+  converted to css.
+* (bug 31297) Add support for namespaces in Special:RecentChanges subpage filter
+  syntax.

 * The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
 * The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.

-* (bug 25306) Add link of old page title to MediaWiki:Delete_and_move_reason
+* (bug 25306) Add link of old page title to MediaWiki:Delete_and_move_reason.
+* Added hook BitmapHandlerCheckImageArea.
+* (experimental) $wgRealNameInInterface can be enabled to display a user's
+  real name in some parts of the interface instead of a username.
+* (bug 30062) Add $wgDBprefix option to cli installer.
+* getUserPermissionsErrors and getUserPermissionsErrorsExpensive hooks are now
+  also called when checking for 'read' permission.
+* Introduce $wgEnableSearchContributorsByIP which controls whether searching
+  for an IP address redirects to the contributions list for that IP.
+* (bug 8859) Database::update should take array of tables too.
+* (bug 19698) Inverse selection for Special:Contributions.
+* (bug 24037) Add byte length of revision to Special:Contributions.
+* (bug 1672) Added $wgDisableUploadScriptChecks to allow uploading of files
+  containing HTML or JS. DISABLING THESE CHECKS IS VERY DANGEROUS.
+* New path mappings can be added using the WebRequestPathInfoRouter hook
+  and adding paths to the PathRouter.
+* (bug 32666) Special:ActiveUsers now allows a subpage to be used as the
+  username (eg. Special:ActiveUsers/Username)
+* New JavaScript variable wgPageContentLanguage
+* Added new debugging toolbar, enabled with $wgDebugToolbar
+* Differences in the history page now uses slightly better colors for people
+  perceiving colors differently. Colors comes from the French Wikipedia.
+* (bug 32879) Upgrade jQuery to 1.7.1
+* jQuery UI upgraded to 1.8.17
+* Extensions can use the 'Language::getMessagesFileName' hook to define new
+  languages using messages files outside of core.

 
 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===

-* $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
+* $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if.

   $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
   until the second was introduced in 1.17.
 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages.
   $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
   until the second was introduced in 1.17.
 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages.


@@ -88,35 +119,69 @@ production.
 * (bug 30264) Changed installer-generated LocalSettings.php to use
   require_once() instead require() for included extensions.
 * Do not convert text in the user interface language to another script.
 * (bug 30264) Changed installer-generated LocalSettings.php to use
   require_once() instead require() for included extensions.
 * Do not convert text in the user interface language to another script.

-* (bug 26283) Previewing user JS/CSS pages didn't load other user JS/CSS pages
+* (bug 26283) Previewing user JS/CSS pages didn't load other user JS/CSS pages.

 * (bug 11374) Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
 * (bug 26486) ResourceLoader modules with paths to nonexistent files cause PHP
   warnings/notices to be thrown.
 * (bug 30335) Fix for HTMLForms using GET breaking when non-friendly URLs are
 * (bug 11374) Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
 * (bug 26486) ResourceLoader modules with paths to nonexistent files cause PHP
   warnings/notices to be thrown.
 * (bug 30335) Fix for HTMLForms using GET breaking when non-friendly URLs are

-  used
+  used.

 * (bug 28649) Avoiding half truncated multi-byte unicode characters when
   truncating log comments.
 * Show --batch-size option in help of maintenance scripts that support it
 * (bug 4381) Magic quotes cleaning was not comprehensive, key strings were not
 * (bug 28649) Avoiding half truncated multi-byte unicode characters when
   truncating log comments.
 * Show --batch-size option in help of maintenance scripts that support it
 * (bug 4381) Magic quotes cleaning was not comprehensive, key strings were not

-  unescaped
-* (bug 30684) Fix bad escaping in mw.message for inexistent messages (i.e. <key>)
+  unescaped.

 * (bug 23057) Importers no longer can 'edit' or 'create' a fully-protected page by
 * (bug 23057) Importers no longer can 'edit' or 'create' a fully-protected page by

-  importing a new revision into it
+  importing a new revision into it.

 * Allow moving the associated talk pages of subpages even if the base page
   has no subpage.
 * Allow moving the associated talk pages of subpages even if the base page
   has no subpage.

-* (bug 30907) Special:Unusedcategories should sort ascendingly.

 * Per page edit-notices now work in namespaces without subpages enabled.
 * Per page edit-notices now work in namespaces without subpages enabled.

-* (bug 30245) Use the correct way to construct a log page title
-* (bug 31081) $wgEnotifUseJobQ caused many unnecessary jobs to be queued
+* (bug 30245) Use the correct way to construct a log page title.
+* (bug 31081) $wgEnotifUseJobQ caused many unnecessary jobs to be queued.

 * (bug 30202) File names are now restricted on upload to 240 bytes, because of
   restrictions on some of the database fields.
 * Timezones are now recognised in user preferences when offset is different
 * (bug 30202) File names are now restricted on upload to 240 bytes, because of
   restrictions on some of the database fields.
 * Timezones are now recognised in user preferences when offset is different

-  due to DST
-* (bug 31692) "summary" parameter now also work when undoing revisions
+  due to DST.
+* (bug 31692) "summary" parameter now also work when undoing revisions.

 * (bug 18823) "move succeeded" text displayed bluelinks even when redirect was
 * (bug 18823) "move succeeded" text displayed bluelinks even when redirect was

-   suppressed
+   suppressed.

 * (bug 31921) Magic words REVISIONDAY, REVISIONMONTH and REVISIONYEAR now give
 * (bug 31921) Magic words REVISIONDAY, REVISIONMONTH and REVISIONYEAR now give

-  current values on preview
+  current values on preview.
+* (bug 19186) Special:UserLogin's title on Special:SpecialPages now says
+  "create account" when the user cannot create an account.
+* (bug 31818) 'usercreated' message now supports GENDER.
+* (bug 32022) Our phpunit.php script can now be executed from another directory.
+* (bug 26020) Setting $wgEmailConfirmToEdit to true no longer removes diffs
+  from recent changes feeds.
+* (bug 30232) add current time to message wlnote on Special:Watchlist.
+* (bug 29110) $wgFeedDiffCutoff did not affect new pages.
+* (bug 32168) Add wfRemoveDotSegments for use in wfExpandUrl.
+* (bug 32358) Do not display "No higher resolution available" for dimensionless
+  files (like audio files).
+* (bug 32168) Add wfAssembleUrl for use in wfExpandUrl.
+* (bug 32168) fixed - wfExpandUrl expands dot segments now.
+* (bug 31535) Upload comments now truncated properly, and don't have brackets.
+* (bug 32858) Do not register links, categories, etc. from CSS/JS pages in the
+  database.
+* (bug 32086) Special:PermanentLink now show an error message when no subpage
+  was specified.
+* (bug 30368) Special:Newpages now shows the new page name for moved pages.
+* (bug 1697) The way to search blocked usernames in block log should be clearer.
+* (bug 29747) eAccelerator shared memory caching has been removed since it is
+  now disabled by default and is buggy. APC, XCache and WinCache are not affected.
+* Installer now refuses to install if php was not compiled with Ctype support.
+* (bug 29475) Remove "trackback" feature entirely from core.
+* (bug 32665) Special:BlockList prefills the username in the input field if
+  using the Special:BlockList/username URL.
+* (bug 27721) Make JavaScript variables wgSeparatorTransformTable and
+  wgDigitTransformTable depend on page content language so the sort script
+  sorts correctly more often.
+* (bug 32230) Expose wgRedirectedFrom in JavaScript.
+* (bug 31212) History tab not collapsed when the screen is narrow
+* (bug 15521) Use new section summary when the action of adding a new section
+  also happens to create the page.
+* (bug 32960) Remove EmailAuthenticationTimestamp from database when a
+  email address is removed.
+* (bug 32414) Empty page get a empty bytes attribute in Export/Dump.

 
 === API changes in 1.19 ===
 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
 
 === API changes in 1.19 ===
 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.


@@ -132,17 +197,34 @@ production.
   address blocks for list=blocks.
 * (bug 30591) Add support to only return keys in ApiAllMessages.
 * The API now respects $wgShowHostnames and won't share the hostname in
   address blocks for list=blocks.
 * (bug 30591) Add support to only return keys in ApiAllMessages.
 * The API now respects $wgShowHostnames and won't share the hostname in

-  severedby if it's set to false
+  severedby if it's set to false.
+* wlexcludeuser parameter added to ApiFeedWatchlist.
+* (bug 7304) Links on redirect pages no longer cause the redirect page to show
+  up as a redirect to the linked page on Special:Whatlinkshere.
+* (bug 32609) API: Move captchaid/captchaword of action=edit from core
+  to Captcha extension(s).
+* Added 'APIGetDescription' hook.
+* (bug 32688) Paraminfo for parameter "generator" of the query module shows too
+  many types.
+* (bug 32415) Empty page get no size attribute in API output.
+* (bug 31759) Undefined property notice in querypages API.
+* (bug 32495) API should allow purge by pageids.

 
 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
 
 
 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
 

-MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
+MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated

 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 
 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 

+* Canadian English (en-ca) (new).

 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.

-* (bug 30217) Make pt-br a fallback of pt
-* (bug 31193) Set fallback language of Assamese from Bengali to English
+* (bug 30217) Make pt-br a fallback of pt.
+* (bug 31193) Set fallback language of Assamese from Bengali to English.
+* Update date format for dsb and hsb: month names need the genitive.
+* (bug 28643) Serbian variant conversion improvements (Nikola Smolenski).
+* (bug 29405, bug 30809) Lower diacritics are invisible in titles in Indic
+  languages Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Malyalam and Odiya.
+* (bug 32826) Titles in indic languages are partially cut.

 
 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
 * jquery.mwPrototypes module was renamed to jquery.mwExtension.
 
 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
 * jquery.mwPrototypes module was renamed to jquery.mwExtension.


@@ -155,6 +237,12 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   'chick' and 'monobook').
 * The constructor for CategoryView has changed, the second parameter is now a
   Context source and is required.
   'chick' and 'monobook').
 * The constructor for CategoryView has changed, the second parameter is now a
   Context source and is required.

+* The Title::escape{Local,Full,Canonical}URL methods are deprecated, please use
+  proper html building methods to escape the normal get{...}URL methods instead.
+* The $variant arguments in the Title::get{Local,Full,Link,Canonical}URL methods
+  have been replaced with a secondary query argument.
+* The $variant argument in the hooks for the Title::get{Local,Full,Link,Canonical}URL
+  methods have been removed, the variant is now part of the $query argument.

 
 == Compatibility ==
 
 
 == Compatibility ==
 


@@ -166,7 +254,7 @@ DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
 
 The supported versions are:
 
 
 The supported versions are:
 

-* MySQL 4.0 or later
+* MySQL 5.0.2 or later

 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 * SQLite 3
 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 * SQLite 3
 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later


@@ -189,7 +277,7 @@ break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 
 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 
 
 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 

-For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
+For notes on 1.18.x and older releases, see HISTORY.

 
 == Online documentation ==
 
 
 == Online documentation ==