it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
=== PHP 5.2 now required ==
-In 1.18, the lowest supported version of MediaWiki is now 5.2.x. Please upgrade
+In 1.18, the lowest supported version of MediaWiki is now 5.2.3. Please upgrade
PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki.
=== Configuration changes in 1.18 ===
* (bug 14706) Added support for the Imagick PHP extension.
* (bug 18691) Added support for SVG rasterization using the Imagick PHP
extension
+* (bug 2581, bug 6834) Added links to thumbnail in several resolutions to the
+ file description page. The sizes are set by $wgImageLimits.
+* (bug 28031) Add pageCount support to ArchivedFile
=== Bug fixes in 1.18 ===
* (bug 23119) WikiError class and subclasses are now marked as deprecated
* (bug 27897) list=allusers and list=users list hidden users
* (bug 27717) API's exturlusage module does not respect $wgMiserMode
* (bug 27588) list=filearchive&faprop=sha1 returns empty attribute
+* (bug 28010) Passing a non existant user to list=users gives internal error
+* (bug 27549) action=query&list=users&usprop=groups doesn't show implicit
+ groups if a user doesn't have explicit groups
+* (bug 27670) Ordering by timestamp (and usage of start and end) isn't as clear
+ in auto generated document, as it is on mw.org
+* (bug 27182) API: Add filter by prefix for meta=allmessages
+* (bug 27183) API: Add filter by customisation state for meta=allmessages
+* (bug 27340) API: Allow listing of "small" categories
+* (bug 27342) Add audir param to list=allusers
+* (bug 27203) add fato param to list=filearchive
+* (bug 27341) Add drto param to list=deletedrevs
+* (bug 26630) Add api for Special:ActiveUsers
+* (bug 27020) API: Allow title prefix search of logevents (only when not in
+ miser mode)
+* (bug 26629) add Special:MIMESearch to api
+* (bug 27585) add pagecount to list=filearchive
=== Languages updated in 1.18 ===