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 ==
+== MediaWiki 1.6.0 ==
-Misc work going on.....
+MediaWiki is moving to a quarterly snapshot release cycle; roughly every
+three months, the current
Big things to note:
* MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported.
* New protection (bug 1735), preferences and userlogin designs
* Category system is always enabled.
+
+== Upgrading ==
+
+Several changes to the database have been made from 1.5; these are relatively
+minor but do require that the update process be run before the new code will
+work properly:
+
+* A new "templatelinks" table tracks template inclusions.
+* A new "externallinks" table tracks URL links; this can be used by a
+ mass spam-cleanup tool in the SpamBlacklist extension.
+* A new "jobs" table stores a queue of pages to update in the background; this
+ is used to update links in including pages when templates are edited.
+
+To ensure that these tables are filled with data, run refreshLinks.php after
+the upgrade.
+
+
+If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
+changes are made.
+
+See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
+
+
== Changes since 1.5 ==
* please fill in for the last couple weeks
* Remove unused OutputPage::addCookie()
* Fix for short_open_tag off again; please don't break this, guys
* (bug 4507) Adjust FULLPAGENAMEE escaping to standard form
+* (bug 5302) Merge the two #p-search .pBody statements in monobook css.
Database:
* Finally dropped MySQL 3.23.x support
from an extension that changes rendering based on nonstandard options.
* Add 'GetInternalURL' hook to match the GetFullURL and GetLocalURL ones
* (bug 4456) Add hook for marking article patrolled
+* Add UserRights hook, fires after a user's group memberships are changed
Images:
* Support SVG rendering with rsvg
* Don't delete thumbnails when refreshing exif metadata. This caused thumbs
to vanish mysteriously from time to time for files that didn't have metadata.
* (bug 4426) Add link to user_talk page on image pages
+* Support a custom convert command for thumbnailing. See DefaultSettings.php
+ and the comments for $wgCustomConvertCommand, for more information.
+* UserCan hook now allows advisory return values, rather than mandatory ones.
Installer:
* (bug 3782) Throw fatal installation warning if mbstring.func_overload on.
permissions, if said user exists
* Changes to some of the wording of explanations for fields
* (bug 1734) granting db permissions failed with db usernames containg '-'
+* Add basic check for session support in PHP and die if not present
Maintenance:
* Fix problem reported on mailing list where re-initialising stats didn't work (can't insert
* (bug 5105) Magic words for LanguageAr.php
* (bug 3993) Variants for Serbian language
* Typo in English messages file
+* (bug 4114) Spacing in watchlist rows (in editing mode)
+* Update default "exporttext" to reflect that Special:Import exists
+* (bug 4960) Add additional namespaces variants to Yi projects: Yiddish Wikinews fix
+* (bug 5357) Add the icon near the user name also in RTL interfaces
+* (bug 5156) Update for Hebrew language (he)
+* (bug 4497,4704,5010) Added some new language codes.
+* (bug 5362) Piedmontese added
+* (bug 5349) Update for Portuguese messages (pt)
+* (bug 3573) Finished full Greek translation: namespaces
+* (bug 5288) Initial localisation for Az
+* (bug 4361) Fix "allmessagesnotsupportedui" so it doesn't refer to nonexisting
+ page
+* Tweak wording of "allmessagesnotsupporteddb"
Parser:
* (bug 2522) {{CURRENTDAY2}} now shows the current day number with two digits
* (bug 4783) : Fix for "{{ns:0}} does not render"
* Improved support for interwiki transclusion
* (bug 1850) Image link to nonexistent file fixed.
-* (bug 5167) Add {{SUBPAGENAME}} variable
+* (bug 5167) Add {{SUBPAGENAME}} and {{SUBPAGENAMEE}} variables
+* (bug 4949) Missing : in "addedwatchtext" for English and Spanish
Upload:
* (bug 2527) Always set destination filename when new file is selected
* XSS issue : now sanitize search query input (fixed in 1.5rc3)
* Remove deprecated $wgOnlySysopsCanPatrol references; use User::isAllowed( 'patrol' )
per bug 5282. Patch by Alan Harder.
+* Prevent registration/login with the username "MediaWiki default"
Special Pages:
* Rearranged Special:Movepage form to reduce confusion between destination
* Move parentheses out of <a> link in Special:Contributions
* (bug 3192): properly check 'limit' parameter on Special:Contributions
* (bug 3187) watchlist text refer to unexistent "Stop watching" action
-* Add block link and a link to the block log to Special:Contributions
+* Add block, block log and general log links to Special:Contributions
* Add contributions link to block log items
* Added optional "hide own edits" feature to Special:Recentchanges
* (bug 5018) Anchors for each message in Special:Allmessages
list pages with less than this number of links. Defaults to 1.
* (bug 4319) Don't show a "create account" link on the login form when
account creation is disabled.
-* Javascript filter for Special:Allmessages
+* JavaScript filter for Special:Allmessages
+* (bug 3047) Don't mention talk pages on Special:Movepage when there isn't one
+* Show links to user page, talk page and contributions page on Special:Newpages
+* Special:Export can now export a list of all contributors to an article (off by default)
+* (bug 5372) Add number of files to Special:Statistics
+* (bug 2871) Links to talk pages in watchlist editing view
+* (bug 5385) Allow hiding anonymous edits on Special:Recentchanges
+* (bug 2544) Illogical error reporting order in Special:Userlogin
+* (bug 5409) Hide "show/hide patrolled edits" in Special:Recentchanges if patrolling
+ is disabled
+* (bug 5447) Convert first letter of username to uppercase before searching in Special:Listusers
+* (bug 759) Wrap redirects on the watchlist editing page in a span, class "watchlistredir"
Misc.:
* PHP 4.1 compatibility fix: don't use new_link parameter to mysql_connect
* (bug 4611) Add user preference (default on) to add new pages to creators's watchlist
* (bug 5286) Fix regression in display of missing/bad revision IDs
* (bug 4729) Add user preference that marks a user's edits as patrolled if user is able to
+* (bug 4630) Add user preference to prompt users when entering blank edit summaries
+* Added optional suggest feature for the search box. Set wgUseAjax to true to
+ enable it.
+* (bug 5277) Use audio/midi rather that audio/mid
+* (bug 5410) Use namespace name when a custom namespace's nstab-NS message is nonexistent
+* (bug 5432) Fix inconsistencies in cookie names when using table prefixes
+* Additional protections against HTML breakage in table parsing
+* (bug 5355) Include skin name and style JS settings in page source;
+ fixes regression where Opera 6/7 and KHTML CSS fixes weren't applied
+ when wikibits.js was moved up before user JS inclusion.
+* Added $wgColorErrors: if set, database error messages will be highlighted
+ when running command-line scripts in a Unix terminal.
+* (bug 5195) rebuildrecentchanges.php works again; Database::insertSelect now
+ has a parameter for select options.
+* Fix updateSearchIndex.php for new schema
+* Fix bogus "filename too short" error when uploading files with a period in the base
+ name, e.g. "Mr. Zee.png"
+
=== Caveats ===