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 ===
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
* Do not show enotifminoredits preference, if disabled by $wgEnotifMinorEdits.
* AbortLogin returning "ABORTED" now handled. Also allows message identifier
for "ABORTED" reason to be returned and displayed to user.
+* (bug 28034) uploading file to local wiki when file exists on shared repository
+ (commons) gives spurious info in the warning message
+* Usernames get lost when selecting different sorts on Special:listfiles
=== API changes in 1.18 ===
* (bug 26339) Throw warning when truncating an overlarge API result
* (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 ===
* (bug 27681) Set $namespaceGenderAliases for Portuguese (pt and pt-br)
* (bug 27785) Fallback language for Kabardian (kbd) is English now.
* (bug 27825) Raw watchlist edit message now uses formatted numbers.
+* (bug 28040) Turkish: properly lower case 'I' to 'ı' (dotless i) and
+ uppercase 'i' to 'İ' (dotted i)
== Compatibility ==