* (bug 17009) the hiddenStructure CSS class, a highly hackish way of at least *appearing*
to hide article elements, has been removed. Use the ParserFunctions extension to
actually remove unwanted elements from the output.
+* (bug 14202) $wgUseTeX has been superseded by the Math extension. To re-enable
+ math conversion after upgrading, obtain the Math extension from SVN or from
+ http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math and add to LocalSettings.php:
+ require_once "$IP/extensions/Math/Math.php";
=== New features in 1.18 ===
* Added a special page, disabled by default, that allows users with the
to avoid loops and confusion; auth plugins like CentralAuth need to handle
AbortNewAccount separately.
* Special:ListFiles is now transcludable.
+* (bug 13879) Special:Emailuser asks for suitable target user if called without.
=== Bug fixes in 1.18 ===
* (bug 27893) Edit-on-doubleclick now applies only on view and purge actions;
no longer triggers unexpectedly on delete, history etc.
* (bug 28417) Fix PHP notice when importing revision without a listed id
-* (bug 28394) Set forgotten parameters types in ApiUnblock
-* (bug 28395) Set forgotten parameters types in ApiParse
* (bug 28430) Make html and TeX output of <math> always be left-to-right.
* (bug 28306) Fix exposure of suppressed usernames in ForeignDBRepo
* (bug 28372) Fix bogus link to suppressed file versions in ForeignDBRepo
+* (bug 27473) Fix regression: bold, italic no longer interfere with linktrail for ca, kaa
+* (bug 28444) Fix regression: edit-on-doubleclick retains revision id again
+* (bug 28485) Block::purgeExpired Database returned error "1205: Lock wait timeout
+ exceeded;"
+* (bug 27639) Transaction timeout when trying to OldLocalFile::upgradeRow()
-=== API changes in 1.18 ===
+ === API changes in 1.18 ===
* (bug 26339) Throw warning when truncating an overlarge API result
* (bug 14869) Add API module for accessing QueryPage-based special pages
* (bug 14020) API for Special:Unwatchedpages
* (bug 28263) cannot import xml with the api, when have not "import" user
right, but "importupload"
* (bug 28365) Added description for uiprop=preferencestoken in meta=userinfo
+* (bug 28394) Set forgotten parameters types in ApiUnblock
+* (bug 28395) Set forgotten parameters types in ApiParse
+* (bug 28368) add hint for multipart/form-data to api information of
+ action=import&xml=
+* (bug 28391) action=feedwatchlist&allrev should be a bool
+* (bug 28364) add registration date to meta=userinfo
+* (bug 28254) action=paraminfo: Extract type from PARAM_DFLT if
+ PARAM_TYPE is not set
+* (bug 27712) add parent_id to list=deletedrevs
+* (bug 28455) Add 'toponly' to recentchanges API module
+* (bug 26873) API: Add 'toponly' filter in usercontribs module
=== Languages updated in 1.18 ===