Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
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
+PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki.
+
=== Configuration changes in 1.18 ===
* The WantedPages::getSQL hook has been removed and replaced with
WantedPages::getQueryInfo . This may break older extensions.
by the page, but $wgAllowUserJs is set to false.
* Pure "Skin" class based custom skins are no longer supported, all custom skins
should be put together using SkinTemplate and BaseTemplate or QuickTemplate.
+* The transliteration for passwords in case they were migrated from an old Latin-1
+ install (previous to MediaWiki 1.5) is now only done for wikis with
+ $wgLegacyEncoding set.
+* (bug 27508) Add $wgSVGMetadataCutoff to limit the maximum amount of an svg we
+ look at when finding metadata to prevent excessive resource usage.
=== New features in 1.18 ===
* Added a special page, disabled by default, that allows users with the
(maintenance/fixDoubleRedirects.php)
* (bug 23315) New body classes to allow easier styling of special pages
* (bug 27159) Make email confirmation code expiration time configurable
-* CSS/JS for each user group is imported from MediaWiki:Sysop.js,
+* CSS/JS for each user group is imported from MediaWiki:Sysop.js,
MediaWiki:Autoconfirmed.css, etc.
+* (bug 24230) Uploads of ZIP types, such as MS Office or OpenOffice can now be
+ safely enabled. A ZIP file reader was added which can scan a ZIP file for
+ potentially dangerous Java applets. This allows applets to be blocked
+ specifically, rather than all ZIP files being blocked.
+* (bug 2429) Allow selection of associated namespace in recent changes
+* (bug 26217) File size is now checked before uploading in HTML5 browsers
+* CSS stylesheet MediaWiki:Noscript.css is now loaded for users with JavaScript
+ disabled (enclosed in the head in a <noscript> tag)
+* Added UserGetLanguageObject hook to change the language used in $wgLang
+* (bug 14645) When $wgMiserMode is on, expensive special pages are styled
+ differently (italicized by default) on Special:SpecialPages
+* Added $wgAggregateStatsID, which allows UDP stats to be aggregated over
+ several wikis.
+* When $wgAllowMicrodataAttributes is true, all itemtypes are allowed, not just
+ the three that were defined in the original specification.
=== Bug fixes in 1.18 ===
* (bug 23119) WikiError class and subclasses are now marked as deprecated
* (bug 26548) ForeignAPIRepo (InstantCommons) now works with PDF files
and other multi-paged file formats.
* Files with a mime type that does not match the extension are now properly
- thumbnailed
+ thumbnailed
* (bug 27201) Special:WhatLinksHere output no longer contains duplicate IDs
* (bug 15905) Nostalgia skin could become more usable by including a Talk:
link at the top of the page
* (bug 27560) Search queries no longer fail in walloon language
+* (bug 27679) Broken embedded files with special characters are no longer
+ double HTML escaped
+* (bug 27700) The upload protection can now also be set for files that do not
+ exist.
+* (bug 27763) Article::getParserOutput() no longer throws a fatal given when an
+ incorrect revision ID is passed.
+* Trim the form field for uploading by url to remove extra spaces which could
+ cause confusing error messages.
+* (bug 27854) Http::isValidURI is way too lax.
+* 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.
=== API changes in 1.18 ===
* (bug 26339) Throw warning when truncating an overlarge API result
* (bug 27554) Update api information text to reflect change in bug 26125
* (bug 27611) list=blocks: Use ipb_by_text instead of join with user table
* (bug 27616) Add userid of blocked user and blocker to list=blocks
+* (bug 27688) Simplify queries to list user block information
+* (bug 27708) list=users does not have a property to return user id
+* (bug 27715) imageinfo didn't respect revdelete
+* (bug 27862) Useremail module didn't properly return success on success.
+* (bug 27590) prop=imageinfo now allows querying the media type
+* (bug 27587) list=filearchive now outputs full title info
+* (bug 27018) Added action=filerevert to revert files to an old version
+* (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
=== Languages updated in 1.18 ===
regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
+* Liv (liv) (new)
+
* (bug 17160) Gender specific display text for User namespace
* Link trail added for sl and sh
* (bug 27633) Add characters to linkTrail for Potuguese (pt and pt-br)
+* (bug 27426) Set $namespaceGenderAliases for Arabic (ar)
+* (bug 27385) Set Polish $namespaceGenderAliases
+* (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.
== Compatibility ==