production.
=== Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
+* The server's canonical hostname is available as $wgServerName, which is
+ exposed in both mw.config and ApiQuerySiteInfo.
=== New features in 1.24 ===
* Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
* (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
follow redirects to their target pages.
+* Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
=== Web API changes in 1.24 ===
+* action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
+ ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
=== Languages updated in 1.24 ===
== Upgrading ==
-1.24 has several database changes since 1.22, and will not work without schema
+1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
many hours on a large site).