Remove MWInit class file Init.php

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
index 83c2459..96d301f 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-Security reminder: If you have PHP's register_globals option set, you should
-turn it off. Although MediaWiki will work with it enabled, it exposes your
-server to potential security vulnerabilities.
+Security reminder: If you have PHP's register_globals option set, you must
+turn it off. MediaWiki will no longer work with it enabled.
 
 == MediaWiki 1.24 ==
 
@@ -10,6 +9,9 @@ MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
 production.
 
 === Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
+* MediaWiki will no longer run if register_globals is enabled. It has been
+  deprecated for 5 years now, and was removed in PHP 5.4. For more information
+  about why, see <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/register_globals>.
 * The server's canonical hostname is available as $wgServerName, which is
   exposed in both mw.config and ApiQuerySiteInfo.
 * Introduced $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey as a backwards-compatibility switch,
@@ -27,6 +29,12 @@ production.
   prefixes (i.e. turned into interlanguage links when $wgInterwikiMagic is set
   to true).
 * $wgParserTestRemote has been removed.
+* $wgCountTotalSearchHits has been removed. If you're concerned about efficiency
+  of search, you should use something like CirrusSearch instead of built in
+  search.
+* Users in the 'sysop' group have access to Special:MergeHistory by default.
+* $wgFileStore was removed after having been deprecated in 1.17. Alternative
+  configurations are $wgDeletedDirectory and $wgHashedUploadDirectory.
 
 === New features in 1.24 ===
 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
@@ -102,6 +110,9 @@ production.
   The feature needs to be enabled with $wgPageLanguageUseDB=true and
   permission needs to be set for 'pagelang'.
 * Upgrade Moment.js to v2.7.0.
+* (bug 67042) Added support for the HTML5 <rtc> tag for East Asian typography.
+* Upgrade Sinon.JS to 1.10.3.
+* Added the es5-shim polyfill for older or non-compliant javascript engines.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
@@ -151,6 +162,9 @@ production.
 * The deprecated action=parse&prop=languageshtml has been removed.
 * (bug 48071) action=setnotificationtimestamp no longer throws PHP or database
   errors when no pages are given.
+* (bug 60734) Actions that use ApiPageSet (e.g. purge, watch,
+  setnotificationtimestamp) will now include continuation information when
+  using a generator.
 
 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
 
@@ -208,6 +222,22 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   set of hooks has been removed and replaced by a single new hook
   SpecialPageBeforeFormDisplay.
 * (bug 65781) Removed block warning on included {{Special:Contributions}}
+* Removed Skin::makeGlobalVariablesScript. (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed MWNamespace::isMain(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed Preferences::loadOldSearchNs(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed OutputPage::getStatusMessage(). (deprecated since 1.18)
+* Removed OutputPage::isUserJsAllowed(). (deprecated since 1.18)
+* Removed Title::updateTitleProtection(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed ParserOptions::setSkin(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed Title::escapeCanonicalURL(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed Title::escapeLocalURL(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed Title::escapeFullURL(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed User::isValidEmailAddr(). (deprecated since 1.18)
+* Removed Title::getEscapedText(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed Language::getFallbackLanguageCode(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed WikiPage::isBigDeletion(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed MWInit class which contained functions related to a now discontinued
+  PHP compiler called hphpc. (deprecated since 1.22)
 
 ==== Renamed classes ====
 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
@@ -250,6 +280,7 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 ==== Removed classes ====
 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
+* FormatExif - Use FormatMetadata directly
 
 == Compatibility ==