Merge "API: Use U+001F (Unit Separator) for separating multi-valued parameters"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.28

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.28 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.28
index d31943d..69c0601 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.28
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.28
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ production.
   https://www.mediawiki.org/beacon with basic information about the local
   MediaWiki installation. This data includes, for example, the type of system,
   PHP version, and chosen database backend. This behavior is off by default.
-* When $wgEditButtonPublishNotSave is true, MediaWiki will label the button to
-  store-to-database-and-show-to-others as "Publish page"/"Publish changes"; if
-  false, the default, they will be "Save page"/"Save changes".
+* When $EditSubmitButtonLabelPublish is true, MediaWiki will label the button
+  to store-to-database-and-show-to-others as "Publish page"/"Publish changes";
+  if false, the default, they will be "Save page"/"Save changes".
 
 === New features in 1.28 ===
 * User::isBot() method for checking if an account is a bot role account.
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ production.
   collation, you will need to run the updateCollation.php maintenance script.
 * Two new codes have been added to #time parser function: "xit" for days in current
   month, and "xiz" for days passed in the year, both in Iranian calendar.
+* mw.Api has a new option, useUS, to use U+001F (Unit Separator) when
+  appropriate for sending multi-valued parameters. This defaults to true when
+  the mw.Api instance seems to be for the local wiki.
 
 === External library changes in 1.28 ===
 
@@ -84,6 +87,9 @@ production.
   action=createaccount, action=linkaccount, and action=changeauthenticationdata
   in the query string is now deprecated and outputs a warning. They should be
   submitted in the POST body instead.
+* (T141960) Multi-valued parameters may now be separated using U+001F (Unit Separator)
+  instead of the pipe character. This will be useful if some of the multiple
+  values need to contain pipes, e.g. for action=options.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.28 ===
 * Added a new hook, 'ApiMakeParserOptions', to allow extensions to better