Change notes from older releases. For current info see RELEASE-NOTES.
-== MediaWiki 1.18 ==
-
-THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
-
-MediaWiki 1.18 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
-production.
-
-=== Configuration changes in 1.18 ===
-* The WantedPages::getSQL hook has been removed and replaced with
- WantedPages::getQueryInfo. This may break older extensions.
-* $wgUseCombinedLoginLink controls whether to output a combined
- login / create account link in the personal bar, or to output separate login
- and create account links.
-* Skin names are no longer created based on a ucfirst version of the key in
- $wgValidSkinNames but now the value. This means for
- $wgValidSkinNames["monobook"] = "MonoBook"; the skin loader will no longer try
- loading SkinMonobook and will instead load SkinMonoBook.
-* $wgMaxUploadSize may now be set to an array to specify the upload size limit
- per upload type.
-* $wgAPICacheHelp added in 1.16 is now removed. To disable API help caching, set
- $wgAPICacheHelpTimeout = 0;
-* OutputPage::isUserJsAllowed() no longer returns false when scripts are allowed
- 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.
-* $wgSysopUserBans and $wgSysopRangeBans (deprecated in 1.17) are now removed.
- Use $wgBlockCIDRLimit = array( 'IPv4' => 43, 'IPv6' => 128 ) to achieve the
- same functionality as $wgSysopRangeBans; you can use the BlockIp hook to
- replicate $wgSysopUserBans functionality.
-* The options on the block form have been standardised such that checking a box
- makes the block 'more serious'; so while "check to prevent account creation"
- and "check to enable autoblock" remain the same, "check to allow user-talk
- edit" is reversed to "check to *disable* user-talk edit", and "check to block
- anon-only" becomes "check to block logged-in users too". The default settings
- remain the same.
-* Most of the field names on the Special:Block form have been changed, which
- will probably break screen-scraping bots.
-* (bug 26866) The 'trackback' right is no longer granted to sysops by default.
- $wgUseTrackbacks is already false by default.
-* (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";
-* $wgProfiler is now a configuration array, see StartProfiler.sample for
- details.
-* $wgProfiling has been removed.
-* The spyc library is now no longer included in phase3.
-* (bug 28343) Unused preferences contextlines/contextchars have been removed
-* $wgSkinExtensionFunctions has been removed. Use $wgExtensionFunctions instead.
-
-=== New features in 1.18 ===
-* (bug 8130) Query pages should limit to content namespaces, not just main
- namespace.
-* Search suggestions (other than in the Vector skin) will now use the HTML5
- datalist feature where supported, currently only Firefox 4.
-* Special:Contribs now redirects to Special:Contributions.
-* (bug 6672) Images are now autorotated according to their EXIF orientation.
- This only affects thumbnails; the source remains unrotated.
-* (bug 25708) Update case mappings and normalization to Unicode 6.0.0
-* New hook ArticlePrepareTextForEdit added, called when preparing text to be
- saved.
-* New parser option PreSaveTransform added, allows the pre-save transformation
- to be selectively disabled.
-* Alternative to $wgHooks implemented, using the new Hooks class.
-* Add width parameter to Special:Filepath to allow getting the file path of a
- thumbnail.
-* (bug 26870) Add size to {{filepath:}}.
-* Upload warnings now show a thumbnail of the uploaded file.
-* Introduced the edittools-upload message, which will be inserted under the
- upload form instead of edittools if available.
-* (bug 26285) Extensions will be automatically generated on upload if the user
- specified a filename without extension.
-* (bug 26851) Special:UserRights now allows to prefill the reason field
-* New maintenance script to fix double redirects
- (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,
- 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 14706) Added support for the Imagick PHP extension.
-* (bug 18691) Added support for SVG rasterization using the Imagick PHP
- extension.
-* (bug 2581, bug 6834) Added links to thumbnail in several resolutions to the
- file description page. The sizes are set by $wgImageLimits.
-* (bug 28031) Add pageCount support to ArchivedFile.
-* (bug 27924) PhpHttpRequest doesn't return response body if HTTP != 200.
-* Added hook BitmapHandlerTransform to allow extension to transform a file
- without overriding the entire handler.
-* The parser now attempts to output markers for editsection tokens and defer the
- rendering of them post-cache to reduce parser cache fragmentation and ensure
- skin customizability of edit section links.
-* (bug 24755) AuthPlugin auto-creation of local accounts can now be aborted by
- other extensions by handling the 'AbortAutoAccount' hook, similar to the
- 'AbortNewAccount' triggered by explicit account creations. (They are separate
- 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 16956) IPTC and XMP metadata now extracted from images.
-* (bug 23816) A tracking category is now added for any pages with broken images.
-* (bug 23495) Allow createAndPromote.php to create non-sysop users
-
-=== Bug fixes in 1.18 ===
-* (bug 23119) WikiError class and subclasses are now marked as deprecated.
-* (bug 10871) Javascript and CSS pages in MediaWiki namespace are no longer
- treated as wikitext on preview.
-* (bug 22753) Output from update.php is more clear when things changed, entries
- indicating nothing changed are now all prefixed by "...".
-* Page existence is now not revealed (in the colour of the tabs) to users who
- cannot read the page in question.
-* (bug 19006) {{REVISIONUSER}} no longer acts like {{CURRENTUSER}} in some
- cases.
-* (bug 16019) $wgArticlePath = "/$1" no longer breaks API edit/watch actions.
-* (bug 18372) File types blacklisted by $wgFileBlacklist will no longer be shown
- as "Permitted file types" on the upload form.
-* (bug 26379) importImages.php gives more descriptive error message on failure.
-* (bug 26410) + signs are no longer treated as spaces in internal links if
- link has a % sign in it.
-* (bug 26412) Search results headers no longer show a bogus edit link.
-* (bug 26540) Fixed wrong call to applyPatch in MysqlUpdater.
-* (bug 26574) Added 'upload' to $wgRestrictionTypes, allowing upload protected
- pages to be queried via the API and Special:ProtectedPages, and allowing
- disabling upload protection by removing it from $wgRestrictionTypes.
-* If an edit summary exceeds 250 bytes and is truncated, add an ellipse.
-* (bug 26638) Database error pages display correctly in RTL languages.
-* (bug 26187) Confirmrecreate no longer parses the edit summary.
-* (bug 25506) Exception is thrown if OutputPage::parse is called inside a tag
- hook, which would reset parser state.
-* (bug 26208) Mark directionality of some interlanguage links.
-* (bug 26034) Make the "View / Read" tab in content_navigation style tabs remain
- selected when the action is "purge".
-* (bug 14267) Support a MediaWiki:Mainpage-nstab override for the subject
- namespace tab on the mainpage of a wiki.
-* (bug 10158) Do not mention allowing others to contact you when the feature
- is disabled ($wgEnableUserEmail=false).
-* (bug 26733) Wrap initial table creation in transaction.
-* (bug 26729) Category pages should return 404 if they do not exist and have no
- members.
-* (bug 2585) Image pages should send 404 if no image, no shared image and no
- description page.
-* Custom editintro's using the editintro url parameter will no longer show
- <noinclude> sections on pages they are included on.
-* (bug 26449) Keep underlines from headings outside of tables and thumbs by
- adding overflow:hidden to h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 (also fixes editsection bunching).
-* (bug 26708) Remove background-color:white from tables in Monobook and Vector.
-* (bug 28422) Remove color:black from tables in Monobook and Vector. And add it
- to table.wikitable instead.
-* (bug 26781) {{PAGENAME}} and related parser functions escape their output
- better.
-* (bug 26716) Provide link to instructions for external editor related
- preferences and add a comment to the ini control file explaining what is
- going on.
-* Trying to upload a file with no extension or with a disallowed MIME type now
- gives the right message instead of complaining about a MIME/extension
- mismatch.
-* (bug 26809) Uploading files with multiple extensions where one of the
- extensions is blacklisted now gives the proper extension in the error message.
-* (bug 26961) Hide anon edits in watchlist preference now actually works.
-* (bug 19751) Filesystem is now checked during image undeletion.
-* Send last modified headers for Special:Recentchanges when RC patrol is
- enabled, but user cannot see rc patrol links.
-* (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.
-* (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.
-* (bug 28034) uploading file to local wiki when file exists on shared repository
- (commons) gives spurious info in the warning message.
-* Usernames get lost when selecting different sorts on Special:listfiles.
-* (bug 14005) editing section 0 of an existing but empty page gives no such
- section error.
-* (bug 26939) Installer does not set $wgMetaNamespace.
-* (bug 28166) UploadBase assumes that 'edit' and 'upload' rights are not per
- page restrictions.
-* Make truncate function automatically consider length of '...' string,
- since length can vary by localization.
-* (bug 28242) Make redirects generated by urls containing a local interwiki
- prefix be a 301 instead of a 302.
-* (bug 15641) blocked administrators are now prevented from deleting or
- protecting their own talk page; and all blocked users are more
- comprehensively prevented from performing other actions.
-* (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 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.
-* ' character entity is now allowed in wikitext.
-* UtfNormal::cleanUp on an invalid utf-8 sequence no longer returns false if
- intl installed.
-* (bug 28561) The css class small will no longer make nested elements even
- smaller.
-* (bug 13172) Array type exif data (like GPS) was not being extracted from
- images.
-* (bug 28532) wfMsgExt() and wfMsgWikiHtml() use $wgOut->parse()
-* (bug 16129) Transcluded special pages expose strip markers when they output
- parsed messages.
-* (bug 27249) "Installed software" table in Special:Version should always be
- left-to-right.
-* (bug 28719) Do not call mLinkHolders __destruct explicitly
-* (bug 21196) Article::getContributors() no longer fails on PostgreSQL.
-* (bug 28752) XCache doesn't work in CLI mode.
-* (bug 28076) Thumbnail height limited to 360 pixels on Special:Listfiles
-* (bug 22227) Special:Listfiles no longer throws an error on bogus file entries
-* (bug 19408) user_properties.up_property: 32 bytes is not enough.
-
-=== 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 24287) Wrap API Help output at 100 characters.
-* Add a realname uiprop option to query=userinfo so a user's realname can be
- extracted.
-* Add a &watchuser option to ApiBlock.
-* (bug 26541) Generator-ise ApiQueryRecentChanges.
-* action=parse now correctly returns an error for nonexistent pages.
-* (bug 25767) Add userrights properties to allusers and users query lists.
-* (bug 26558) list=allusers auprop=groups does not list groups a user is
- automatically a member of.
-* (bug 26559) list=allusers auprop=rights does not match
- list=users usprop=rights.
-* (bug 26560) On allusers if limit < total number of users, last user gets
- duplicate.
-* (bug 25135) add "normalized" to action=parse.
-* (bug 26460) Add support for listing category members by category pageid.
-* (bug 26482) add a imimages param to prop=images.
-* (bug 26498) allow LinksUpdate with API.
-* (bug 26485) add a elextlinks param to prop=extlinks.
-* (bug 26483) add a iwtitles param to prop=iwlinks.
-* (bug 26484) add a lltitles param to prop=langlinks.
-* (bug 26480) add a pppageprops param to prop=pageprops.
-* (bug 26650) Remove $wgAPICacheHelp in favour of $wgAPICacheHelpTimeout.
-* (bug 24650) Fix API to work with categorylinks changes.
-* Expose list of skins in meta=siteinfo.
-* (bug 26548) Add iiurlparam param to query=imageinfo and query=stashimageinfo.
-* (bug 27205) aiprop=metadata and aiprop=parsedcomment need help text.
-* Add a amtitle param to meta=allmessages.
-* (bug 25832) query=allimages now outputs ns/title as well.
-* (bug 27199) Thumbnail urls can be fetched for old files as well.
-* (bug 27376) when using ApiBase::PARAM_TYPE => 'integer' without a min or
- max value, API doesn't validate the input is actually an integer.
-* (bug 27479) API error when using both prop=pageprops and
- prop=info&inprop=displaytitle.
-* (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.
-* (bug 28010) Passing a non existant user to list=users gives internal error.
-* (bug 27549) action=query&list=users&usprop=groups doesn't show implicit
- groups if a user doesn't have explicit groups.
-* (bug 27670) Ordering by timestamp (and usage of start and end) isn't as clear
- in auto generated document, as it is on mw.org.
-* (bug 27182) API: Add filter by prefix for meta=allmessages.
-* (bug 27183) API: Add filter by customisation state for meta=allmessages.
-* (bug 27340) API: Allow listing of "small" categories.
-* (bug 27342) Add audir param to list=allusers.
-* (bug 27203) add fato param to list=filearchive.
-* (bug 27341) Add drto param to list=deletedrevs.
-* (bug 26630) Add API for Special:ActiveUsers.
-* (bug 27020) API: Allow title prefix search of logevents (only when not in
- miser mode).
-* (bug 26629) add Special:MIMESearch to API.
-* (bug 27585) add pagecount to list=filearchive.
-* (bug 28104) Namespace for local pages in interwiki backlinks (iwbacklinks)
- is missing.
-* (bug 27343) Add parseddescription to list=filearchive.
-* (bug 27469) label implicit groups in list=allusers&auprop=groups/
- list=users&usprop=groups.
-* Addition of APIQuerySiteInfoGeneralInfo hook to add extra information to
- the general site info results.
-* (bug 16288) API: consider making closure status of wikis more clear
- with meta=siteinfo.
-* (bug 27589) list=allimages&aiprop=archivename is useless.
-* (bug 27586) Remove duplication of props in ApiQueryStashImageInfo
- by using ApiQueryImageInfo.
-* (bug 28226) prop=extlinks&eloffset should be an integer.
-* (bug 28070) Fix watchlist RSS for databases that store timestamps in a
- real timestamp field.
-* API upload errors may now return the parameter that needs to be changed and
- a sessionkey to fix the error.
-* (bug 28249) allow dupes in meta=allmessages&amargs.
-* (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.
-* (bug 28586) YAML: strings that are the same as boolean literals.
-* (bug 28591) Update/replace/supplement spyc (YAML parsing library).
-* YAML API output is now 1.2 compliant, using JSON as the formatter.
-* (bug 28672) give information about misermode on API.
-* (bug 28558) Add iw_api and iw_wikiid to meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap
-* (bug 26882) Allow listing of indefinite protections with the API.
-* (bug 27344) add drprefix param to list=deletedrevs.
-* (bug 28560) list=deletedrevs should die, if combination of param is invalid.
-* (bug 28238) paraminfo: output both limits for multi param
-* (bug 27179) API: List of extension tags through meta=siteinfo
-* Get a list of function hooks through meta=siteinfo
-* Get a list of all subscribed hooks, and those subscribers
-* (bug 28225) Allow hiding of user groups in list=allusers
-* (bug 27185) API: Add Special:ComparePages
-* (bug 28265) allow outputting of comments for action=expandtemplates
-
-=== Languages updated in 1.18 ===
-
-MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
-regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
-changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
-
-* Angika (anp) (new).
-* Brahui (brh) (new).
-* Central Dusun (new).
-* Jamaican Creole English (jam) (new).
-* Khowar (khw) (new).
-* Liv (liv) (new).
-* Tokipona (tp) (removed) 'tokipona' is still valid.
-* (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.
-* (bug 28040) Turkish: properly lower case 'I' to 'ı' (dotless i) and
- uppercase 'i' to 'İ' (dotted i).
-* Conversion script between Syllabics and Latin for the Inuktitut language.
-* Date formats for Indonesian (id) updated.
-
-
== MediaWiki 1.17 ==
=== PHP 5.2 now required ==
+++ /dev/null
-= MediaWiki release notes =
-
-Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
-setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
-
-== MediaWiki 1.19 ==
-
-THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
-
-MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
-production.
-
-=== Configuration changes in 1.19 ===
-* $wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups (deprecated in 1.13) has been removed
-* $wgInputEncoding and $wgOutputEncoding (deprecated in 1.5) have now been removed
-* $wgAllowUserSkin (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
-* $wgExtraRandompageSQL (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
-
-=== New features in 1.19 ===
-
-=== Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
-* (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
-
-=== API changes in 1.19 ===
-
-=== Languages updated in 1.19 ===
-
-MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
-regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
-changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
-
-== Compatibility ==
-
-MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
-
-MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
-support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
-DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
-
-The supported versions are:
-
-* MySQL 4.0 or later
-* PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
-* SQLite 3
-
-== Upgrading ==
-
-1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
-updates.
-
-If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
-repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
-due to database schema changes.
-
-If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
-new database fields are filled with data.
-
-If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
-changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
-break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
-
-See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
-
-For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
-
-== Online documentation ==
-
-Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
-MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
-for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
-
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
-
-== Mailing list ==
-
-A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
-
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
-
-A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
-
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
-
-It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
-going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
-
-== IRC help ==
-
-There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.
--- /dev/null
+= MediaWiki release notes =
+
+Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
+setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
+
+== MediaWiki 1.18 ==
+
+THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
+
+MediaWiki 1.18 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
+production.
+
+=== Configuration changes in 1.18 ===
+* The WantedPages::getSQL hook has been removed and replaced with
+ WantedPages::getQueryInfo. This may break older extensions.
+* $wgUseCombinedLoginLink controls whether to output a combined
+ login / create account link in the personal bar, or to output separate login
+ and create account links.
+* Skin names are no longer created based on a ucfirst version of the key in
+ $wgValidSkinNames but now the value. This means for
+ $wgValidSkinNames["monobook"] = "MonoBook"; the skin loader will no longer try
+ loading SkinMonobook and will instead load SkinMonoBook.
+* $wgMaxUploadSize may now be set to an array to specify the upload size limit
+ per upload type.
+* $wgAPICacheHelp added in 1.16 is now removed. To disable API help caching, set
+ $wgAPICacheHelpTimeout = 0;
+* OutputPage::isUserJsAllowed() no longer returns false when scripts are allowed
+ 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.
+* $wgSysopUserBans and $wgSysopRangeBans (deprecated in 1.17) are now removed.
+ Use $wgBlockCIDRLimit = array( 'IPv4' => 43, 'IPv6' => 128 ) to achieve the
+ same functionality as $wgSysopRangeBans; you can use the BlockIp hook to
+ replicate $wgSysopUserBans functionality.
+* The options on the block form have been standardised such that checking a box
+ makes the block 'more serious'; so while "check to prevent account creation"
+ and "check to enable autoblock" remain the same, "check to allow user-talk
+ edit" is reversed to "check to *disable* user-talk edit", and "check to block
+ anon-only" becomes "check to block logged-in users too". The default settings
+ remain the same.
+* Most of the field names on the Special:Block form have been changed, which
+ will probably break screen-scraping bots.
+* (bug 26866) The 'trackback' right is no longer granted to sysops by default.
+ $wgUseTrackbacks is already false by default.
+* (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";
+* $wgProfiler is now a configuration array, see StartProfiler.sample for
+ details.
+* $wgProfiling has been removed.
+* The spyc library is now no longer included in phase3.
+* (bug 28343) Unused preferences contextlines/contextchars have been removed
+* $wgSkinExtensionFunctions has been removed. Use $wgExtensionFunctions instead.
+
+=== New features in 1.18 ===
+* (bug 8130) Query pages should limit to content namespaces, not just main
+ namespace.
+* Search suggestions (other than in the Vector skin) will now use the HTML5
+ datalist feature where supported, currently only Firefox 4.
+* Special:Contribs now redirects to Special:Contributions.
+* (bug 6672) Images are now autorotated according to their EXIF orientation.
+ This only affects thumbnails; the source remains unrotated.
+* (bug 25708) Update case mappings and normalization to Unicode 6.0.0
+* New hook ArticlePrepareTextForEdit added, called when preparing text to be
+ saved.
+* New parser option PreSaveTransform added, allows the pre-save transformation
+ to be selectively disabled.
+* Alternative to $wgHooks implemented, using the new Hooks class.
+* Add width parameter to Special:Filepath to allow getting the file path of a
+ thumbnail.
+* (bug 26870) Add size to {{filepath:}}.
+* Upload warnings now show a thumbnail of the uploaded file.
+* Introduced the edittools-upload message, which will be inserted under the
+ upload form instead of edittools if available.
+* (bug 26285) Extensions will be automatically generated on upload if the user
+ specified a filename without extension.
+* (bug 26851) Special:UserRights now allows to prefill the reason field
+* New maintenance script to fix double redirects
+ (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,
+ 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 14706) Added support for the Imagick PHP extension.
+* (bug 18691) Added support for SVG rasterization using the Imagick PHP
+ extension.
+* (bug 2581, bug 6834) Added links to thumbnail in several resolutions to the
+ file description page. The sizes are set by $wgImageLimits.
+* (bug 28031) Add pageCount support to ArchivedFile.
+* (bug 27924) PhpHttpRequest doesn't return response body if HTTP != 200.
+* Added hook BitmapHandlerTransform to allow extension to transform a file
+ without overriding the entire handler.
+* The parser now attempts to output markers for editsection tokens and defer the
+ rendering of them post-cache to reduce parser cache fragmentation and ensure
+ skin customizability of edit section links.
+* (bug 24755) AuthPlugin auto-creation of local accounts can now be aborted by
+ other extensions by handling the 'AbortAutoAccount' hook, similar to the
+ 'AbortNewAccount' triggered by explicit account creations. (They are separate
+ 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 16956) IPTC and XMP metadata now extracted from images.
+* (bug 23816) A tracking category is now added for any pages with broken images.
+* (bug 23495) Allow createAndPromote.php to create non-sysop users
+
+=== Bug fixes in 1.18 ===
+* (bug 23119) WikiError class and subclasses are now marked as deprecated.
+* (bug 10871) Javascript and CSS pages in MediaWiki namespace are no longer
+ treated as wikitext on preview.
+* (bug 22753) Output from update.php is more clear when things changed, entries
+ indicating nothing changed are now all prefixed by "...".
+* Page existence is now not revealed (in the colour of the tabs) to users who
+ cannot read the page in question.
+* (bug 19006) {{REVISIONUSER}} no longer acts like {{CURRENTUSER}} in some
+ cases.
+* (bug 16019) $wgArticlePath = "/$1" no longer breaks API edit/watch actions.
+* (bug 18372) File types blacklisted by $wgFileBlacklist will no longer be shown
+ as "Permitted file types" on the upload form.
+* (bug 26379) importImages.php gives more descriptive error message on failure.
+* (bug 26410) + signs are no longer treated as spaces in internal links if
+ link has a % sign in it.
+* (bug 26412) Search results headers no longer show a bogus edit link.
+* (bug 26540) Fixed wrong call to applyPatch in MysqlUpdater.
+* (bug 26574) Added 'upload' to $wgRestrictionTypes, allowing upload protected
+ pages to be queried via the API and Special:ProtectedPages, and allowing
+ disabling upload protection by removing it from $wgRestrictionTypes.
+* If an edit summary exceeds 250 bytes and is truncated, add an ellipse.
+* (bug 26638) Database error pages display correctly in RTL languages.
+* (bug 26187) Confirmrecreate no longer parses the edit summary.
+* (bug 25506) Exception is thrown if OutputPage::parse is called inside a tag
+ hook, which would reset parser state.
+* (bug 26208) Mark directionality of some interlanguage links.
+* (bug 26034) Make the "View / Read" tab in content_navigation style tabs remain
+ selected when the action is "purge".
+* (bug 14267) Support a MediaWiki:Mainpage-nstab override for the subject
+ namespace tab on the mainpage of a wiki.
+* (bug 10158) Do not mention allowing others to contact you when the feature
+ is disabled ($wgEnableUserEmail=false).
+* (bug 26733) Wrap initial table creation in transaction.
+* (bug 26729) Category pages should return 404 if they do not exist and have no
+ members.
+* (bug 2585) Image pages should send 404 if no image, no shared image and no
+ description page.
+* Custom editintro's using the editintro url parameter will no longer show
+ <noinclude> sections on pages they are included on.
+* (bug 26449) Keep underlines from headings outside of tables and thumbs by
+ adding overflow:hidden to h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 (also fixes editsection bunching).
+* (bug 26708) Remove background-color:white from tables in Monobook and Vector.
+* (bug 28422) Remove color:black from tables in Monobook and Vector. And add it
+ to table.wikitable instead.
+* (bug 26781) {{PAGENAME}} and related parser functions escape their output
+ better.
+* (bug 26716) Provide link to instructions for external editor related
+ preferences and add a comment to the ini control file explaining what is
+ going on.
+* Trying to upload a file with no extension or with a disallowed MIME type now
+ gives the right message instead of complaining about a MIME/extension
+ mismatch.
+* (bug 26809) Uploading files with multiple extensions where one of the
+ extensions is blacklisted now gives the proper extension in the error message.
+* (bug 26961) Hide anon edits in watchlist preference now actually works.
+* (bug 19751) Filesystem is now checked during image undeletion.
+* Send last modified headers for Special:Recentchanges when RC patrol is
+ enabled, but user cannot see rc patrol links.
+* (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.
+* (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.
+* (bug 28034) uploading file to local wiki when file exists on shared repository
+ (commons) gives spurious info in the warning message.
+* Usernames get lost when selecting different sorts on Special:listfiles.
+* (bug 14005) editing section 0 of an existing but empty page gives no such
+ section error.
+* (bug 26939) Installer does not set $wgMetaNamespace.
+* (bug 28166) UploadBase assumes that 'edit' and 'upload' rights are not per
+ page restrictions.
+* Make truncate function automatically consider length of '...' string,
+ since length can vary by localization.
+* (bug 28242) Make redirects generated by urls containing a local interwiki
+ prefix be a 301 instead of a 302.
+* (bug 15641) blocked administrators are now prevented from deleting or
+ protecting their own talk page; and all blocked users are more
+ comprehensively prevented from performing other actions.
+* (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 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.
+* ' character entity is now allowed in wikitext.
+* UtfNormal::cleanUp on an invalid utf-8 sequence no longer returns false if
+ intl installed.
+* (bug 28561) The css class small will no longer make nested elements even
+ smaller.
+* (bug 13172) Array type exif data (like GPS) was not being extracted from
+ images.
+* (bug 28532) wfMsgExt() and wfMsgWikiHtml() use $wgOut->parse()
+* (bug 16129) Transcluded special pages expose strip markers when they output
+ parsed messages.
+* (bug 27249) "Installed software" table in Special:Version should always be
+ left-to-right.
+* (bug 28719) Do not call mLinkHolders __destruct explicitly
+* (bug 21196) Article::getContributors() no longer fails on PostgreSQL.
+* (bug 28752) XCache doesn't work in CLI mode.
+* (bug 28076) Thumbnail height limited to 360 pixels on Special:Listfiles
+* (bug 22227) Special:Listfiles no longer throws an error on bogus file entries
+* (bug 19408) user_properties.up_property: 32 bytes is not enough.
+
+=== 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 24287) Wrap API Help output at 100 characters.
+* Add a realname uiprop option to query=userinfo so a user's realname can be
+ extracted.
+* Add a &watchuser option to ApiBlock.
+* (bug 26541) Generator-ise ApiQueryRecentChanges.
+* action=parse now correctly returns an error for nonexistent pages.
+* (bug 25767) Add userrights properties to allusers and users query lists.
+* (bug 26558) list=allusers auprop=groups does not list groups a user is
+ automatically a member of.
+* (bug 26559) list=allusers auprop=rights does not match
+ list=users usprop=rights.
+* (bug 26560) On allusers if limit < total number of users, last user gets
+ duplicate.
+* (bug 25135) add "normalized" to action=parse.
+* (bug 26460) Add support for listing category members by category pageid.
+* (bug 26482) add a imimages param to prop=images.
+* (bug 26498) allow LinksUpdate with API.
+* (bug 26485) add a elextlinks param to prop=extlinks.
+* (bug 26483) add a iwtitles param to prop=iwlinks.
+* (bug 26484) add a lltitles param to prop=langlinks.
+* (bug 26480) add a pppageprops param to prop=pageprops.
+* (bug 26650) Remove $wgAPICacheHelp in favour of $wgAPICacheHelpTimeout.
+* (bug 24650) Fix API to work with categorylinks changes.
+* Expose list of skins in meta=siteinfo.
+* (bug 26548) Add iiurlparam param to query=imageinfo and query=stashimageinfo.
+* (bug 27205) aiprop=metadata and aiprop=parsedcomment need help text.
+* Add a amtitle param to meta=allmessages.
+* (bug 25832) query=allimages now outputs ns/title as well.
+* (bug 27199) Thumbnail urls can be fetched for old files as well.
+* (bug 27376) when using ApiBase::PARAM_TYPE => 'integer' without a min or
+ max value, API doesn't validate the input is actually an integer.
+* (bug 27479) API error when using both prop=pageprops and
+ prop=info&inprop=displaytitle.
+* (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.
+* (bug 28010) Passing a non existant user to list=users gives internal error.
+* (bug 27549) action=query&list=users&usprop=groups doesn't show implicit
+ groups if a user doesn't have explicit groups.
+* (bug 27670) Ordering by timestamp (and usage of start and end) isn't as clear
+ in auto generated document, as it is on mw.org.
+* (bug 27182) API: Add filter by prefix for meta=allmessages.
+* (bug 27183) API: Add filter by customisation state for meta=allmessages.
+* (bug 27340) API: Allow listing of "small" categories.
+* (bug 27342) Add audir param to list=allusers.
+* (bug 27203) add fato param to list=filearchive.
+* (bug 27341) Add drto param to list=deletedrevs.
+* (bug 26630) Add API for Special:ActiveUsers.
+* (bug 27020) API: Allow title prefix search of logevents (only when not in
+ miser mode).
+* (bug 26629) add Special:MIMESearch to API.
+* (bug 27585) add pagecount to list=filearchive.
+* (bug 28104) Namespace for local pages in interwiki backlinks (iwbacklinks)
+ is missing.
+* (bug 27343) Add parseddescription to list=filearchive.
+* (bug 27469) label implicit groups in list=allusers&auprop=groups/
+ list=users&usprop=groups.
+* Addition of APIQuerySiteInfoGeneralInfo hook to add extra information to
+ the general site info results.
+* (bug 16288) API: consider making closure status of wikis more clear
+ with meta=siteinfo.
+* (bug 27589) list=allimages&aiprop=archivename is useless.
+* (bug 27586) Remove duplication of props in ApiQueryStashImageInfo
+ by using ApiQueryImageInfo.
+* (bug 28226) prop=extlinks&eloffset should be an integer.
+* (bug 28070) Fix watchlist RSS for databases that store timestamps in a
+ real timestamp field.
+* API upload errors may now return the parameter that needs to be changed and
+ a sessionkey to fix the error.
+* (bug 28249) allow dupes in meta=allmessages&amargs.
+* (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.
+* (bug 28586) YAML: strings that are the same as boolean literals.
+* (bug 28591) Update/replace/supplement spyc (YAML parsing library).
+* YAML API output is now 1.2 compliant, using JSON as the formatter.
+* (bug 28672) give information about misermode on API.
+* (bug 28558) Add iw_api and iw_wikiid to meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap
+* (bug 26882) Allow listing of indefinite protections with the API.
+* (bug 27344) add drprefix param to list=deletedrevs.
+* (bug 28560) list=deletedrevs should die, if combination of param is invalid.
+* (bug 28238) paraminfo: output both limits for multi param
+* (bug 27179) API: List of extension tags through meta=siteinfo
+* Get a list of function hooks through meta=siteinfo
+* Get a list of all subscribed hooks, and those subscribers
+* (bug 28225) Allow hiding of user groups in list=allusers
+* (bug 27185) API: Add Special:ComparePages
+* (bug 28265) allow outputting of comments for action=expandtemplates
+
+=== Languages updated in 1.18 ===
+
+MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
+regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
+changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
+
+* Angika (anp) (new).
+* Brahui (brh) (new).
+* Central Dusun (new).
+* Jamaican Creole English (jam) (new).
+* Khowar (khw) (new).
+* Liv (liv) (new).
+* Tokipona (tp) (removed) 'tokipona' is still valid.
+* (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.
+* (bug 28040) Turkish: properly lower case 'I' to 'ı' (dotless i) and
+ uppercase 'i' to 'İ' (dotted i).
+* Conversion script between Syllabics and Latin for the Inuktitut language.
+* Date formats for Indonesian (id) updated.
+
+== Compatibility ==
+
+MediaWiki 1.18 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
+
+MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
+support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
+DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
+
+The supported versions are:
+
+* MySQL 4.0 or later
+* PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
+* SQLite 3
+
+== Upgrading ==
+
+1.18 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
+updates.
+
+If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
+repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
+due to database schema changes.
+
+If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
+new database fields are filled with data.
+
+If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
+changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
+break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
+
+See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
+
+For notes on 1.17.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
+
+== Online documentation ==
+
+Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
+MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
+for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
+
+ http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
+
+== Mailing list ==
+
+A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
+
+ http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
+
+A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
+
+ http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
+
+It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
+going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
+
+== IRC help ==
+
+There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.
--- /dev/null
+= MediaWiki release notes =
+
+Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
+setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
+
+== MediaWiki 1.19 ==
+
+THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
+
+MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
+production.
+
+=== Configuration changes in 1.19 ===
+* $wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups (deprecated in 1.13) has been removed
+* $wgInputEncoding and $wgOutputEncoding (deprecated in 1.5) have now been removed
+* $wgAllowUserSkin (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
+* $wgExtraRandompageSQL (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
+
+=== New features in 1.19 ===
+
+=== Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
+* (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
+
+=== API changes in 1.19 ===
+
+=== Languages updated in 1.19 ===
+
+MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
+regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
+changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
+
+== Compatibility ==
+
+MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
+
+MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
+support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
+DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
+
+The supported versions are:
+
+* MySQL 4.0 or later
+* PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
+* SQLite 3
+
+== Upgrading ==
+
+1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
+updates.
+
+If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
+repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
+due to database schema changes.
+
+If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
+new database fields are filled with data.
+
+If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
+changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
+break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
+
+See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
+
+For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
+
+== Online documentation ==
+
+Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
+MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
+for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
+
+ http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
+
+== Mailing list ==
+
+A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
+
+ http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
+
+A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
+
+ http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
+
+It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
+going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
+
+== IRC help ==
+
+There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.
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