RELEASE-NOTES

   1 = MediaWiki release notes =
   2
   3 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
   4 setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.
   5
   6 == MediaWiki 1.6 pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha ==
   7
   8 Misc work going on.....
   9
  10 Big things to note:
  11 * MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported.
  12
  13
  14 == Changes since 1.5 ==
  15
  16 * please fill in for the last couple weeks
  17 * Rearranged Special:Movepage form to reduce confusion between destination
  18   title and reason input boxes
  19 * (bug 2527) Always set destination filename when new file is selected
  20 * (bug 3056) MySQL 3 compatibility fix: USE INDEX instead of FORCE INDEX
  21 * PHP 4.1 compatibility fix: don't use new_link parameter to mysql_connect
  22   if running prior to 4.2.0 as it causes the call to fail
  23 * (bug 3117) Fix display of upload size and type with tidy on
  24 * (bug 3076) Support MacBinary-encoded uploads from IE/Mac
  25 * (bug 2323) Remove "last" tabindex from history page
  26 * (bug 3141) Partial support for Breton language (thanks Fulup).
  27 * Partial support for Basque language (from wikipedia and meta)
  28 * (bug 3116) Division by zero on [[Image:Foo.png|123x123px|]]
  29 * Fix display of read-only lockfile message
  30 * Update all stats fields on recount.sql
  31 * Include software-visible client IP address in Special:Version comment
  32   as a proxy debugging aid
  33 * (bug 3170) Page Title failed to obey MediaWiki:Pagetitle.
  34   wikititlesuffix was removed
  35 * (bug 3177) Estonian date formats not implemented in LanguageEt.php
  36 * Add ability to break off certain debug topics into additional log files;
  37   use $wgDebugLogGroups to configure and wfDebugLog() to log.
  38 * Finnish date format was hardcoded, now implemented properly
  39 * (bug 3190) Added some date format choices for language sr
  40 * (bug 1334) LanguageGa.php update
  41 * (bug 1020) Changing user interface language does not work immediately
  42 * (bug 2753) Some namespaces were not translated in LanguageTa.php (Tamil)
  43 * (bug 3204) Fix typo breaking special pages in fy localization
  44 * Oracle support
  45 * Edit conflict on recreation of deleted page
  46 * (bug 3210) Fix Media: links with remote image URL path
  47 * (bug 1956) Hide bot uploads from Special:Newimages
  48 * (bug 3216) Don't show empty warning page when no warnings.
  49 * (bug 3218) Use proper quoting on history Compare Revisions button
  50 * (bug 3220) Fix escaping of block URLs in Recentchanges
  51 * (bug 3227) Fix SQL injection introduced in experimental code
  52 * Move ArticleSave hook execution into Article insert/update functions,
  53   so they get called on non-EditPage actions that use these functions
  54   to create or update pages.
  55 * Fix table prefix usage in Block::enumBlocks
  56 * (bug 3244) Fix remote image loading hack, JavaScript injection on MSIE
  57 * Fix upgrade from 1.4 due to version number check breakage [for rc future]
  58 * Fix upgrade from 1.4 with no old revisions
  59 * Remove "info" editing toolbar that was shown in browsers which do not
  60 fully support the editing toolbar, but was found to be too confusing.
  61 * (bug 2554) Tell users they are uploading too large file
  62 * (bug 3271) Updated LanguageNn.php for HEAD
  63 * (bug 3280) Respect 'move' group permission on page moves
  64 * (bug 2613) Clear saved passwords from the form
  65 * Finally dropped MySQL 3.23.x support
  66 * Experimental feature to allow translation of block expiry times
  67   Implementation only for Finnish currently
  68 * (bug 3284) Ipblocklist paging, substring search
  69 * Allow filtering of robot edits in Special:Watchlist by stting
  70   $wgFilterRobotsWL = true.
  71 * (bug 2885) More PHP 5.1 fixes: skin, search, log, undelete
  72 * Fix interlanguage links on special pages when extra namespaces configured
  73 * IP privacy fix for blocklist search on autoblocks
  74 * Support for a license selection box on Special:Upload, configurable from MediaWiki:Licenses
  75 * Security fix for <math>
  76 * Security fix for tables
  77 * Security fix for Special:Upload license selection list
  78 * Don't override edit conflict suppression on section edits; section merging
  79   should provide the expected transparency here and fits usage patterns better.
  80 * (bug 3292) Fix move-over-redirect test when current entries are not plaintext
  81 * (bug 2078) Don't hide watch tab on preview
  82 * (bug 3306) Document $wgLocalTZoffset
  83 * (bug 3304) Language file for Croatian (LanguageHr.php)
  84 * (bug 2143) Update Vietnamese interface
  85 * Add 'reupload' and 'reupload-shared' permission keys to restrict new uploads
  86   overwriting existing files; default is the old behavior (allowed).
  87 * Use strval() to make sure we don't accidentally get null on bad revision
  88   text loads or other fields mucking up XML export output
  89 * Add UploadVerification hook for custom file upload validation/security checks
  90 * (bug 3063) Remove some hardcodings from Hebrew localisation
  91 * Support SVG rendering with rsvg
  92 * Cap arbitrary SVG renders to given image size or $wgSVGMaxSize pixels wide
  93 * (bug 3127) Render large SVGs at image page size correctly
  94 * Fix regressions in ChangesList traditional layout
  95 * Fix edit on double-click for move-protected pages in Classic skin
  96 * Fix scaling of non-integer SVG unit sizes
  97 * (bug 3408) Bulgarian formatNum corrected
  98 * (bug 3448) Set page_len on undelete
  99 * (bug 3405) Don't use raw letters as aliases of MSGNW: and SUBST:
 100 * (bug 2800) Don't scale up small images on |thumb| without explicit size
 101 * Use the real file link instead of the default-size rasterized version for
 102   large SVG images on image description page
 103 * Include the file name/type/size line for non-resized images
 104 * (bug 1512) Disable x-code interp on Esperanto URLs for now, it does more
 105   harm than good under current system by breaking incoming URLs with "ux".
 106   (Editing is not affected, just URLs.)
 107 * (bug 3412) Clean up date format handling so ~~~~-sigs work with default
 108   format as designed. Documentation comments updated.
 109 * (bug 1423) LanguageJa.php update
 110 * Clean up duplicate code for selection of changeslist style
 111
 112
 113 === Caveats ===
 114
 115 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 116 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 117 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 118 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 119 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 120
 121
 122 For notes on 1.5.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 123
 124
 125 === Online documentation ===
 126
 127 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 128 built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 129 License:
 130
 131   http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
 132
 133
 134 === Mailing list ===
 135
 136 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 137 wikitech-l list:
 138
 139   http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 140
 141 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 142   http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 143
 144 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 145 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 146
 147
 148 === IRC help ===
 149
 150 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net