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[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / 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 1.11 ==
7
8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET.
9
10 MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
11 quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
12 "ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.
13
14 Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
15 from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature developments
16 will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.
17
18 Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
19 it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
20
21 == Configuration changes since 1.10 ==
22
23 * $wgThumbUpright - Adjust width of upright images when parameter 'upright' is
24 used
25 * $wgAddGroups, $wgRemoveGroups - Finer control over who can assign which
26 usergroups
27 * $wgEnotifImpersonal, $wgEnotifUseJobQ - Bulk mail options for large sites
28 * $wgShowHostnames - Expose server host names through the API and HTML comments
29 * $wgSaveDeletedFiles has been removed, the feature is now enabled unconditionally
30
31 == New features since 1.10 ==
32
33 * (bug 8868) Separate "blocked" message for autoblocks
34 * Adding expiry of block to block messages
35 * Links to redirect pages in categories are wrapped in
36 <span class="redirect-in-category"></span>
37 * Introduced 'ImageOpenShowImageInlineBefore' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for
38 more information
39 * (bug 9628) Show warnings about slave lag on Special:Contributions,
40 Special:Watchlist
41 * (bug 8818) Expose "wpDestFile" as parameter $1 to "uploaddisabledtext"
42 * Introducing new image keyword 'upright' and corresponding variable
43 $wgThumbUpright. This allows better proportional view of upright images
44 related to landscape images on a page without nailing the width of upright
45 images to a fix value which makes views for anon unproportional and user
46 preferences useless
47 * (bug 6072) Introducing 'border' keyword to the [[Image:]] syntax
48 * Introducing 'frameless' keyword to [[Image:]] syntax which respects the
49 user preferences for image width like 'thumb' but without a frame.
50 * (bug 7960) Link to "what links here" for each "what links here" entry
51 * Added support for configuration of an arbitrary number of commons-style
52 file repositories.
53 * Added a Content-Disposition header to thumb.php output
54 * Improved thumb.php error handling
55 * Display file history on local image description pages of shared images
56 * Added $wgArticleRobotPolicies
57 * (bug 10076) Additional parameter $7 added to MediaWiki:Blockedtext
58 containing, the ip, ip range, or username whose block is affecting the
59 * (bug 7691) Show relevant lines from the deletion log when re-creating a
60 previously deleted article
61 * Added variables 'wgRestrictionEdit' and 'wgRestrictionMove' for JS to header
62 * (bug 9898) Allow viewing all namespaces in Special:Newpages
63 * (bug 10139) Introduce 'EditSectionLink' and 'EditSectionLinkForOther' hooks;
64 see docs/hooks.txt for details
65 * (bug 9769) Provide "watch this page" toggle on protection form
66 * (bug 9886) Provide clear example "stub link" in Special:Preferences
67 * (bug 10055) Populate email address and real name properties of User objects
68 passed to the 'AbortNewAccount' hook
69 * Show result of Special:Booksources in wiki content language always, it's
70 normally better maintained than the generic list from the standard message
71 files
72 * (bug 7997) Allow users to be blocked from using Special:Emailuser
73 * (bug 8989) Blacklist 'mhtml' and 'mht' files from upload
74 * (bug 8760) Allow wiki links in "protectexpiry" message
75 * (bug 5908) Add "DEFAULTSORTKEY" and "DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT" aliases for
76 "DEFAULTSORT" magic word
77 * (bug 10181) Support the XCache object caching mechanism
78 * (bug 9058) Introduce '--aconf' option for all maintenance scripts, to provide
79 a path to the AdminSettings.php file
80 * (bug 8781) Remind users to check file permissions for LocalSettings.php
81 post-installation
82 * Use shared.css for all skins and oldshared.css in place of common.css for
83 pre-Monobook skins. As always, modifications should go in-wiki to MediaWiki:
84 Common.css and MediaWiki:Monobook.css.
85 * (bug 8869) Introduce Special:Uncategorizedtemplates
86 * (bug 8734) Different log message when article protection level is changed
87 * (bug 8458, 10338) Limit custom signature length to $wgMaxSigChars Unicode
88 characters
89 * (bug 10096) Added an ability to query interwiki map table
90 * On reupload, add a null revision to the image description page
91 * Group log output by date
92 * Kurdish interface latin/arabic writing system with transliteration
93 * Support wiki text in all query page headers
94 * Add 'Orphanedpages' as an alias to Special:Lonelypages
95 * (bug 9328) Use "revision-info-current" message in place of "revision-info"
96 when viewing the current revision of a page, if available
97 * (bug 8890) Enable wiki text for "license" message
98 * Throw a showstopper exception when a hook function fails to return a value.
99 Forgetting to give a 'true' return value is a very common error which tends
100 to cause hard-to-track-down interactions between extensions.
101 * Use $wgJobClasses to determine the correct Job to instantiate for a particular
102 queued task; allows extensions to introduce custom jobs
103 * (bug 10326) AJAX-based page watching and unwatching has been cleaned up and
104 enabled by default.
105 * Added option to install to MyISAM
106 * (bug 9250) Remove hardcoded minimum image name length of three characters
107 * Fixed DISPLAYTITLE behaviour to reject titles which don't normalise to the
108 same title as the current page, and enabled per default
109 * Wrap site CSS and JavaScript in a <pre> tag, like user JS/CSS
110 * (bug 10196) Add classes and dir="ltr" to the <pre>s on CSS and JS pages (new
111 classes: mw-code, mw-css, mw-js)
112 * (bug 6711) Add $wgAddGroups and $wgRemoveGroups to allow finer control over
113 usergroup assignment.
114 * Introduce 'UserEffectiveGroups' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for more information
115 * (bug 10387) Detect and handle '.php5' extension environments at install time
116 * Introduce 'ShowRawCssJs' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for more information
117 * (bug 10404) Show rights log for the selected user in Special:Userrights
118 * New javascript for upload page that will show a warning if a file with the
119 "destination filename" already exists.
120 * Add 'editsection-brackets' message to allow localization (or removal) of the
121 brackets in the "[edit]" link for sections
122 * (bug 10437) Move texvc styling to shared.css
123 * Introduce "raw editing" mode for the watchlist, to allow bulk additions,
124 removals, and convenient exporting of watchlist contents
125 * Show "undo" links in page histories
126 * Option to jump to specified time period in user contributions
127 * Improved feedback on "rollback success" page
128 * Show distinct 'namespaceprotected' message to users when namespace protection
129 prevents page editing
130 * (bug 9936) Per-edit suppression of preview-on-first edit with "preview=no"
131 * Allow showing a one-off preview on first edit with "preview=yes"
132 * (bug 9151) Remove timed redirects on "Return to X" pages for accessibility.
133 * Link to user logs in toolbox when viewing a user page
134 * (bug 10508) Allow HTML attributes on <gallery>
135 * (bug 1962) Allow HTML attributes on <math>
136 * (bug 10530) Introduce optional "sp-contributions-explain" message for
137 additional explanation in Special:Contributions
138 * (bug 10520) Preview licences during upload via AJAX (toggle with
139 $wgAjaxLicensePreview)
140 * New Parser::setTransparentTagHook for parser extension and template
141 compatibility
142 * Introduced 'ContributionsToolLinks' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for more
143 information
144 * Add a message if category is empty
145 * Add CSS compatibility for Opera 9.5
146 * Remove largely untested handheld stylesheet, which was causing more trouble
147 than good. Proper handheld support will be added at a future date. For now,
148 display should be acceptable either with CSS turned off or when using a so-
149 phisticated handheld browser.
150 * (bug 3173) Option to offer exported pages as a download, rather than displaying
151 inline, as in most browsers
152 * Pass the user as an argument to 'isValidPassword' hook callbacks; see
153 docs/hooks.txt for more information
154 * Introduce 'UserGetRights' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for more information
155 * (bug 9595) Pass new Revision to the 'ArticleInsertComplete' and
156 'ArticleSaveComplete' hooks; see docs/hooks.txt for more information
157 * (bug 9575) Accept upload description from GET parameters
158 * Skip the difference engine cache when 'action=purge' is used while requesting
159 a difference page, to allow refreshing the cache in case of errors
160 * (bug 10701) Link to Special:Listusers in default Special:Statistics messages
161 * Improved file history presentation
162 * (bug 10739) Users can now enter comments when reverting files
163 * Improved handling of permissions errors
164 * (bug 10793) "Mark patrolled" links will now be shown for users with
165 patrol permissions on all eligible diff pages
166 * (bug 10655) Show standard tool links for blocked users in block log messages
167 * Show standard tool links for blocked users in Special:Ipblocklist
168 * Miscellaneous aesthetic improvements to Special:Ipblocklist
169 * (bug 10826) Added link trail with Cyrillic characters for Mongolian language
170 * (bug 10859) Introduce 'UserGetImplicitGroups' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for
171 more information
172 * (bug 10832) Include user information when viewing a deleted revision
173 * (bug 10872) Fall back to sane defaults when generating protection selector
174 labels for custom restriction levels
175 * Show edit count in user preferences
176 * Improved support for audio/video extensions
177 * (bug 10937) Distinguish overwritten files in upload log
178 * Introduce 'ArticleUpdateBeforeRedirect' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for more
179 information
180 * Confirmation is now required when deleting old versions of files
181 * (bug 7535) Users can now enter comments when deleting old versions of files
182 * (bug 11001) Submit Special:Newpages as a GET, rather than a POST request
183 * The <strong></strong> around links to watched pages in change lists now
184 has a class - "mw-watched"
185 * (bug 9002) Provide a "view/restore deleted edits" link on Special:Upload
186 when a destination filename is provided that corresponds with previous
187 deleted files
188 * Make the "invalid special page" message clearer
189 * (bug 5206) Add accesskey ',' to 'preferences' navigationlink
190 * Add accesskey 's' and tooltip to 'upload file' button at Special:Upload
191 * Introduced 'SkinAfterBottomScripts' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for
192 more information
193 * (bug 10347) Give notice when a page is viewed that is protected. Does not
194 show for cascade protection however.
195
196 == Bugfixes since 1.10 ==
197
198 * (bug 9712) Use Arabic comma in date/time formats for Arabic and Farsi
199 * (bug 9670) Follow redirects when render edit section links to transcluded
200 templates.
201 * (bug 6204) Fix incorrect unindentation with $wgMaxTocLevel
202 * (bug 3431) Suppress "next page" link in Special:Search at end of results
203 * Don't show unblock form if the user doesn't have permission to use it
204 (cosmetic change, no vulnerabilities existed)
205 * Subtitle success message when unblocking a block ID instead of a pseudo link
206 like [[User:#123|#123]]
207 * Use the standard HTTP fetch functions when retrieving remote wiki pages
208 through transwiki, so we can take advantage of cURL goodies if available
209 * Disable user JavaScript on Special:Userlogin, Special:Resetpass and
210 Special:Preferences, to avoid a compromised script sniffing passwords, etc.
211 * (bug 9854, 3770) Clip overflow text in gallery boxes for visual cleanliness
212 instead of letting it flow outside the box or trigger ugly scroll bars.
213 * Tooltips for print version and permalink
214 * Links to the MediaWiki namespace for system messages having their default
215 values are no longer shown as nonexistent (e.g., in red)
216 * Special:Ipblocklist differentiates between empty list and no search results.
217 * (bug 5375) profiling does not respect read-only mode.
218 * (bug 7070) monobook/user.gif has antialias artifacts
219 * (bug 9123) Safer way when applying $wgLocalTZoffset
220 * (bug 9896) Documentation for $wgSquidServers and X-FORWARDED-FOR
221 * (bug 9417) Uploading new versions of images when using Postgres no longer
222 throws warnings.
223 * (bug 9908) Using tsearch2 with Postgres 8.1 no longer gives an error.
224 * (bug 1438) Fix for diff table layout on very wide lines.
225 Diff style rules have been broken out to common/diff.css,
226 and the dupes removed from the default skin files.
227 Skins can still override the default rules.
228 * (bug 1229) Balance columns in diff display evenly
229 * Right-align diff line numbers in RTL language display
230 * (bug 9332) Fix instructions in tests/README
231 * (bug 9813) Reject usernames containing '#' to avoid silent truncation
232 of fragments during the normalisation process
233 * (bug 7989) RSS feeds content now use black text when using white background.
234 * (bug 9971) Typo in a french language message.
235 * (bug 9973) Changed size was shown in advanced recentchanges collapsible items
236 with $wgRCShowChangedSized = false.
237 * Fix PHP strict standards warning in enhanced recent changes.
238 * (bug 5850) Added hexadecimal html entities comments for $digitTransformTable
239 entries.
240 * (bug 7432) Change language name for Aromanian (roa-rup)
241 * (bug 908) Unexistent special pages now generate a red link.
242 * (bug 7899) Added \hline and \vline to the list of allowed TeX commands
243 * (bug 7993) support mathematical symbol classes
244 * (bug 10007) Allow Block IP to work with Postgrs again.
245 * Add Google Wireless Transcoder to the Unicode editing blacklist
246 * (bug 10083) Fix for Special:Version breakage on PHP 5.2 with some hooks
247 * (bug 3624) TeX: \ker, \hom, \arg, \dim treated like \sin & \cos
248 * (bug 10132, 10134) Restore back-compatibility Image::imageUrl() function
249 * (bug 10113) Fix double-click for view source on protected pages
250 * (bug 10117) Special:Wantedpages doesn't handle invalid titles in result
251 set [now prints out a warning]
252 * (bug 10118) Introduced Special:Mostlinkedtemplates, report which lists
253 templates with a high number of inclusion links
254 * (bug 10104) Fixed Database::getLag() for PostgreSQL and Oracle
255 * (bug 9820) session.save_path check no longer halts installation, but
256 warns of possible bad values
257 * (bug 9978) Fixed session.save_path validation when using extended
258 configuration format, e.g. "5;/tmp"
259 * Don't generate a diff link in the patrol log if the page doesn't exist
260 * (bug 10067) Translations for former skins removed from message files
261 * (bug 9993) Force $wgShowExceptionDetails on during installation
262 * (bug 9980) Validate administrator username and password during
263 installation
264 * (bug 9383) Don't set a default value for BLOB column in rc-deleted
265 database patch
266 * (bug 10149) Don't show full template list on section-0 edit
267 * (bug 9909) Ensure access to binary fields in the math table use encodeBlob()
268 and decodeBlob()
269 * (bug 6743) Don't link broken image links to the upload form when uploads
270 are disabled
271 * (bug 9679) Improve documentation for $wgSiteNotice
272 * (bug 10215) Show custom editing introduction when editing existing pages
273 * (bug 10223) Fix edit link in noarticletext localizations for fr, oc
274 * (bug 10247) Fix IP address regex to avoid false positive IPv6 matches
275 * (bug 9948) Workaround for diff regression with old Mozilla versions
276 * (bug 10265) Fix regression in category image gallery paging
277 * (bug 8577) Fix some weird misapplications of time zones.
278 {{CURRENT*}} functions now consistently use UTC as intended, while
279 {{LOCAL*}} functions return local time per server config or $wgLocaltimezone.
280 Signature dates for Japanese and other languages including weekday now show
281 the correct day to match the rest of the time in local time.
282 * Escape the output of magic variables that return page name or part of it
283 * (bug 10309) Initialise parser state properly in extractSections(), fixes
284 some cases where section edits broke because tags were improperly stripped
285 * Avoid PHP notice errors when doing HTTP proxy purges for an empty list
286 * As intended, *skip* the HTTP proxy purges when doing HTCP purges
287 * (bug 9696) Fix handling of brace transformations in "pagemovedtext"
288 * (bug 10325) Fix regression in form action on Special:Listusers
289 * Fixed installation on MyISAM or old InnoDB with charset=utf8, was giving
290 overlong key errors.
291 * Fixed zero-padding issues with MySQL 5 binary schema
292 * (bug 10344) Don't follow a redirect after changing its protection level
293 * (bug 10333) Correct date format in Slovenian
294 * (bug 10160) Show error message for unknown namespace on Special:Allpages and
295 Special:Prefixindex; making forms prettier for RTL wikis.
296 * (bug 10334) Replace normal spaces before percent (%) signs with non-breaking
297 spaces
298 * (bug 10372) namespaceDupes.php no longer ignores namespace aliases
299 * (bug 10198) namespaceDupes.php no longer ignores interwiki prefixes
300 * namespaceDupes.php should work better for initial-lowercase wikis
301 * (bug 10377) "Permanent links" to revisions still work if the page is moved
302 and the redirect deleted
303 * (bug 7071) Properly handle an 'oldid' passed to view or edit that doesn't
304 match the given title. Fixes inconsistencies with talk, history, edit links.
305 * (bug 10397) Fix AJAX watch error fallback when we receive a bogus result
306 * (bug 10396) Fix AJAX error when $wgScriptPath/index.php is not valid;
307 using $wgScript now included in JS info
308 * Use native XMLHttpRequest class in preference to ActiveX on IE 7; this
309 avoids the "ActiveX "Do you want to allow ActiveX?" prompt when something
310 security settings are cranked this way and AJAX-y gets used.
311 * Delay AJAX watch initialization until click so IE 6 with ugly security
312 settings doesn't prompt you until you use the link.
313 * (bug 10401) Provide non-redirecting link to original title in Special:Movepage
314 * Fix broken handling of log views for page titles consisting of one
315 or more zeros, e.g. "0", "00" etc.
316 * Fix read permission check for special pages with subpage parameters, e.g.
317 Special:Confirmemail
318 * Fix read permission check for unreadable page titles which are numerically
319 equivalent to a whitelisted title
320 * '?>' closing tag removed from all files to help avoid problems with extraneous
321 whitespace (broken XML feeds, etc.)
322 * Don't use garbled parser cache output when viewing custom CSS or JavaScript
323 pages
324 * (bug 10406) Fix Special:Listusers filter form for non-ASCII localizations
325 * Fix empty message checks for message names containing &
326 This corrects some odd behavior with sidebar items and custom namespaces
327 containing ampersands.
328 * (bug 10375) Change thousands separator character to &nbsp; for Latin (la)
329 * (bug 10477) Fix AJAX watch for Farsi on Firefox: JavaScript encoding tweak
330 * (bug 10496) Fix broken DISTINCT option logic in database backend
331 * Fix CSS media declaration for "screen, projection"; was causing some
332 validation issues
333 * (bug 10495) $wgMemcachedDebug set twice in includes/DefaultSettings.php
334 * (bug 10316) Prevent inconsistent cached skin settings in gen=js by setting
335 the intended skin directly in the URL.
336 * (bug 9903) Don't mark redirects in categories as stubs
337 * (bug 6965) Cannot include "Template:R" with {{R}} (magic word conflict)
338 * Padding parser functions now work with strings like '0' that evaluate to false
339 * (bug 10332) Title->userCan( 'edit' ) may return false positive
340 * Fix bug with <nowiki> in front of links for wikis where linkPrefixExtension is true
341 * (bug 10552) Suppress rollback link in history for single-revision pages
342 * (bug 10538) Gracefully handle invalid input on move success page
343 * Fix for Esperanto double-x-encoding in move success page
344 * (bug 10526) Fix toolbar/insertTags behavior for IE 6/7 and Opera (8+)
345 Now matches the selection behavior on Mozilla / Safari.
346 Patch by Alex Smotrov.
347 * Don't show non-functional toolbar buttons on Opera 7 anymore
348 * (bug 9151) Fix relative subpage links with section fragments
349 * (bug 10560) Adding a space between category letter heading and "continues"
350 * (bug 4650) Keep impossibly large/small counts off Special:Statistics
351 * (bug 10608) PHP notice when installing with PostgreSQL
352 * (bug 10615) Fix for transwiki import when CURL not available
353 * (bug 8054) Return search page for empty search requests with ugly URLs
354 * (bug 10572) Force refresh after clearing visitation timestamps on watchlist
355 * (bug 10631) Warn when illegal characters are removed from filename at upload
356 * Fix several JavaScript bugs under MSIE 5/Macintosh
357 * (bug 10591) Use Arabic numerals (0,1,2...) for the Malayam language
358 * (bug 10642) Fix shift-click checkbox behavior for Opera 9.0+ and 6.0
359 * Work around Safari bug with pages ending in ".gz" or ".tgz"
360 * Removed obsolete maintenance/changeuser.sql script; use RenameUser extension
361 * (bug 2735) "Preview" shown in title bar for action=submit on special pages
362 * Removed "restore" links from the deletion log embedded in Special:Undelete
363 * Improved error reporting and robustness for file delete/undelete.
364 * Improved speed of file delete by storing the SHA-1 hash in image/oldimage
365 * Fixed leading zero in base 36 SHA-1 hash
366 * Protection form no longer produces JavaScript errors
367 * (bug 10741) File histories show "delete" links for non-sysops
368 * (bug 10744) Treat "noarticletext" and "noarticletextanon" as wiki text when
369 used on a non-existent page with "action=info"
370 * Fix escaping of raw message text when used on a non-existent page with
371 "action=info"
372 * (bug 10683) Fix inconsistent handling of URL-encoded titles in links
373 used in redirects (i.e. they now work)
374 * (bug 8878) Changes to $dateFormats in German localization (removing unused,
375 nonexistent formats, putting time after date)
376 * (bug 10769) Database::update() should return boolean result
377 * Fix preference checkbox display for right-to-left languages which caused
378 them to be hidden in IE in some cases
379 * Fix upload form display in right-to-left languages
380 * Fixed regression in blocking of username '0'
381 * (bug 9437) Don't overwrite edit form submission handler when setting up
382 edit box scroll position preserve/restore behaviour
383 * (bug 10805) Fix "undo" link when viewing the diff of the most recent
384 change to a page using "diff=0"
385 * (bug 10765) img_auth.php will now refuse logged-out requests where
386 $wgWhitelistRead is undefined, instead of (incorrectly) honouring them
387 * Fixed img_auth.php file name extraction for whitelist checking
388 * Tweak spacing of email preference display
389 * Table sorting JavaScript prefers textContent over innerText to allow hidden
390 sort keys to work on Safari
391 * (bug 4530) Fix local name of Kurdish language
392 * (bug 10830) Fix local name of Haitian Creole language
393 * Fix invalid XHTML in Special:Protectedpages
394 * Fix comments in contributions and log pages for right-to-left languages
395 * Make installer include_path-independent, so it should work on hosts which
396 disable user setting of PHP include_path setting
397 * glob() is horribly unreliable and doesn't work on some systems, including
398 free.fr shared hosting. No longer using it in Language::getLanguageNames()
399 * (bug 10763) Fix multi-insert logic for PostgreSQL
400 * Fix invalid XHTML when viewing a deleted revision
401 * Fix syntax error in translations of magic words in Romanian language
402 * (bug 8737) Fix warnings caused by incorrect use of `/dev/null` when piping
403 process error output under Windows
404 * (bug 7890) Don't list redirects to special pages in Special:BrokenRedirects
405 * (bug 10783) Resizing PNG-24 images with GD no longer causes all alpha
406 channel transparency to be lost and transparent pixels to be turned black
407 * (bug 9339) General error pages were transforming messages and their parameters
408 in the wrong order
409 * (bug 9026) Incorrect heading numbering when viewing Special:Statistics with
410 "auto-numbered headings" enabled
411 * Fixed invalid XHTML in Special:Upload
412 * (bug 11013) Make sure dl() is available before attempting to use it to check
413 available databases in installer
414 * Resizing transparent GIF images with GD now retains transparency by skipping
415 resampling
416 * (bug 11065) Fix regression in handling of wiki-formatted EXIF metadata
417 * (bug 10347) Add subtitle message to indicate that the page being viewed is
418 protected.
419
420
421 == API changes since 1.10 ==
422
423 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
424
425 * New properties: links, templates, images, langlinks, categories, external
426 links
427 * Breaking Change: imagelinks renamed into imageusage (il->iu)
428 * Bug fix: incorrect generator behavior in some cases
429 * JSON format allows an optional callback function to wrap the result.
430 * Login module disabled until a more secure solution can be implemented
431 * (bug 9938) Querying by revision identifier returns the most recent revision
432 for the corresponding page, rather than the requested revision
433 * (bug 8772) Filter page revision queries by user
434 * (bug 9927) User contributions queries do not accept IP addresses
435 * Watchlist feed now reports a proper feed item when the user is not logged in
436 * Watchlist feed date bug fixed - automatically shows one last day
437 * Watchlist feed now allows to specify number of hours to monitor
438 * list=allpages now returns a list instead of a map in JSON format
439 * Breaking Change: in json, revisions are now returned as a list, not as a map.
440 * Add: prop=info can show page is new flag, current page length, and visit
441 counter.
442 * Change: Query watchlist now shows flags only when explicitly requested with
443 wlparam=flags
444 * rc_this_oldid (textid) is no longer accessible from query watchlist
445 * action=usercontribs: additional filtering by ucshow=; selection of needed
446 fields with ucprop=; the textid (rev_text_id) is no longer being exposed
447 * (bug 9970) Breaking Change: backlinks, embeddedin and imageusage now return
448 lists in JSON instead of a map, and do not return anything when titles do
449 not exist
450 * (bug 9121) Introduced indexpageids query parameter to list the page_id
451 values of all returned page items
452 * (bug 10147) Now interwiki titles are not processed but added to a separate
453 "interwiki" section of the output.
454 * Added categorymembers list to query for pages in a category.
455 * (bug 10260) Show page protection status
456 * (bug 10392) Include MediaWiki version details in version output
457 * (bug 10411) Site language in meta=siteinfo
458 * (bug 10391) action=help doesn't return help if format is fancy markup
459 * backlinks, embeddedin and imageusage lists should use (bl|ei|iu)title parameter
460 instead of titles. Titles for these lists is obsolete and might stop working soon.
461 * Added prop=imageinfo - gets image properties and upload history
462 * (bug 10211) Added db server replication lag information in meta=siteinfo
463 * Added external url search within wiki pages (list=exturlusage)
464 * Added link enumeration (list=alllinks)
465 * Added registered users enumeration (list=allusers)
466 * Added full text search in titles and content (list=search)
467 * (bug 10684) Expanded list=allusers functionality
468 * Possible breaking change: prop=revisions no longer includes pageid for rvprop=ids
469 * Added rvprop=size to prop=revisions (The size will not be shown if it is NULL in the database)
470 * list=allpages now allows to filter by article min/max size and protection status
471 * Added site statistics (siprop=statistics for meta=siteinfo)
472 * (bug 10902) Unable to fetch user contributions from IP addresses
473 * `list=usercontribs` no longer requires that the user exist
474 * (bug 10971) `aufrom` parameter doesn't work with spaces
475 * Fix username handling issue with `auprefix` parameter
476 * Treat underscores as spaces for `aufrom` and `auprefix` parameters
477
478 == Maintenance script changes since 1.10 ==
479
480 * Add support for wgMaxTocLevel option in parserTests
481 * (bug 6823) Disable article view counter in maintenance/dumpHTML.php
482 * Fix maintenance/importImages.php so it doesn't barf PHP errors when no
483 suitable files are found, and make the list of extensions an option (defaults
484 to $wgFileExtensions)
485 * Add option to maintenance/createAndPromote.php to give the user bureaucrat
486 permissions (--bureaucrat)
487 * Allow overwriting existing files with a conflicting name using
488 maintenance/importImages.php
489 * (bug 10266) Use native newlines when rebuilding a messages file.
490
491 == Languages updated since 1.10 ==
492
493 * Afrikaans (af)
494 * Arabic (ar)
495 * Bulgarian (bg)
496 * Catalan (ca)
497 * Danish (da)
498 * German (de)
499 * Greek (el)
500 * Spanish (es)
501 * Farsi (fa)
502 * Finnish (fi)
503 * Võro (fiu-vro)
504 * French (fr)
505 * Galician (gl)
506 * Hakka (hak)
507 * Hebrew (he)
508 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
509 * Haitian (ht)
510 * Indonesian (id)
511 * Italian (it)
512 * Japanese (ja)
513 * Georgian (ka)
514 * Kabyle (kab)
515 * Kazakh (kk)
516 * Korean (ko)
517 * Kurdish (ku)
518 * Latin (la)
519 * Lao (lo)
520 * Lithuanian (lt)
521 * Malayalam (ml)
522 * Burmese (my)
523 * Dutch (nl)
524 * Norwegian (no)
525 * Polish (pl)
526 * Piedmontese (pms)
527 * Portuguese (pt)
528 * Romanian (ro)
529 * Aromanian (roa-rup)
530 * Russian (ru)
531 * Slovak (sk)
532 * Slovenian (sl)
533 * Shona (sn)
534 * Somali (so)
535 * Albanian (sq)
536 * Sundanese (su)
537 * Swedish (sv)
538 * Thai (th)
539 * Tigrinya (ti)
540 * Setswana (tn)
541 * Volapük (vo)
542 * Old Chinese / Late Middle Chinese (zh-classical)
543 * Chinese (PRC) (zh-cn)
544 * Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-tw)
545 * Cantonese (zh-yue)
546
547 == Compatibility ==
548
549 MediaWiki 1.11 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
550
551 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
552 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
553 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
554
555 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
556 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
557
558
559 == Upgrading ==
560
561 1.11 has several database changes since 1.10, and will not work without schema
562 updates.
563
564 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
565 new database fields are filled with data.
566
567 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
568 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
569 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
570
571 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
572
573 === Caveats ===
574
575 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
576 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
577 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
578 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
579 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
580
581
582 For notes on 1.10.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
583
584
585 === Online documentation ===
586
587 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
588 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
589 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
590 the public domain) :
591
592 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
593
594
595 === Mailing list ===
596
597 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
598 wikitech-l list:
599
600 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
601
602 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
603
604 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
605
606 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
607 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
608
609
610 === IRC help ===
611
612 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net