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 == New features since 1.10 ==
  24
  25 * (bug 8868) Separate "blocked" message for autoblocks
  26 * Adding expiry of block to block messages
  27 * Bulk mail options ($wgEnotifImpersonal, $wgEnotifUseJobQ) for large sites
  28 * Links to redirect pages in categories are wrapped in
  29   <span class="redirect-in-category"></span>
  30 * Introduced 'ImageOpenShowImageInlineBefore' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for
  31   more information
  32 * (bug 9628) Show warnings about slave lag on Special:Contributions,
  33   Special:Watchlist
  34 * (bug 8818) Expose "wpDestFile" as parameter $1 to "uploaddisabledtext"
  35 * (bug 9886) Give a sample stub link in stub threshold label in preferences
  36
  37 == Bugfixes since 1.10 ==
  38
  39 * (bug 9712) Use Arabic comma in date/time formats for Arabic and Farsi
  40 * (bug 9670) Follow redirects when render edit section links to transcluded
  41   templates.
  42 * (bug 6204) Fix incorrect unindentation with $wgMaxTocLevel
  43 * (bug 3431) Suppress "next page" link in Special:Search at end of results
  44 * Don't show unblock form if the user doesn't have permission to use it
  45   (cosmetic change, no vulnerabilities existed)
  46 * Subtitle success message when unblocking a block ID instead of a pseudo link
  47   like [[User:#123|#123]]
  48 * Use the standard HTTP fetch functions when retrieving remote wiki pages
  49   through transwiki, so we can take advantage of cURL goodies if available
  50 * Disable custom user javascript in Special:Preferences, to avoid the risk
  51   of a compromised script sniffing passwords etc.
  52 * (bug 9854, 3770) Clip overflow text in gallery boxes for visual cleanliness
  53   instead of letting it flow outside the box or trigger ugly scroll bars.
  54 * Tooltips for print version and permalink
  55 * Links to the MediaWiki namespace for system messages having their default
  56   values are no longer shown as nonexistent (e.g., in red)
  57 * Special:Ipblocklist differentiates between empty list and no search results.
  58 * (bug 5375) profiling does not respect read-only mode.
  59 * (bug 7070) monobook/user.gif has antialias artifacts
  60 * (bug 9877) Fix Catalan translation of rev-deleted-text-view
  61 * (bug 9123) Safer way when applying $wgLocalTZoffset
  62 * (bug 9896) Documentation for $wgSquidServers and X-FORWARDED-FOR
  63 * (bug 9417) Uploading new versions of images when using Postgres no longer
  64   throws warnings.
  65 * (bug 9908) Using tsearch2 with Postgres 8.1 no longer gives an error.
  66 * (bug 1438) Fix for diff table layout on very wide lines.
  67   Diff style rules have been broken out to common/diff.css,
  68   and the dupes removed from the default skin files.
  69   Skins can still override the default rules.
  70 * (bug 1229) Balance columns in diff display evenly
  71 * Right-align diff line numbers in RTL language display
  72 * (bug 9332) fix instructions in tests/README
  73
  74
  75 == MediaWiki API changes since 1.10 ==
  76
  77 For the current progress and discussion, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/API
  78
  79 * New properties: links, templates, images, langlinks, categories, external links
  80 * Breaking Change: imagelinks renamed into imageusage (il->iu)
  81 * Bug fix: incorrect generator behavior in some cases
  82
  83
  84 == Maintenance script changes since 1.10 ==
  85
  86 * Add support for wgMaxTocLevel option in parserTests
  87 * (bug 6823) dumpHTML: explicitly disable article view counter
  88
  89 == Languages updated since 1.10 ==
  90
  91 * Arabic (ar)
  92 * German (de)
  93 * Spanish (es)
  94 * Farsi (fa)
  95 * Finnish (fi)
  96 * French (fr)
  97 * Hebrew (he)
  98 * Indonesian (id)
  99 * Italian (it)
 100 * Japanese (ja)
 101 * Kabyle (kab)
 102 * Kazakh (kk)
 103 * Kurdish (ku)
 104 * Lithuanian (lt)
 105 * Norwegian (no)
 106 * Polish (pl)
 107 * Russian (ru)
 108 * Somali (so)
 109 * Sundanese (su)
 110 * Swedish (sv)
 111 * Chinese (PRC) (zh-cn)
 112 * Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-tw)
 113 * Cantonese (zh-yue)
 114
 115 == Compatibility ==
 116
 117 MediaWiki 1.11 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 118
 119 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 120 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 121 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 122
 123 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 124 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 125
 126
 127 == Upgrading ==
 128
 129 1.11 has several database changes since 1.10, and will not work without schema
 130 updates.
 131
 132 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 133 new database fields are filled with data.
 134
 135 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 136 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 137 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 138
 139 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 140
 141 === Caveats ===
 142
 143 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 144 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 145 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 146 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 147 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 148
 149
 150 For notes on 1.10.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 151
 152
 153 === Online documentation ===
 154
 155 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 156 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 157 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 158 the public domain) :
 159
 160   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 161
 162
 163 === Mailing list ===
 164
 165 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 166 wikitech-l list:
 167
 168   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 169
 170 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 171
 172   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 173
 174 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 175 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 176
 177
 178 === IRC help ===
 179
 180 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net