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 == Version Enotif+Eauthent EN+EA v2.00/CVS, 14.12.2004 ==
   7 written by Thomas Gries, Berlin and Markus Arndt, Munich
   8
   9 Executive summary for the impatient reader:
  10
  11 Enotif adds e-mail notification to MediaWiki and sends e-mails
  12 to watching users when a watch-listed page or user_talk page is changed
  13 http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454
  14 Visit the complete documentation on http://meta.wikipedia.org/Enotif
  15
  16 Eauthent is a mechanism to use a temporary one-time password cycle
  17 to check whether the email address a user has entered is a valid one.
  18 http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=866
  19 Visit the complete documentation on http://meta.wikipedia.org/Eauthent
  20
  21 The current patch has only been checked for (see DefaultSettings.php):
  22
  23 - php mail()
  24   ( = not using PEAR:Mail() module --- I do not know anyone who uses that)
  25   $wgSMTP = false;
  26 - MySQL database
  27   ( = not using PostgreSQL --- I do not know anyone who uses that)
  28   $wgDBtype = "mysql";
  29   $wgSearchType = "MyISAM";
  30
  31 - STILL TODO:
  32   NEW (newpageletter) and CORR (minoreditletter) markers needs
  33   corresponding "spacers"
  34
  35 - table user_newtalk dropped; changes on usertalk pages and their
  36   notifications are now fully handled via existing table watchlist
  37   The user interface and behavious is unchanged to previous version.
  38 - updaters.inc for compatibility with older mediawiki tables:
  39   the conversion script converts existing user_newtalk entries
  40   watchlist table entries
  41   (user_newtalk) id ==> (watchlist) NS_USER_TALK:namefromId(id) timestamp=1
  42 - minor bug fixes:
  43   updated marker now correctly shown on watchlist page
  44   watching users number display with enhanced RC view + RCUseModStyle
  45 - wfUrlencode() instead of rawurlencode() in enotif mails
  46 - duplicate enotif code moved from UserTalkUpdate.php and
  47   merged into UserMailer.php and using usermailer() solely
  48 - fixed an enotif mail text error for user names with spaces
  49 - fixed missing part for suppressing watching user number
  50
  51 v1.36:
  52 magic watchlist shows and counts now only the content page, notwithstanding
  53 the content and talk page are stored separately in watchlist.
  54 * bug fixed: rawurlencode for pagetitles in enotif mails
  55 * bug fixed: link to userpages of anonymous user are correct now
  56
  57 * Enotif v1.34
  58  bugs fixed regarding missing $oldid parameter
  59
  60 * v1.33
  61 * Details:
  62  Implements almost all enotif options as user preferences.
  63  These are only shown on the user preference page, if they are globally
  64  enabled by the corresponding admin option in DefaultSettings.php.
  65  Added admin feature to let enotifs appear to come from the page editor.
  66  This facilitates automatic mail sorting and anti-spam filtering; feature was
  67  originally proposed by Nick Triantos, thank you !
  68  Page editor's email address is however only shown, if this user enabled
  69  the option "reveal my email address" in user preferences. Otherwise,
  70  the enotifs appear to come from WikiAdmin as usual (tricky to program,
  71  but simply trust the algorithm. or look into UserMailer.php and
  72  UserTalkPage.php).
  73
  74 * Changes from previous enotif versions
  75 * v1.31 is an improved version with many security and also cosmetic changes
  76  applied after two first reviews by Brion Vibber. v1.31 is basically the same as
  77  the older Enotif v1.30 and v1.22 versions.
  78
  79  Added UseMod style for recent changes view so that only the most recent
  80  change of any page is listed. The (diff) and (hist) still allow to retrieve the
  81  older versions at users' discretion, but the RC view is much cleaner for
  82  trusted environments such as medium-size companies or family wikis.
  83
  84 * Enotif v1.30 redesign after review by Brion Vibber 25.10.2003
  85
  86 * v1.22 "updated (since my last visit)" also shown for users without stored
  87  email address in preferences, so that they can see, what watched pages
  88  have changed.
  89 * show "updated (since my last visit)" markers in RC, history and watchlist
  90 * Systemvariables to suppress updated marker in all views
  91 * show number of watching users in RC and on bottom of articles in
  92  classic skin and in monobook skin
  93 * Systemvariables in DefaultSettings.php to enable or disable features
  94 * v1.21 now suppresses displaying the marker "updated (since my last visit)"
  95  in recent changes view for the older (already visited) versions of watched
  96  pages - i.e. page versions before the enotif was sent do not bear that
  97  marker any longer.
  98 * enotif mails come with a link to the diff view between current and last
  99  visited version of the watching user.
 100 *database structure is changed automatically when installing via the
 101  recommended way (starting index.php and re-using the old database name).
 102         run php /maintenance/update.php
 103  OR see /maintenance/archives/patch-email-notification.sql and apply the
 104  command
 105         ALTER TABLE  watchlist
 106         ADD (wl_notificationtimestamp varchar(14) binary NOT NULL default '0');
 107  manually to your database, which does not harm the non notification versions
 108
 109 *adding a page x to the watchlist does automatically add a watch
 110   for the accompanying talk_page talk:x and vice versa;
 111
 112 == MediaWiki 1.4 BETA ==
 113
 114 [Not everything is 100% working in beta yet, the installer needs fixes still.]
 115
 116 Major changes from 1.3.x:
 117 * Support for table prefixes for better sharing with other web apps
 118 * (?) PostgreSQL support
 119 * Optional article validation voting features
 120 * 'Recentchanges Patrol' to mark new edits that haven't yet been viewed
 121 * Support for faster C++ diff module (WikiDiff extension)
 122 * More scary link caching modes
 123 * Old manually maintained log pages replaced with searchable Special:Log
 124 * Skins system more modular: templates and CSS are now in /skins/
 125 * New user preference for limitting the image size for images on image description
 126   pages
 127 * Error pages no more offer edit / talk / watch links (bug #502)
 128 * Allow user to preview article on first edit (bug #530)
 129 * New dark background skin named Amethyst (thanks Sorwena and Sorkhiri)
 130 * [[RFC 1234]] will now make an internal link (bug #479)
 131 * PhpTal skins shown bogus 'What links here' etc on special pages (bug #511)
 132 * Experimental code to manage user and group rights (Special:Userlevels)
 133 * UI language switching
 134 * Adding filter and username exact search match for Special:Listusers (bug #770)
 135 * Special:Listadmins outdated, use Special:Listusers instead (bug #857)
 136 * Traditional/Simplified Chinese conversion
 137 * New tag "<gallery>" to generate a table of image thumbnails
 138 * Installer die if it can not write LocalSettings.php (bug #733)
 139 * Various special pages no more show the rss/atom feed links (bug #705)
 140 * Support for external authentication plug-ins
 141 * (bug 114) use category backlinks in Special:Recentchangeslinked
 142 * ... and more!
 143
 144 === Caveats ===
 145
 146 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 147 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 148 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 149 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 150 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 151
 152 The new 'MonoBook' skin is not compatible with PHP 5 due to bugs in the
 153 underlying PHPTAL library. It will be automatically disabled when running
 154 on PHP5; the older look and feel will be used instead.
 155
 156
 157 For notes on 1.3.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 158
 159
 160 === Online documentation ===
 161
 162 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 163 built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 164 License:
 165
 166   http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
 167
 168
 169 === Mailing list ===
 170
 171 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 172 wikitech-l list:
 173
 174   http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 175
 176
 177 === IRC help ===
 178
 179 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net