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 1.14 ==
   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 in 1.14 ===
  22
  23 * $wgExemptFromUserRobotsControl is an array of namespaces to be exempt from
  24   the effect of the new __INDEX__/__NOINDEX__ magic words.  (Default: null, ex-
  25   empt all content namespaces.)
  26 * $wgForwardSearchUrl has been removed entirely. Documented setting since 1.4
  27   has been $wgSearchForwardUrl.
  28
  29 === New features in 1.14 ===
  30
  31 * (bug 8068) New __INDEX__ and __NOINDEX__ magic words allow user control of
  32   search engine indexing on a per-article basis.
  33 * Handheld stylesheet options
  34 * Added 'DoEditSectionLink' hook as a cleaner unified version of the old
  35   'EditSectionLink' and 'EditSectionLinkForOther' hooks.  Note that the
  36   'EditSectionLinkForOther' hook has been removed, but 'EditSectionLink' is
  37   run in all cases instead, so extensions using the old hooks should still work
  38   if they ran roughly the same code for both hooks (as is almost certain).
  39 * Signature (~~~~) "cleaning", i.e. template removal, can be disabled with
  40   $wgCleanSignatures=false
  41 * Extensions can use the SkinBuildSidebar hook to modify the content of the
  42   sidebar and add custom portlets to it
  43 * Added 'MakeGlobalVariablesScript' hook for extensions to be able to add vari-
  44   ables into into the output of Skin::makeVariablesScript
  45 * Added $wgAddGroups and $wgRemoveGroups display on Special:ListGroupRights
  46 * (bug 14377) Add a date selector to history pages
  47
  48 === Bug fixes in 1.14 ===
  49
  50 * (bug 14907) DatabasePostgres::fieldType now defined.
  51 * (bug 14659) Passing the default limit param to Special:Recentchanges no more
  52   falls back to the user option
  53 * (bug 14954) Fix regression in Modern and Simple skins
  54 * Recursion loop check added to Categoryfinder class
  55 * Fixed few performance troubles of large job queue processing
  56 * Not setting various parameters in Foreign Repos now fails more gracefully
  57 * (bug 2333) Redirects are properly rendered when previewing an edit.
  58 * (bug 14972) Use localized alias of Special:Search on all search forms
  59 * (bug 11035) Special:Search should have descriptive <title>
  60
  61 === API changes in 1.14 ===
  62
  63 * Registration time of users registered before the DB field was created is now
  64   shown as empty instead of the current time.
  65 * API search now falls back to fulltext search by default when using Lucene
  66   or other engine which doesn't support a separate title search function.
  67   This means you can use API search on Wikipedia without explicitly adding
  68   &srwhat=text to the query.
  69 * Added iiprop=bitdepth to imageinfo and aiprop=bitdepth to allimages
  70 * (bug 14713) API-specific permissions (such as 'writeapi' and 'apihighlimits'
  71   are now listed on action=help
  72 * (bug 15044) Added requestid parameter to api.php to facilitate distinguishing
  73   between requests
  74
  75 === Languages updated in 1.14 ===
  76
  77 MediaWiki supports over 300 languages. Many localisations are updated
  78 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed.
  79
  80 (no changes yet)
  81
  82 == Compatibility ==
  83
  84 MediaWiki 1.14 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  85
  86 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  87 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  88 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  89
  90 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  91 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  92
  93
  94 == Upgrading ==
  95
  96 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
  97 make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
  98 database schema changes.
  99
 100 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 101 new database fields are filled with data.
 102
 103 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 104 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 105 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 106
 107 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 108
 109
 110 === Caveats ===
 111
 112 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 113 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 114 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 115 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 116 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 117
 118 For notes on 1.13.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 119
 120
 121 === Online documentation ===
 122
 123 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 124 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 125 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 126 the public domain) :
 127
 128   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 129
 130
 131 === Mailing list ===
 132
 133 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 134 wikitech-l list:
 135
 136   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 137
 138 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 139
 140   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 141
 142 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 143 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 144
 145
 146 === IRC help ===
 147
 148 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net