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 1.12 ==
   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 1.12 ===
  22
  23 === New features in 1.12 ===
  24 * Add a warning for non-descriptive filenames at Special:Upload
  25 * Add {{filepath:}} parser function to get full path to an uploaded file,
  26   complementing {{fullurl:}} for pages.
  27
  28
  29 === Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
  30
  31 * Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
  32 * (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
  33   ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
  34 * (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
  35   getUserPermissionsErrors.
  36 * Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
  37 * (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
  38   translations
  39 * (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
  40   message, the level of protection.
  41 * (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
  42   message.
  43 * (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
  44   where rollback is given to non-sysops.
  45 * (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
  46   editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
  47 * (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
  48 * (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
  49 * Fixed notice when accessing special page without read permission and whitelist
  50   is not defined
  51 * (bug 9252) Fix for tidy funkiness when using editintro mode
  52 * (bug 4021) Fix for MySQL wildcard search
  53 * (bug 10699) Fix for MySQL phrase search
  54 * (bug 11321) Fix width of gallerybox when option "width=xxx" is used
  55 * (bug 7890) Special:BrokenRedirects links deleted redirects to a non-existent page
  56 * Fix initial statistics when installing: add correct values
  57 * (bug 11342) Fix several 'returnto' links in permissions/error pages which
  58   linked to the main page instead of targetted page
  59 * Strike the link to the redirect rather than using an asterisk in Special:Listredirects
  60
  61
  62 === API changes in 1.12 ===
  63
  64 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  65
  66 * (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
  67 * (bug 11308) Allow the API to output the image metadata
  68
  69 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
  70
  71 * Arabic (ar)
  72 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
  73 * Bikol Central (bcl)
  74 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
  75 * Bengali (bn)
  76 * Czech (cs)
  77 * Cassubian (csb)
  78 * Welsh (cy)
  79 * Danish (da)
  80 * German (de)
  81 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
  82 * Greek (el)
  83 * Extremaduran (ext)
  84 * Persian (fa)
  85 * Võro (fiu-vro)
  86 * Frisian (fy)
  87 * French (fr)
  88 * Hebrew (he)
  89 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
  90 * Icelandic (is)
  91 * Kazakh (kk)
  92 * Korean (ko)
  93 * Low Saxon (nds)
  94 * Dutch (nl)
  95 * Russian (ru)
  96 * Sakha (sah)
  97 * Slovak (sk)
  98 * Serbian (Cyrillic) (sr-ec)
  99 * Sudanese (su)
 100 * Tamil (ta)
 101 * Walloon (wa)
 102 * Zhuang (za)
 103 * Zealandic (zea)
 104
 105 == Compatibility ==
 106
 107 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 108
 109 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 110 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 111 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 112
 113 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 114 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 115
 116
 117 == Upgrading ==
 118
 119 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
 120 updates.
 121
 122 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 123 new database fields are filled with data.
 124
 125 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 126 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 127 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 128
 129 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 130
 131
 132 === Caveats ===
 133
 134 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 135 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 136 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 137 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 138 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 139
 140 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 141
 142
 143 === Online documentation ===
 144
 145 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 146 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 147 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 148 the public domain) :
 149
 150   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 151
 152
 153 === Mailing list ===
 154
 155 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 156 wikitech-l list:
 157
 158   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 159
 160 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 161
 162   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 163
 164 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 165 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 166
 167
 168 === IRC help ===
 169
 170 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net