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 variables
  44   into into the output of Skin::makeVariablesScript
  45
  46 === Bug fixes in 1.14 ===
  47
  48 * (bug 14907) DatabasePostgres::fieldType now defined.
  49 * (bug 14659) Passing the default limit param to Special:Recentchanges no more
  50   falls back to the user option
  51 * (bug 14954) Fix regression in Modern and Simple skins
  52 * Recursion loop check added to Categoryfinder class
  53 * Fixed few performance troubles of large job queue processing
  54 * Not setting various parameters in Foreign Repos now fails more gracefully
  55 * (bug 2333) Redirects are properly rendered when previewing an edit.
  56
  57 === API changes in 1.14 ===
  58
  59 * Registration time of users registered before the DB field was created is now
  60   shown as empty instead of the current time.
  61 * API search now falls back to fulltext search by default when using Lucene
  62   or other engine which doesn't support a separate title search function.
  63   This means you can use API search on Wikipedia without explicitly adding
  64   &srwhat=text to the query.
  65 * Added iiprop=bitdepth to imageinfo and aiprop=bitdepth to allimages
  66
  67
  68 === Languages updated in 1.14 ===
  69
  70 MediaWiki supports over 300 languages. Many localisations are updated
  71 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed.
  72
  73 (no changes yet)
  74
  75 == Compatibility ==
  76
  77 MediaWiki 1.14 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  78
  79 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  80 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  81 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  82
  83 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  84 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  85
  86
  87 == Upgrading ==
  88
  89 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
  90 make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
  91 database schema changes.
  92
  93 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  94 new database fields are filled with data.
  95
  96 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  97 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  98 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  99
 100 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 101
 102
 103 === Caveats ===
 104
 105 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 106 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 107 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 108 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 109 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 110
 111 For notes on 1.13.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 112
 113
 114 === Online documentation ===
 115
 116 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 117 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 118 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 119 the public domain) :
 120
 121   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 122
 123
 124 === Mailing list ===
 125
 126 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 127 wikitech-l list:
 128
 129   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 130
 131 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 132
 133   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 134
 135 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 136 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 137
 138
 139 === IRC help ===
 140
 141 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net