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