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 == New features since 1.10 ==
  24
  25 * (bug 8868) Separate "blocked" message for autoblocks
  26 * Adding expiry of block to block messages
  27 * Bulk mail options ($wgEnotifImpersonal, $wgEnotifUseJobQ) for large sites
  28 * Links to redirect pages in categories are wrapped in
  29   <span class="redirect-in-category"></span>
  30 * Introduced 'ImageOpenShowImageInlineBefore' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for
  31   more information
  32 * (bug 9628) Show warnings about slave lag on Special:Contributions,
  33   Special:Watchlist
  34 * (bug 8818) Expose "wpDestFile" as parameter $1 to "uploaddisabledtext"
  35 * (bug 9886) Give a sample stub link in stub threshold label in preferences
  36
  37 == Bugfixes since 1.10 ==
  38
  39 * (bug 9712) Use Arabic comma in date/time formats for Arabic and Farsi
  40 * (bug 9670) Follow redirects when render edit section links to transcluded
  41   templates.
  42 * (bug 6204) Fix incorrect unindentation with $wgMaxTocLevel
  43 * (bug 3431) Suppress "next page" link in Special:Search at end of results
  44 * Don't show unblock form if the user doesn't have permission to use it
  45   (cosmetic change, no vulnerabilities existed)
  46 * Subtitle success message when unblocking a block ID instead of a pseudo link
  47   like [[User:#123|#123]]
  48 * Use the standard HTTP fetch functions when retrieving remote wiki pages
  49   through transwiki, so we can take advantage of cURL goodies if available
  50 * Disable custom user javascript in Special:Preferences, to avoid the risk
  51   of a compromised script sniffing passwords etc.
  52 * (bug 9854, 3770) Clip overflow text in gallery boxes for visual cleanliness
  53   instead of letting it flow outside the box or trigger ugly scroll bars.
  54 * Tooltips for print version and permalink
  55 * Links to the MediaWiki namespace for system messages having their default
  56   values are no longer shown as nonexistent (e.g., in red)
  57 * Special:Ipblocklist differentiates between empty list and no search results.
  58 * (bug 5375) profiling does not respect read-only mode.
  59 * (bug 7070) monobook/user.gif has antialias artifacts
  60 * (bug 9123) Safer way when applying $wgLocalTZoffset
  61 * (bug 9896) Documentation for $wgSquidServers and X-FORWARDED-FOR
  62 * (bug 9417) Uploading new versions of images when using Postgres no longer
  63   throws warnings.
  64 * (bug 9908) Using tsearch2 with Postgres 8.1 no longer gives an error.
  65 * (bug 1438) Fix for diff table layout on very wide lines.
  66   Diff style rules have been broken out to common/diff.css,
  67   and the dupes removed from the default skin files.
  68   Skins can still override the default rules.
  69 * (bug 1229) Balance columns in diff display evenly
  70 * Right-align diff line numbers in RTL language display
  71 * (bug 9332) Fix instructions in tests/README
  72 * (bug 9813) Reject usernames containing '#' to avoid silent truncation
  73   of fragments during the normalisation process
  74 * (bug 7989) RSS feeds content now use black text when using white background.
  75 * (bug 9971) Typo in a french language message.
  76 * (bug 9973) Changed size was shown in advanced recentchanges collapsible items
  77   with $wgRCShowChangedSized = false.
  78 * Fix PHP strict standards warning in enhanced recent changes.
  79 * (bug 5850) Added hexadecimal html entities comments for $digitTransformTable
  80   entries.
  81
  82 == MediaWiki API changes since 1.10 ==
  83
  84 (For ongoing development discussion, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API)
  85
  86 * New properties: links, templates, images, langlinks, categories, external links
  87 * Breaking Change: imagelinks renamed into imageusage (il->iu)
  88 * Bug fix: incorrect generator behavior in some cases
  89 * JSON format allows an optional callback function to wrap the result.
  90 * Login module disabled until a more secure solution can be implemented
  91 * (bug 9938) Querying by revision identifier returns the most recent revision
  92   for the corresponding page, rather than the requested revision
  93 * (bug 8772) Filter page revision queries by user
  94 * (bug 9927) User contributions queries do not accept IP addresses
  95 * Watchlist feed now reports a proper feed item when the user is not logged in
  96 * Watchlist feed date bug fixed - automatically shows one last day
  97 * Watchlist feed now allows to specify number of hours to monitor
  98 * list=allpages now returns a list instead of a map in json format
  99 * Breaking Change: in json, revisions are now returned as a list, not as a map.
 100 * Add: prop=info can show page is new flag, current page length, and visit counter.
 101 * Change: Query watchlist now shows flags only when explicitly requested with wlparam=flags
 102           rc_this_oldid (textid) is no longer accessible from query watchlist
 103 * action=usercontribs: additional filtering by ucshow=; selection of needed fields with ucprop=;
 104   the textid (rev_text_id) is no longer being exposed
 105 * breaking change: backlinks, embeddedin & imageusage now return lists in json instead of a map,
 106                    and do not return anything when titles do not exist. (bug 9970)
 107 * added query parameter indexpageids to list the page ids of all returned page items (bug 9121)
 108
 109 == Maintenance script changes since 1.10 ==
 110
 111 * Add support for wgMaxTocLevel option in parserTests
 112 * (bug 6823) dumpHTML: explicitly disable article view counter
 113
 114 == Languages updated since 1.10 ==
 115
 116 * Arabic (ar)
 117 * Catalan (ca)
 118 * German (de)
 119 * Spanish (es)
 120 * Farsi (fa)
 121 * Finnish (fi)
 122 * French (fr)
 123 * Hebrew (he)
 124 * Indonesian (id)
 125 * Italian (it)
 126 * Japanese (ja)
 127 * Kabyle (kab)
 128 * Kazakh (kk)
 129 * Kurdish (ku)
 130 * Lithuanian (lt)
 131 * Norwegian (no)
 132 * Polish (pl)
 133 * Russian (ru)
 134 * Somali (so)
 135 * Sundanese (su)
 136 * Swedish (sv)
 137 * Chinese (PRC) (zh-cn)
 138 * Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-tw)
 139 * Cantonese (zh-yue)
 140
 141 == Compatibility ==
 142
 143 MediaWiki 1.11 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 144
 145 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 146 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 147 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 148
 149 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 150 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 151
 152
 153 == Upgrading ==
 154
 155 1.11 has several database changes since 1.10, and will not work without schema
 156 updates.
 157
 158 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 159 new database fields are filled with data.
 160
 161 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 162 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 163 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 164
 165 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 166
 167 === Caveats ===
 168
 169 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 170 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 171 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 172 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 173 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 174
 175
 176 For notes on 1.10.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 177
 178
 179 === Online documentation ===
 180
 181 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 182 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 183 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 184 the public domain) :
 185
 186   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 187
 188
 189 === Mailing list ===
 190
 191 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 192 wikitech-l list:
 193
 194   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 195
 196 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 197
 198   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 199
 200 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 201 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 202
 203
 204 === IRC help ===
 205
 206 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net