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 1.15 ==
   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 1.15 ===
  22
  23 * Added $wgNewPasswordExpiry, to specify an expiry time (in seconds) to
  24   temporary passwords
  25
  26 === New features in 1.15 ===
  27
  28 * (bug 2242) Add an expiry time to temporary passwords
  29 * Added "Advanced search" link to the search form
  30 * Special:Upload can now have a custom upload message instead of uploadtext by
  31   passing "uploadmsg" parameter in the url
  32 * (bug 9947) Add PROTECTIONLEVEL parser funtion to return the protection level
  33   for the current page for a given action
  34 * Added "__\" magic word to eat up all whitespace and newlines to the next
  35   non-whitespace character, to facilitate writing readable template code where
  36   whitespace is significant.
  37
  38 === Bug fixes in 1.15 ===
  39 * Fixing the caching issue by using -{T|xxx}- syntax (only applies on wiki with LanguageConverter class)
  40 * Improving the efficiency by using -{A|xxx}- syntax (only applies on wiki with LanguageConverter class)
  41 * (bug 16968) Special:Upload no longer throws useless warnings.
  42
  43 == API changes in 1.15 ==
  44 * (bug 16798) JSON encoding errors for some characters outside the BMP
  45 * (bug 16629) prop=info&inprop=protection lists empty legacy protections
  46   incorrectly
  47
  48 === Languages updated in 1.15 ===
  49
  50 MediaWiki supports over 300 languages. Many localisations are updated
  51 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed.
  52
  53 == Compatibility ==
  54
  55 MediaWiki 1.15 requires PHP 5 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  56
  57 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  58 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  59 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  60
  61 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  62 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  63
  64
  65 == Upgrading ==
  66
  67 1.15 has several database changes since 1.14, and will not work without schema
  68 updates.
  69
  70 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons reposito-
  71 ry, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
  72 database schema changes.
  73
  74 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  75 new database fields are filled with data.
  76
  77 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  78 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  79 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  80
  81 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  82
  83
  84 === Caveats ===
  85
  86 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
  87 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
  88 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
  89 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
  90 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
  91
  92 For notes on 1.14.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  93
  94
  95 === Online documentation ===
  96
  97 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
  98 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
  99 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 100 the public domain) :
 101
 102   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 103
 104
 105 === Mailing list ===
 106
 107 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 108 wikitech-l list:
 109
 110   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 111
 112 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 113
 114   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 115
 116 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 117 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 118
 119
 120 === IRC help ===
 121
 122 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net