RELEASE-NOTES-1.19

   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 1.19 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
  11 production.
  12
  13 === Configuration changes in 1.19 ===
  14 * Removed SkinTemplateSetupPageCss hook; use BeforePageDisplay instead.
  15 * (bug 27132) movefile right granted by default to registered users.
  16 * Default cookie lifetime ($wgCookieExpiration) is increased to 180 days.
  17
  18 === New features in 1.19 ===
  19 * (bug 19838) Possibility to get all interwiki prefixes if the interwiki
  20   cache is used.
  21 * $wgDnsBlacklistUrls now accepts an array with url and key as the
  22   elements to work with DNSBLs that require keys, such as
  23   Project Honeypot.
  24 * (bug 30022) Add support for custom loadScript sources to ResourceLoader.
  25 * (bug 19052) Unicode space separator characters (Zs) now terminates external
  26   links and images links.
  27 * (bug 30160) Add public method to mw.loader to get module names from registry.
  28 * (bug 15558) Parameters to special pages included in wikitext can now be passed
  29   as with templates.
  30 * Installer now issues a warning if mod_security is present.
  31 * (bug 29455) Add support for a filter callback function in jQuery byteLimit plugin.
  32 * Extensions can now participate in the extraction of titles from url paths
  33 * Added two new GetLocalURL hooks to better serve extensions working on a limited
  34   type of titles.
  35 * Added a --no-updates flag to importDump.php that skips updating the links tables.
  36 * Most presentational html attributes like valign are now converted to inline
  37   css style rules. These attributes were removed from html5 and so we clean them up
  38   when $wgHtml5 is enabled. This can be disabled using $wgCleanupPresentationalAttributes.
  39
  40 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  41 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
  42   $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
  43   until the second was introduced in 1.17.
  44 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages.
  45 * (bug 27894) Move 'editondblclick' event listener down from body to
  46   div#bodyContent.
  47 * (bug 30172) The check for posix_isatty() in maintenance scripts did not detect
  48   when the function exists but is disabled. Introduced Maintenance::posix_isatty()
  49 * (bug 30264) Changed installer-generated LocalSettings.php to use require_once()
  50   instead require() for included extensions.
  51 * Do not convert text in the user interface language to another script.
  52 * (bug 26283) Previewing user JS/CSS pages doesn't load other user JS/CSS pages
  53 * (bug 11374) Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
  54 * (bug 26486) ResourceLoader modules with paths to nonexistent files cause PHP
  55   warnings/notices to be thrown
  56
  57 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  58 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
  59 * (bug 29748) Add API search prefix support.
  60 * (bug 29684) Set forgotten parameter types in ApiQueryIWLinks.
  61 * (bug 29685) do not output NULL parentid with list=deletedrevs&drprop=parentid.
  62 * siprop=interwikimap and siprop=languages can use silanguagecode to have
  63   a best effort language name translation. Use CLDR extension for best result.
  64 * (bug 30230) action=expandtemplates should not silently override invalid title inputs
  65 * (bug 18634) Create API to fetch MediaWiki's language fallback tree structure
  66 * (bug 26885) Allow show/hide of account blocks, temporary blocks and single IP blocks
  67   for list=blocks
  68
  69 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  70
  71 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  72 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  73 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  74
  75 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
  76
  77 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
  78 * jquery.mwPrototypes module was renamed to jquery.mwExtension.
  79 * The maintenance script populateSha1.php was renamed to the more concise
  80   populateImageSha1.php
  81
  82 == Compatibility ==
  83
  84 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  85
  86 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  87 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  88 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
  89
  90 The supported versions are:
  91
  92 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  93 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  94 * SQLite 3
  95 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  96
  97 == Upgrading ==
  98
  99 1.19 has several database changes since 1.18, and will not work without schema
 100 updates.
 101
 102 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 103 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 104 due to database schema changes.
 105
 106 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 107 new database fields are filled with data.
 108
 109 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 110 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 111 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 112
 113 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 114
 115 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 116
 117 == Online documentation ==
 118
 119 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 120 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 121 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 122
 123         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 124
 125 == Mailing list ==
 126
 127 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 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 == IRC help ==
 139
 140 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.