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
  32   plugin.
  33 * Extensions can now participate in the extraction of titles from url paths
  34 * Added two new GetLocalURL hooks to better serve extensions working on a
  35   limited type of titles.
  36 * Added a --no-updates flag to importDump.php that skips updating the links
  37   tables.
  38 * Most presentational html attributes like valign are now converted to inline
  39   css style rules. These attributes were removed from html5 and so we clean
  40   them up when $wgHtml5 is enabled. This can be disabled using
  41   $wgCleanupPresentationalAttributes.
  42 * Magic words (time and number-formatting ones, plus DIRECTIONMARK, but not
  43   NAMESPACE) now depend on the page content language instead of the site
  44   language. In theory this sets the right magic words in system messages,
  45   although they are not used there.
  46 * (bug 30451) Add page_props to RefreshLinks::deleteLinksFromNonexistent
  47 * (bug 30450) Clear page_props table on page deletion
  48 * Hook added to check for exempt from account creation throttle
  49
  50 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  51 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
  52   $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
  53   until the second was introduced in 1.17.
  54 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages.
  55 * (bug 27894) Move 'editondblclick' event listener down from body to
  56   div#bodyContent.
  57 * (bug 30172) The check for posix_isatty() in maintenance scripts did not detect
  58   when the function exists but is disabled. Introduced
  59   Maintenance::posix_isatty().
  60 * (bug 30264) Changed installer-generated LocalSettings.php to use
  61   require_once() instead require() for included extensions.
  62 * Do not convert text in the user interface language to another script.
  63 * (bug 26283) Previewing user JS/CSS pages doesn't load other user JS/CSS pages
  64 * (bug 11374) Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
  65 * (bug 26486) ResourceLoader modules with paths to nonexistent files cause PHP
  66   warnings/notices to be thrown.
  67
  68 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  69 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
  70 * (bug 29748) Add API search prefix support.
  71 * (bug 29684) Set forgotten parameter types in ApiQueryIWLinks.
  72 * (bug 29685) do not output NULL parentid with list=deletedrevs&drprop=parentid.
  73 * siprop=interwikimap and siprop=languages can use silanguagecode to have
  74   a best effort language name translation. Use CLDR extension for best result.
  75 * (bug 30230) action=expandtemplates should not silently override invalid title
  76   inputs.
  77 * (bug 18634) Create API to fetch MediaWiki's language fallback tree structure.
  78 * (bug 26885) Allow show/hide of account blocks, temporary blocks and single IP
  79   address blocks for list=blocks.
  80
  81 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  82
  83 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  84 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  85 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  86
  87 * Kichwa (qug) (new).
  88 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
  89 * (bug 30217) Make pt-br a fallback of pt
  90
  91 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
  92 * jquery.mwPrototypes module was renamed to jquery.mwExtension.
  93 * The maintenance script populateSha1.php was renamed to the more concise
  94   populateImageSha1.php
  95 * The Client-IP header is no longer checked for when trying to resolve a client's
  96   real IP address.
  97
  98 == Compatibility ==
  99
 100 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 101
 102 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 103 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
 104 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
 105
 106 The supported versions are:
 107
 108 * MySQL 4.0 or later
 109 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 110 * SQLite 3
 111 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 112
 113 == Upgrading ==
 114
 115 1.19 has several database changes since 1.18, and will not work without schema
 116 updates.
 117
 118 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 119 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 120 due to database schema changes.
 121
 122 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 123 new database fields are filled with data.
 124
 125 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 126 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 127 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 128
 129 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 130
 131 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 132
 133 == Online documentation ==
 134
 135 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 136 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 137 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 138
 139         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 140
 141 == Mailing list ==
 142
 143 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 144
 145         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 146
 147 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 148
 149         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 150
 151 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 152 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 153
 154 == IRC help ==
 155
 156 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.