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 * $wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups (deprecated in 1.13) has been removed
  15 * $wgInputEncoding and $wgOutputEncoding (deprecated in 1.5) have now been removed
  16 * $wgAllowUserSkin (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  17 * $wgExtraRandompageSQL (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  18 * LogReader and LogViewer classes (deprecated in 1.14) have now been removed
  19 * (bug 26033) Added $wgArticleCountMethod to select the method to use to say
  20   whether a page is an article or not. $wgUseCommaCount is now deprecated.
  21 * $wgEnableDublinCoreRdf and $wgEnableCreativeCommonsRdf no longer work in core,
  22   and the functionality has been moved to the relevant extensions. See
  23   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DublinCoreRdf and
  24   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CreativeCoreRdf as appropriate
  25 * (bug 21107) Split error "customcssjsprotected" into separate messages for JS and CSS
  26 * Removed $wgCheckCopyrightUpload from DefaultSettings, since the relevant feature
  27   was removed in about 1.5.
  28
  29 === New features in 1.19 ===
  30 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch / action=unwatch now requires a token.
  31 * (bug 28916) A way to to toggle mw.config legacy globals settings from
  32   LocalSettings.php has been created by introducing $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals.
  33 * (bug 28503) Support for ircs:// URL protocols
  34 * (bug 26033) It is now possible to count all non-redirect pages in content
  35   namespaces as articles
  36 * Images can now be embedded in an XML dump stream using backupDump.php
  37   --include-files and can be imported using importDump.php --uploads;
  38   furthermore, it can import files from the filesystem using --image-base-path
  39 * Three new hooks in Special:Undelete, 'UndeleteForm::showHistory',
  40   'UndeleteForm::showRevision' and 'UndeleteForm::undelete', so that extensions
  41   may override the usage of PageArchive class and replace it with their own
  42   class that extends PageArchive.
  43 * (bug 28915) Implement QUnit test suite for MediaWiki JavaScript.
  44   Also built-in support for distribution through a TestSwarm instance.
  45 * (bug 29036) For cascade-protected pages, the mw-textarea-cprotected class is
  46   added to the textarea on the edit form.
  47 * mw.util.getScript has been implemented (like wfScript in GlobalFunctions.php)
  48 * (bug 29067) Creating "user.tokens" module (like user.options) in ResourceLoader.
  49 * New 'Debug' hook used by wfDebug() and wfDebugLog()
  50 * (bug 27655) Require token for watching/unwatching pages)
  51 * (bug 28904) Update jQuery version from 1.4.4 to 1.6.1 (the latest version)
  52
  53 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  54 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  55   file description page for multi-paged documents.
  56 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  57   used in Tiff files.
  58 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  59 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  60 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
  61 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  62   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  63 * (bug 23002) Imagelinks table not updated after imagemove.
  64 * (bug 27864) Transcluding {{Special:Prefix}} with empty prefix now lists all
  65   pages.
  66 * (bug 18803) JPEG2000 images can no longer be uploaded as JPEG image.
  67 * (bug 11868) If using links to count articles, the checking will now be based
  68   on the real presence of an internal link instead of the "[[" string
  69 * (bug 28287) The "your changes" box for edit conflicts is now read-only.
  70 * (bug 28940) When making a thumb of an SVG, and only specifying the height
  71   make the width be the max SVG size, not the natrual width of the SVG.
  72 * (bug 1780) Uploading files with non-ascii characters are now forbidden on
  73   Windows.
  74 * (bug 23464) File: prefixes are now chopped off during uploading.
  75 * (bug 28174) Message config-logo-help amended to not explicitly assume any
  76   LTR/RTL screen layout.
  77 * (bug 28992) Revision numbers in the patrol log are transformed in the user
  78   language.
  79 * (bug 27073) ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles should be dynamically appended to
  80   the document if it doesn't exist.
  81 * (bug 27023) After dom ready event, using mediawiki.loader.using will
  82   call callback too early.
  83 * (bug 4330) External URLs without custom title should be treated as LTR,
  84   also in RTL text.
  85 * (bug 29055) Make don't send email on minor edits preference apply to
  86   changes to talk page in addition to watchlist edits.
  87 * (bug 29071) mediawiki.action.watch.ajax.js should pass uselang to API.
  88 * (bug 28272) Special:Allmessages should have only one "Go" button
  89 * (bug 29101) Special:FileDuplicateSearch shows silly message
  90 * (bug 29048) jQuery.tabIndex: firstTabIndex() should not output the same
  91   as lastTabIndex().
  92 * (bug 29332) Warn if user requests mediawiki-announce subscription but does not
  93   enter an e-mail address.
  94
  95 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  96 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch now requires POST and token.
  97 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
  98 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
  99 * (bug 27593) API: add error message when sha1/sha1base36 is invalid
 100 * (bug 28578) API's parse module should not silently override invalid
 101   title inputs
 102 * (bug 20699) API watchlist should list log-events
 103 * (bug 29070) Add token to action=watch API
 104 * (bug 29221) Expose oldrevid in watchlist output
 105 * (bug 29267) always give the servername for meta=siteinfo&siprop=dbrepllag
 106 * (bug 28897) rvparse doesn’t seem to work with rvsection
 107 * (bug 25734) API: possible issue with revids validation
 108 * (bug 28002) Internal error in ApiFormatRaw::getMimeType
 109 * (bug 29237) add interwiki target url attribute to api/query/interwiki
 110 * (bug 28392) mark action=undelete&timestamps as type "timestamp"
 111 * (bug 21346) Make deleted images searchable by hash (disabled in Miser Mode)
 112 * (bug 27595) sha1 search of list=filearchive does not work
 113 * (bug 26763) Make RSS/Atom of user contributions more visible
 114
 115 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
 116
 117 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
 118 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 119 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 120
 121 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
 122 * (bug 29031) When translating block log entries, indefinite, infinite, and
 123   infinity are now considered the same.
 124
 125 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
 126 * Removed legacy wgAjaxWatch javascript global object, no longer in use.
 127
 128 == Compatibility ==
 129
 130 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 131
 132 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 133 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
 134 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
 135
 136 The supported versions are:
 137
 138 * MySQL 4.0 or later
 139 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 140 * SQLite 3
 141 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 142
 143 == Upgrading ==
 144
 145 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
 146 updates.
 147
 148 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 149 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 150 due to database schema changes.
 151
 152 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 153 new database fields are filled with data.
 154
 155 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 156 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 157 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 158
 159 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 160
 161 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 162
 163 == Online documentation ==
 164
 165 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 166 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 167 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 168
 169         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 170
 171 == Mailing list ==
 172
 173 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 174
 175         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 176
 177 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 178
 179         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 180
 181 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 182 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 183
 184 == IRC help ==
 185
 186 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.