RELEASE-NOTES-1.20

   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 1.20 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki 1.20 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
  11 production.
  12
  13 === Configuration changes in 1.20 ===
  14
  15 === New features in 1.20 ===
  16 * Added TitleIsAlwaysKnown hook which gets called when determining if a page exists.
  17 * (bug 32341) Add upload by URL domain limitation.
  18 * &useskin=default will now always display the default skin. Useful for users with a
  19   preference for the non-default skin to look at something using the default skin.
  20 * (bug 31417) New ID mw-content-text around the actual page text, without categories,
  21   contentSub, ... The same div often also contains the class mw-content-ltr/rtl.
  22 * (bug 27619) Remove preference option to display broken links as link?
  23 * (bug 34896) Update jQuery JSON plugin to v2.3 (2011-09-17)
  24
  25 === Bug fixes in 1.20 ===
  26 * (bug 30245) Use the correct way to construct a log page title.
  27 * (bug 34237) Regenerate an empty user_token and save to the database
  28   when we try to set the user's cookies for login.
  29 * (bug 32210) New edit emails for watched pages always provide a link to the
  30   edit which triggered the mail.
  31 * (bug 12021) Added user talk link on Special:Listusers
  32 * (bug 34445) section edit and TOC hide/show links are excluded from selection and
  33   copy/paste on supporting browsers
  34 * (bug 34428) Fixed incorrect hash mismatch errors in the DiffHistoryBlob
  35   history compression method.
  36 * (bug 34702) Localised parentheses are now used in more special pages.
  37 * (bug 34723) When editing a script page on a RTL wiki the textbox should be LTR.
  38 * (bug 34762) Calling close() on a DatabaseBase object now clears the connection.
  39 * (bug 34863) Show deletion log extract on non-existent file pages if applicable.
  40 * (bug 28019) Let ?preloadtitle=foo be passed on to target of
  41   Special:MyPage and Special:MyTalk
  42
  43 === API changes in 1.20 ===
  44 * (bug 34316) Add ability to retrieve maximum upload size from MediaWiki API.
  45 * (bug 34313) MediaWiki API intro message about "HTML format" should mention
  46   the format parameter.
  47
  48 === Languages updated in 1.20 ===
  49
  50 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  51 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  52 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  53
  54 * (bug 34192) Namespace gender aliases for Albanian languages (sq & aln)
  55
  56 === Other changes in 1.20 ===
  57
  58 == Compatibility ==
  59
  60 MediaWiki 1.20 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  61
  62 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  63 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  64 DB2 and Oracle.
  65
  66 The supported versions are:
  67
  68 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  69 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  70 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  71 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  72
  73 == Upgrading ==
  74
  75 1.20 has several database changes since 1.19, and will not work without schema
  76 updates.
  77
  78 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  79 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  80 due to database schema changes.
  81
  82 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  83 new database fields are filled with data.
  84
  85 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  86 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  87 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  88
  89 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  90
  91 For notes on 1.19.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  92
  93 == Online documentation ==
  94
  95 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  96 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  97 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  98
  99         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 100
 101 == Mailing list ==
 102
 103 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 104
 105         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 106
 107 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 108
 109         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 110
 111 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 112 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 113
 114 == IRC help ==
 115
 116 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.