RELEASE-NOTES-1.21

   1 = MediaWiki release notes =
   2
   3 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
   4 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
   5
   6 == MediaWiki 1.21 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki 1.21 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
  11 production.
  12
  13 === Configuration changes in 1.21 ===
  14 * (bug 29374) $wgVectorUseSimpleSearch is now enabled by default.
  15 * Deprecated $wgAllowRealName is removed. Use $wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'realname'
  16   instead.
  17
  18 === New features in 1.21 ===
  19 * (bug 34876) jquery.makeCollapsible has been improved in performance.
  20 * Added ContentHandler facility to allow extensions to support other content than wikitext.
  21   See docs/contenthandler.txt for details.
  22 * New feature was developed for showing high-DPI thumbnails for high-DPI mobile
  23   and desktop displays (configurable with $wgResponsiveImages).
  24 * Added new backend to represent and store information about sites and site
  25   specific configuration.
  26 * jQuery UI upgraded from 1.8.23 to 1.8.24.
  27 * Added separate fa_sha1 field to filearchive table. This allows sha1
  28   searches with the api in miser mode for deleted files.
  29 * Add initial and programmatic sorting for tablesorter.
  30 * Add the event "sortEnd.tablesorter", triggered after sorting has completed.
  31
  32 === Bug fixes in 1.21 ===
  33 * (bug 40353) SpecialDoubleRedirect should support interwiki redirects.
  34 * (bug 40352) fixDoubleRedirects.php should support interwiki redirects.
  35 * (bug 9237) SpecialBrokenRedirect should not list interwiki redirects.
  36 * (bug 34960) Drop unused fields rc_moved_to_ns and rc_moved_to_title from
  37   recentchanges table.
  38 * (bug 32951) Do not register internal externals with absolute protocol,
  39   when server has relative protocol.
  40 * (bug 39005) When purging proxies listed in $wgSquidServers using HTTP PURGE
  41   method requests, we now send a Host header by default, for Varnish
  42   compatibility. This also works with Squid in reverse-proxy mode. If you wish
  43   to support Squid configured in forward-proxy mode, set
  44   $wgSquidPurgeUseHostHeader to false.
  45
  46 === API changes in 1.21 ===
  47 * prop=revisions can now report the contentmodel and contentformat, see docs/contenthandler.txt
  48 * action=edit and action=parse now support contentmodel and contentformat parameters to control the interpretation of
  49   page content; See docs/contenthandler.txt for details.
  50 * (bug 35693) ApiQueryImageInfo now suppresses errors when unserializing metadata.
  51 * (bug 40111) Disable minor edit for page/section creation by API
  52
  53 === Languages updated in 1.21 ===
  54
  55 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  56 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  57 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  58 === Other changes in 1.21 ===
  59
  60 == Compatibility ==
  61
  62 MediaWiki 1.21 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
  63
  64 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  65 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  66 DB2 and Oracle.
  67
  68 The supported versions are:
  69
  70 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  71 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  72 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  73 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  74
  75 == Upgrading ==
  76
  77 1.21 has several database changes since 1.20, and will not work without schema
  78 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  79 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  80 many hours on a large site).
  81
  82 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  83 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  84 due to database schema changes.
  85
  86 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  87 new database fields are filled with data.
  88
  89 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  90 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  91 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  92
  93 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  94
  95 For notes on 1.19.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  96
  97 == Online documentation ==
  98
  99 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 100 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 101 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 102
 103         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 104
 105 == Mailing list ==
 106
 107 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 108
 109         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 110
 111 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 112
 113         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 114
 115 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 116 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 117
 118 == IRC help ==
 119
 120 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.