RELEASE-NOTES-1.22

   1 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
   2 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.22 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.22 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.22 ===
  12 * $wgRedirectScript was removed. It was unused.
  13 * Removed $wgLocalMessageCacheSerialized, it is now always true.
  14 * When $wgUseVFormUserLogin is true, the redesign of Special:UserLogin is
  15   activated; when $wgUseVFormCreateAccount is true, the redesign of
  16   Special:UserLogin/signup is activated.
  17 * $wgVectorUseIconWatch is now enabled by default.
  18
  19 === New features in 1.22 ===
  20 * (bug 44525) mediawiki.jqueryMsg can now parse (whitelisted) HTML elements and attributes.
  21 * (bug 33454) Language::sprintfDate now has a timezone parameter, and supports
  22   the "eIOPTZ" formatting characters.
  23 * EditWarning: A warning is shown when an editor leaves the edit form without
  24   saving (enabled by default, users can opt-out via the 'useeditwarning'
  25   preference). This feature was moved from the Vector extension, and is now part
  26   of core for all skins. Take care when upgrading that you don't use an older
  27   version of the Vector extension as this feature may conflict.
  28 * New 'mediawiki.ui' CSS module providing mw-ui-* styles for buttons and a
  29   compact vertical form layout.
  30 * New versions of login (Special:UserLogin) and create account
  31   (Special:UserLogin/signup) forms. They are opt-in for now, controlled by
  32   the $wgUseVFormUserLogin and $wgUseVFormCreateAccount settings or a 'useNew'
  33   URL parameter trigger.
  34 * (bug 23343) Implemented ability to apply IP blocks to the contents of X-Forwarded-For headers
  35   by adding a new configuration variable $wgApplyIpBlocksToXff (disabled by default).
  36 * The new hook 'APIGetPossibleErrors' to modify the list of possible errors was
  37   added.
  38 * (bug 25592) LogEventsList::showLogExtract() will now ignore various
  39   Pager-related WebRequest parameters by default, as this is overwhelmingly
  40   likely to be what was intended by users of the method. If any caller wishes
  41   to use these parameters, the new param 'useRequestParams' may be set to true.
  42 * mw.util.addPortletLink: Tooltip is no longer required to be plain (without
  43   an accesskey in it already). As such it now rountrips. Creating a link with a
  44   message as tooltip, grabbing the title attribute and using it to create
  45   another portlet will work as expected.
  46 * (bug 6747) {{ROOTPAGENAME}} introduced, contains the name of the topmost
  47   page without namespace.
  48
  49 === Bug fixes in 1.22 ===
  50 * Disable Special:PasswordReset when $wgEnableEmail. Previously one could still
  51   navigate to the page by entering the URL directly.
  52 * (bug 47138) Fixed a fatal error when a blocked user tries to automatically
  53   create an account on login due external authentication in some circumstances.
  54 * (bug 23393) HTML <hN> headings containing line breaks are now handled
  55   correctly.
  56 * (bug 45803) Whitespace within == Headline == syntax and within <hN> headings
  57   is now non-significant and not preserved in the HTML output.
  58 * (bug 47218) Special:BlockList now handles correctly user names with spaces
  59   when passed as subpage.
  60 * Pager's properly validate which fields are allowed to be sorted on.
  61 * mw.util.tooltipAccessKeyRegexp: The regex now matches "option-" as well.
  62   Support for Mac "option" was added in 1.16, but the regex was never updated.
  63 * (bug 46768) Usernames of blocking users now display correctly, even if numeric.
  64
  65 === API changes in 1.22 ===
  66 * (bug 46626) xmldoublequote parameter was removed. Because of a bug, the
  67   parameter has had no effect since MediaWiki 1.16, and so its removal is
  68   unlikely to impact existing clients.
  69 * (bug 25325) Added support for wlshow filtering (bots/anon/minor/patrolled)
  70   to action=feedwatchlist.
  71 * WDDX formatted output will actually be formatted (and normal output will no
  72   longer be), and will no longer choke on booleans.
  73 * action=opensearch no longer silently ignores the format parameter.
  74 * action=opensearch now supports format=jsonfm.
  75 * list=usercontribs&ucprop=ids will now include the parent revision id.
  76
  77 === Languages updated in 1.22===
  78
  79 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  80 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  81 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  82
  83 === Other changes in 1.22 ===
  84 * redirect.php was removed. It was unused.
  85 * ClickTracking integration was dropped from the mediaWiki.user.bucket
  86   JavaScript function. The 'tracked' option is now ignored.
  87 * BREAKING CHANGE: Legacy skins Simple, MySkin and Standard were all removed.
  88   Nostalgia was moved to an extension.
  89 * Event namespace used by jquery.makeCollapsible has been changed from
  90   'mw-collapse' to 'mw-collapsible' for consistency with the module name.
  91 * BREAKING CHANGE: The "ExternalAuth" authentication subsystem was removed, along
  92   with its associated globals of $wgExternalAuthType, $wgExternalAuthConf,
  93   $wgAutocreatePolicy and $wgAllowPrefChange. Affected users are encouraged to
  94   use AuthPlugin for external authentication/authorization needs.
  95 * The Quickbar feature of the legacy skin model and the last remnants of it
  96   throughout the code base have been removed.
  97 * Externaledit/externaldiff preference was removed. Very few users used this
  98   feature, and improper configuration can actually prevent a user from editing
  99 * Calling Linker methods using a skin will now output deprecation warnings.
 100 * (bug 46680) "Return to" links are no longer tagged with rel="next".
 101 * The Special:ActiveUsers special page was removed.
 102 * BREAKING CHANGE: mw.util.tooltipAccessKeyRegexp: The match group for the
 103   accesskey character is now $6 instead of $5.
 104
 105 == Compatibility ==
 106
 107 MediaWiki 1.22 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
 108
 109 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 110 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 111 Oracle.
 112
 113 The supported versions are:
 114
 115 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 116 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 117 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 118 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 119
 120 == Upgrading ==
 121
 122 1.22 has several database changes since 1.21, and will not work without schema
 123 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 124 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 125 many hours on a large site).
 126
 127 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 128 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 129 due to database schema changes.
 130
 131 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 132 new database fields are filled with data.
 133
 134 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 135 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 136 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 137
 138 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 139
 140 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 141
 142 For notes on 1.21.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 143
 144 == Online documentation ==
 145
 146 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 147 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 148 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 149
 150         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 151
 152 == Mailing list ==
 153
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 157
 158 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 159
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 161
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 163 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 164
 165 == IRC help ==
 166
 167 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.