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