1 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
2 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
8 MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
11 === Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
12 * The server's canonical hostname is available as $wgServerName, which is
13 exposed in both mw.config and ApiQuerySiteInfo.
15 === New features in 1.24 ===
16 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
17 WhatLinksHere entries.
18 * Added a new hook, "ContentGetParserOutput", to customize parser output for
19 a given content object.
20 * Deprecated the hook "ShowRawCssJs", use "ContentGetParserOutput" instead.
21 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
22 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
24 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
25 fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
26 have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
27 * Added a new hook, "SidebarBeforeOutput", to allow to edit the structure of
28 the sidebar just before its display.
29 * (bug 49156) Added the mediawiki.cookie ResourceLoader module, which wraps
30 jQuery.cookie so that getting/setting a cookie is syntactically and functionally
31 similar to using the WebRequest#getCookie/WebResponse#setcookie methods.
32 * (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1.
34 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
35 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
36 rather than content language (same as copyright notice for editing interface).
37 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
38 restriction was present in the parameters. Images with both the "frame"
39 option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
40 size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
42 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
43 which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
44 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
45 follow redirects to their target pages.
46 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
48 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
49 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
50 ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
51 * action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap returns a new "protorel"
52 field which is true iff protocol-relative urls can be used to access
53 a particular interwiki map entry.
55 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
57 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
58 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
59 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
61 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
62 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
63 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
64 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
65 were removed as they were unused.
66 * (bug 65477) User::pingLimiter() now has an additional profile point varying
68 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
69 Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
70 and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
72 ==== Renamed classes ====
73 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
74 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
75 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
76 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
77 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
78 * MediaWiki_I18N to MediaWikiI18N
79 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
80 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
81 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
82 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
83 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
84 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
85 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
86 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
87 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
88 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
89 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
90 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
91 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
92 * WebInstaller_Complete to WebInstallerComplete
93 * WebInstaller_Copying to WebInstallerCopying
94 * WebInstaller_DBConnect to WebInstallerDBConnect
95 * WebInstaller_DBSettings to WebInstallerDBSettings
96 * WebInstaller_Document to WebInstallerDocument
97 * WebInstaller_ExistingWiki to WebInstallerExistingWiki
98 * WebInstaller_Install to WebInstallerInstall
99 * WebInstaller_Language to WebInstallerLanguage
100 * WebInstaller_Name to WebInstallerName
101 * WebInstaller_Options to WebInstallerOptions
102 * WebInstaller_Readme to WebInstallerReadme
103 * WebInstaller_ReleaseNotes to WebInstallerReleaseNotes
104 * WebInstaller_Restart to WebInstallerRestart
105 * WebInstaller_Upgrade to WebInstallerUpgrade
106 * WebInstaller_UpgradeDoc to WebInstallerUpgradeDoc
107 * WebInstaller_Welcome to WebInstallerWelcome
109 ==== Removed classes ====
110 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
111 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
115 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
117 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
118 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
119 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
121 The supported versions are:
123 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
124 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
125 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
126 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
127 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
131 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
132 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
133 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
134 many hours on a large site).
136 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
137 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
138 due to database schema changes.
140 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
141 new database fields are filled with data.
143 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
144 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
147 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
149 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
151 For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
153 == Online documentation ==
155 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
156 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
157 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
159 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
163 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
165 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
167 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
169 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
171 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
172 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
176 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.