RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

   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 1.24 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  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.
  14
  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
  23   fields in the form.
  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.
  33
  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
  41   claimed it would.
  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.
  47
  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.
  54
  55 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  56
  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.
  60
  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 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  67   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  68   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  69
  70 ==== Renamed classes ====
  71 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  72 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  73 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  74 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  75 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  76 * MediaWiki_I18N to MediaWikiI18N
  77 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
  78 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
  79 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
  80 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
  81 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
  82 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
  83 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
  84 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
  85 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
  86 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
  87 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
  88 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
  89 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
  90 * WebInstaller_Complete to WebInstallerComplete
  91 * WebInstaller_Copying to WebInstallerCopying
  92 * WebInstaller_DBConnect to WebInstallerDBConnect
  93 * WebInstaller_DBSettings to WebInstallerDBSettings
  94 * WebInstaller_Document to WebInstallerDocument
  95 * WebInstaller_ExistingWiki to WebInstallerExistingWiki
  96 * WebInstaller_Install to WebInstallerInstall
  97 * WebInstaller_Language to WebInstallerLanguage
  98 * WebInstaller_Name to WebInstallerName
  99 * WebInstaller_Options to WebInstallerOptions
 100 * WebInstaller_Readme to WebInstallerReadme
 101 * WebInstaller_ReleaseNotes to WebInstallerReleaseNotes
 102 * WebInstaller_Restart to WebInstallerRestart
 103 * WebInstaller_Upgrade to WebInstallerUpgrade
 104 * WebInstaller_UpgradeDoc to WebInstallerUpgradeDoc
 105 * WebInstaller_Welcome to WebInstallerWelcome
 106
 107 ==== Removed classes ====
 108 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
 109 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
 110
 111 == Compatibility ==
 112
 113 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
 114
 115 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 116 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 117 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 118
 119 The supported versions are:
 120
 121 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 122 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 123 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 124 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 125 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 126
 127 == Upgrading ==
 128
 129 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
 130 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 131 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 132 many hours on a large site).
 133
 134 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 135 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 136 due to database schema changes.
 137
 138 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 139 new database fields are filled with data.
 140
 141 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 142 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 143 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 144
 145 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 146
 147 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 148
 149 For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 150
 151 == Online documentation ==
 152
 153 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 154 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 155 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 156
 157         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 158
 159 == Mailing list ==
 160
 161 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 162
 163         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 164
 165 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 166
 167         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 168
 169 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 170 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 171
 172 == IRC help ==
 173
 174 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.