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 * Introduced $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey as a backwards-compatibility switch,
  15   for using the old schema of the page_props table, in case the respective
  16   schema update was not applied.
  17
  18 === New features in 1.24 ===
  19 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
  20   WhatLinksHere entries.
  21 * Added a new hook, "ContentGetParserOutput", to customize parser output for
  22   a given content object.
  23 * Deprecated the hook "ShowRawCssJs", use "ContentGetParserOutput" instead.
  24 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
  25 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
  26   fields in the form.
  27 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
  28   fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
  29   have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
  30 * Added a new hook, "SidebarBeforeOutput", to allow to edit the structure of
  31   the sidebar just before its display.
  32 * (bug 49156) Added the mediawiki.cookie ResourceLoader module, which wraps
  33   jQuery.cookie so that getting/setting a cookie is syntactically and functionally
  34   similar to using the WebRequest#getCookie/WebResponse#setcookie methods.
  35 * (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1.
  36 * Changes to content typography (fonts, etc.). See
  37   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh for further information.
  38
  39 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
  40 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
  41   rather than content language (same as copyright notice for editing interface).
  42 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  43   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  44   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  45   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  46   claimed it would.
  47 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
  48   which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
  49 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
  50   follow redirects to their target pages.
  51 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
  52
  53 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  54 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
  55   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
  56 * action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap returns a new "protorel"
  57   field which is true iff protocol-relative urls can be used to access
  58   a particular interwiki map entry.
  59
  60 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  61
  62 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  63 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  64 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  65
  66 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  67 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  68 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  69 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  70   were removed as they were unused.
  71 * (bug 65477) User::pingLimiter() now has an additional profile point varying
  72   by action being used.
  73 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  74   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  75   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  76
  77 ==== Renamed classes ====
  78 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  79 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  80 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  81 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  82 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  83 * MediaWiki_I18N to MediaWikiI18N
  84 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
  85 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
  86 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
  87 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
  88 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
  89 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
  90 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
  91 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
  92 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
  93 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
  94 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
  95 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
  96 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
  97 * WebInstaller_Complete to WebInstallerComplete
  98 * WebInstaller_Copying to WebInstallerCopying
  99 * WebInstaller_DBConnect to WebInstallerDBConnect
 100 * WebInstaller_DBSettings to WebInstallerDBSettings
 101 * WebInstaller_Document to WebInstallerDocument
 102 * WebInstaller_ExistingWiki to WebInstallerExistingWiki
 103 * WebInstaller_Install to WebInstallerInstall
 104 * WebInstaller_Language to WebInstallerLanguage
 105 * WebInstaller_Name to WebInstallerName
 106 * WebInstaller_Options to WebInstallerOptions
 107 * WebInstaller_Readme to WebInstallerReadme
 108 * WebInstaller_ReleaseNotes to WebInstallerReleaseNotes
 109 * WebInstaller_Restart to WebInstallerRestart
 110 * WebInstaller_Upgrade to WebInstallerUpgrade
 111 * WebInstaller_UpgradeDoc to WebInstallerUpgradeDoc
 112 * WebInstaller_Welcome to WebInstallerWelcome
 113
 114 ==== Removed classes ====
 115 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
 116 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
 117
 118 == Compatibility ==
 119
 120 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
 121
 122 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 123 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 124 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 125
 126 The supported versions are:
 127
 128 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 129 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 130 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 131 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 132 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 133
 134 == Upgrading ==
 135
 136 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
 137 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 138 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 139 many hours on a large site).
 140
 141 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 142 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 143 due to database schema changes.
 144
 145 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 146 new database fields are filled with data.
 147
 148 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 149 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 150 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 151
 152 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 153
 154 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 155
 156 For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 157
 158 == Online documentation ==
 159
 160 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 161 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 162 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 163
 164         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 165
 166 == Mailing list ==
 167
 168 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 169
 170         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 171
 172 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 173
 174         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 175
 176 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 177 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 178
 179 == IRC help ==
 180
 181 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.