RELEASE-NOTES-1.25

   1 Security reminder: If you have PHP's register_globals option set, you must
   2 turn it off. MediaWiki will not work with it enabled.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.25 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.25 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.25 ===
  12 * $wgPageShowWatchingUsers was removed.
  13
  14 === New features in 1.25 ===
  15 * (bug 58139) ResourceLoaderFileModule now supports language fallback
  16   for 'languageScripts'.
  17 * Added a new hook, "ContentAlterParserOutput", to allow extensions to modify the
  18   parser output for a content object before links update.
  19 * (bug 67341) SVG images will no longer be base64-encoded when being embedded
  20   in CSS. This results in slight size increase before gzip compression (due to
  21   percent-encoding), but up to 20% decrease after it.
  22
  23 === Bug fixes in 1.25 ===
  24 * (bug 71003) No additional code will be generated to try to load CSS-embedded
  25   SVG images in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, as they don't support them anyway.
  26
  27 === Action API changes in 1.25 ===
  28 * (bug 65403) XML tag highlighting is now only performed for formats
  29   "xmlfm" and "wddxfm".
  30
  31 === Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
  32
  33 === Languages updated in 1.25 ===
  34
  35 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  36 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  37 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  38
  39 === Other changes in 1.25 ===
  40 * The skin autodiscovery mechanism, deprecated in MediaWiki 1.23, has been
  41   removed. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_autodiscovery for
  42   migration guide for creators and users of custom skins that relied on it.
  43 * Javascript variable 'wgFileCanRotate' now only available on Special:Upload.
  44 * (bug 56257) Set site logo from mediawiki.skinning.interface module instead of
  45   inline styles in the HTML.
  46 * Removed ApiQueryUsers::getAutoGroups(). (deprecated since 1.20)
  47 * Removed XmlDumpWriter::schemaVersion(). (deprecated since 1.20)
  48 * Removed LogEventsList::getDisplayTitle(). (deprecated since 1.20)
  49 * Removed Preferences::trySetUserEmail(). (deprecated since 1.20)
  50 * Removed mw.user.name() and mw.user.anonymous() methods. (deprecated since 1.20)
  51 * Removed 'ok' and 'err' parameters in the mediawiki.api modules. (deprecated
  52   since 1.20)
  53 * Removed 'async' parameter from the  mw.Api#getCategories() method. (deprecated
  54   since 1.20)
  55 * Removed 'jquery.json' module. (deprecated since 1.24)
  56   Use the 'json' module and global JSON object instead.
  57
  58 == Compatibility ==
  59
  60 MediaWiki 1.25 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later. There is experimental support for
  61 HHVM 3.3.0.
  62
  63 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  64 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  65 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  66
  67 The supported versions are:
  68
  69 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  70 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  71 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  72 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  73 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
  74
  75 == Upgrading ==
  76
  77 1.25 has several database changes since 1.24, and will not work without schema
  78 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  79 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  80 many hours on a large site).
  81
  82 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  83 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  84 due to database schema changes.
  85
  86 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  87 new database fields are filled with data.
  88
  89 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
  90 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
  91 with MediaWiki 1.21.
  92
  93 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  94
  95 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  96
  97 For notes on 1.23.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  98
  99 == Online documentation ==
 100
 101 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 102 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 103 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 104
 105         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 106
 107 == Mailing list ==
 108
 109 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 110
 111         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 112
 113 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 114
 115         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 116
 117 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 118 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 119
 120 == IRC help ==
 121
 122 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.