3 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
5 MediaWiki 1.32 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
8 === Configuration changes in 1.32 ===
9 * (T115414) The $wgEnableAPI and $wgEnableWriteAPI settings, deprecated in 1.31,
11 * The $wgUseAjax setting, deprecated in 1.31, is now ignored.
12 * The $wgSiteSupportPage setting, unused since 1.5, was removed.
13 * The default quality of JPEG thumbnails generated by GD was reduced from 95 to
14 80. The quality of JPEG thumbnails is now configurable through the new setting
15 $wgJpegQuality (default 80). This aligns the quality to what ImageMagick uses.
16 * $wgExperimentalHtmlIds, deprecated since 1.30, has been removed. The
17 'html5-legacy' value for $wgFragmentMode is no longer accepted.
18 * The experimental Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy drivers were removed.
19 RemexHtml, which is the default, should be used instead.
20 * (T135963) You can now define a Content Security Policy for your wiki. This
21 adds a defense-in-depth feature to stop an attacker who has found a bug in
22 the parser allowing them to insert malicious attributes. Disabled by default,
23 you can configure this via $wgCSPHeader and $wgCSPReportOnlyHeader.
24 * New configuration variable has been added: $wgCookieSetOnIpBlock.
25 This determines whether to set a cookie when an IP user is blocked. Doing so means
26 that a blocked user, even after moving to a new IP address, will still be blocked.
28 === New features in 1.32 ===
29 * (T112474) Generalized the ResourceLoader mechanism for overriding modules
30 using a particular page during edit previews.
31 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
32 * (T174313) Added checkbox on Special:ListUsers to display only users in
33 temporary user groups.
34 * (T152462) A cookie can now be set when an IP user is blocked to track that user if
35 they move to a new IP address. This is disabled by default.
37 === External library changes in 1.32 ===
40 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
41 * Updated QUnit from 2.4.0 to 2.6.0.
43 ==== New external libraries ====
46 ==== Removed and replaced external libraries ====
49 === Bug fixes in 1.32 ===
52 === Action API changes in 1.32 ===
53 * Added templated parameters.
54 * A module can define a templated parameter like "{fruit}-quantity", where
55 the actual parameters recognized correspond to the values of a multi-valued
56 parameter. Then clients can make requests like
57 "fruits=apples|bananas&apples-quantity=1&bananas-quantity=5".
58 * action=paraminfo will return templated parameter definitions separately
59 from normal parameters. All parameter definitions now include an "index"
60 key to allow clients to maintain parameter ordering when merging normal and
62 * It is now an error to submit too many values for a multi-valued parameter.
63 This has generated a warning since MediaWiki 1.14.
65 === Action API internal changes in 1.32 ===
66 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
67 * Parameter names may no longer contain '{' or '}', as these are now used for
70 === Languages updated in 1.32 ===
71 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
72 Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
73 because of Phabricator reports.
75 * (T193566) Added language support for Ambonese Malay (abs).
76 * (T194047) Added language support for Shawiya, Latin script (shy-latn).
78 === Breaking changes in 1.32 ===
79 * $wgRequestTime, deprecated in 1.25, was removed. Use
80 $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'] or WebRequest::getElapsedTime() instead.
81 * The MediaWikiI18N class, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
82 * QuickTemplate::setTranslator(), deprecated in 1.31, was removed. Use
84 * wfInitShellLocale(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
85 * wfShellExecDisabled(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
86 * The type string for the parameter $lang of DateFormatter::getInstance,
87 deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
88 * The EDIT_TOKEN_SUFFIX constant deprecated in 1.27, was removed. Use
89 MediaWiki\Session\Token::SUFFIX instead.
90 * EditPage::isOouiEnabled() deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
91 * mw.util.wikiGetlink(), deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use mw.util.getUrl()
93 * (T61113) The following methods and constants from the Revision class, which
94 were deprecated in 1.25, have now been removed:
95 * Revision::getRawUser()
96 * Revision::getRawUserText()
97 * Revision::getRawComment()
98 * window.gM() from mediawiki.jqueryMsg, deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use
99 mw.msg() or mw.message() instead.
100 * mw.util.escapeId(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed. Use
101 mw.util.escapeIdForAttribute or mw.util.escapeIdForLink instead.
102 * mw.util.updateTooltipAccessKeys(), deprecated in 1.24, was removed. Use
103 jquery.accessKeyLabel instead.
104 * The SqlDataUpdate class, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
105 * The Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy driver classes were removed, along
106 with the Balancer tidy implementation. Both implementations were experimental,
107 and were replaced by RemexHtml.
108 * (T179624) Job::insert() and ::batchInsert(), deprecated in 1.21, were both
109 removed. Use JobQueueGroup::singleton()->push() instead.
110 * The jquery.footHovzer module, for mediawiki.debug, was removed.
111 * The es5-shim module, empty and deprecated since 1.29, was removed.
112 * The mediawiki.widgets.visibleByteLimit module alias, deprecated in 1.32, was
113 removed. Use mediawiki.widgets.visibleLengthLimit instead.
114 * The jquery.farbtastic module, unused since 1.18, was removed.
116 === Deprecations in 1.32 ===
117 * Use of a StartProfiler.php file is deprecated in favour of placing
118 configuration in LocalSettings.php.
119 * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive() is deprecated. No need to call it. Submit
120 button is already marked as progressive.
121 * Skin::setupSkinUserCss() is deprecated. Adding of modules to load
122 has been centralised to Skin::getDefaultModules(), which is now capable
123 of queueing style modules as well.
124 * OutputPage::addModuleScripts() and ParserOutput::addModuleScripts are
125 deprecated. Use addModules() instead.
126 * Overriding SearchEngine::{searchText,searchTitle,searchArchiveTitle}
127 in extending classes is deprecated. Extend related doSearch* methods
129 * CollationFa has been removed completely as it's not needed anymore
130 * The following 'mediawiki.api' plugin modules were merged into mediawiki.api
131 and deprecated: mediawiki.api.category, mediawiki.api.edit,
132 mediawiki.api.login, mediawiki.api.options, mediawiki.api.parse,
133 mediawiki.api.upload, mediawiki.api.user, mediawiki.api.watch,
134 mediawiki.api.messages, and mediawiki.api.rollback.
135 * ApiBase::truncateArray() is deprecated. No replacement, as nothing is known
137 * WatchAction::getUnwatchToken is deprecated. Use WatchAction::getWatchToken
138 with the 'unwatch' action parameter instead.
140 === Other changes in 1.32 ===
141 * Soft hyphens (U+00AD) are now automatically removed from titles; these
142 characters can accidentally end up in copy-and-pasted titles.
143 * Strip Unicode 6.3.0 directional formatting characters (U+061C, U+2066,
144 U+2067, U+2068, U+2069) from the title.
148 MediaWiki 1.32 requires PHP 5.5.9 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
149 supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 5.5.9 or later for long term
152 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
153 but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
154 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
156 The supported versions are:
158 * MySQL 5.5.8 or later
159 * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
160 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
161 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
162 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
165 1.32 has several database changes since 1.31, and will not work without schema
166 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
167 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
168 many hours on a large site).
170 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
172 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
173 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
175 For notes on 1.31.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
177 == Online documentation ==
178 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
179 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
180 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
182 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
185 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
187 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
189 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
191 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
193 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
194 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
197 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.