= MediaWiki release notes = Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can. == MediaWiki 1.10 == THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET. MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept "ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia. Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature development happen will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release. Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN == Configuration changes == == Major new features == == Changes since 1.9 == * (bug 7292) Fix site statistics when moving pages in/out of content namespaces * (bug 6937) Introduce "statistics-footer" message, appended to Special:Statistics * (bug 8531) Correct local name of Lingála (patch by Raymond) * (bug 6638) List block flags in block log entries * New script maintenance/language/checkExtensioni18n.php used to check i18n progress in the extension repository. * Running maintenance/parserTests.php with '--record' option, will now automaticly tries to create its database tables. * Made the PLURAL: parser function return singular on -1 per default. * Fixed up the AjaxSearch * (bugs 5051, 5376) Tooltips and accesskeys no longer require JavaScript * Added SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec hook before SkinTemplate::outputPage() starts page output (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2007-January/028554.html) * Fix SpecialVersion->formatCredits input. Version and Url parameters should be null to be treated properly with isset. * Branch page_restrictions column out into its own table, also creating a "cascading protection" feature, which automagically disallows edits to pages transcluded into a page protected with this new option. Various other code tidiness fixes and refactoring in the log messages of branches/werdna/restrictions-separation. * The minimum permissions needed to edit a page in each namespace can now be customized via the $wgNamespaceProtection array. By default, editing pages in the MediaWiki namespace requires "editinterface" permissions, just as before. * (bug 8567) Added hook RawPageViewBeforeOutput just before the text is blown out in action=raw, so extensions might influence the output. * Correct tooltip accesskey hint for Opera on the Macintosh (it uses Shift-Esc-, not Ctrl-). * (bug 3446) Add user preference to hide page content below diffs, can be overridden by adding diffonly=1 or diffonly=0 to the URL of the diff page * (bug 8002) Math should render left-to-right even in right-to-left wikis * Pass e-mail and real name fields to AuthPlugin::addUser, as additional optional fields, which may be considered useful at registration time. * Fixed Postgres upgrade script. * (bug 8613) Fix error when viewing "Recent Changes" and using Postgres. * Initialise site_stats table at upgrade time if data was missing == Languages updated == * Belarusian (be) * Finnish (fi) * French (fr) * German (de) * Hebrew (he) * Indonesian (id) * Lithuanian (lt) * Swedish (sv) == Compatibility == MediaWiki 1.10 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported. PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher. MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade. At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases. == Upgrading == Some minor database changes have been made since 1.7: * new fields and indexes on ipblocks * index change on recentchanges Several changes from 1.5 and 1.6 do require updates to be run on upgrade. To ensure that these tables are filled with data, run refreshLinks.php after the upgrade. If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading! See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions. === Caveats === Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for MathML to display properly in Mozilla.) For notes on 1.9.x and older releases, see HISTORY. === Online documentation === Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation === Mailing list === A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia wikitech-l list: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes. === IRC help === There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net