Merge "Space in $separatorTransformTable should be non-breaking in Portuguese, Espera...

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diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.20 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.20
index 0b250e4..3f5a314 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.20
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.20
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ MediaWiki 1.20 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
 production.
 
 === Configuration changes in 1.20 ===
 production.
 
 === Configuration changes in 1.20 ===

+* `$wgUsePathInfo = true;` is no longer needed to make $wgArticlePath work on servers
+  using like nginx, lighttpd, and apache over fastcgi. MediaWiki now always extracts
+  path info from REQUEST_URI if it's available.

 
 === New features in 1.20 ===
 * Added TitleIsAlwaysKnown hook which gets called when determining if a page exists.
 
 === New features in 1.20 ===
 * Added TitleIsAlwaysKnown hook which gets called when determining if a page exists.


@@ -18,17 +21,25 @@ production.
 * &useskin=default will now always display the default skin. Useful for users with a
   preference for the non-default skin to look at something using the default skin.
 * (bug 27619) Remove preference option to display broken links as link?
 * &useskin=default will now always display the default skin. Useful for users with a
   preference for the non-default skin to look at something using the default skin.
 * (bug 27619) Remove preference option to display broken links as link?

-* (bug 34896) Update jQuery JSON plugin to v2.3 (2011-09-17)
-* (bug 34302) Add CSS classes to email fields in user preferences
-* Introduced $wgDebugDBTransactions to trace transaction status (currently PostgreSQL only)
+* (bug 34896) Update jQuery JSON plugin to v2.3 (2011-09-17).
+* (bug 34302) Add CSS classes to email fields in user preferences.
+* Introduced $wgDebugDBTransactions to trace transaction status (currently PostgreSQL only).

 * (bug 23795) Add parser itself to ParserMakeImageParams hook.
 * Introduce a cryptographic random number generator source api for use when
   generating various tokens.
 * (bug 30963) Option on Special:Prefixindex and Special:Allpages to not show redirects.
 * (bug 23795) Add parser itself to ParserMakeImageParams hook.
 * Introduce a cryptographic random number generator source api for use when
   generating various tokens.
 * (bug 30963) Option on Special:Prefixindex and Special:Allpages to not show redirects.

-* (bug 18062) new message when edit or create the local page of a shared file
-* (bug 22870) Separate interface message when creating a page
-* (bug 17615) nosummary option should be reassigned on preview/captcha
-* (bug 34355) add a variable and parser function for the namespace number
+* (bug 18062) new message when edit or create the local page of a shared file.
+* (bug 22870) Separate interface message when creating a page.
+* (bug 17615) nosummary option should be reassigned on preview/captcha.
+* (bug 34355) add a variable and parser function for the namespace number.
+* (bug 35649) Special:Version now shows hashes of extensions checked out from git.
+* (bug 35728) Git revisions are now linked on Special:Version.
+* "Show Changes" on default messages shows now diff against default message text
+* (bug 23006) create #speciale parser function.
+* generateSitemap can now optionally skip redirect pages.
+* (bug 27757) new API command just for retrieving tokens (not page-based)
+* Added GitViewers hook for extensions using external git repositories to have a web-based
+  repository viewer linked to from Special:Version.

 
 === Bug fixes in 1.20 ===
 * (bug 30245) Use the correct way to construct a log page title.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.20 ===
 * (bug 30245) Use the correct way to construct a log page title.


@@ -36,41 +47,52 @@ production.
   when we try to set the user's cookies for login.
 * (bug 32210) New edit emails for watched pages always provide a link to the
   edit which triggered the mail.
   when we try to set the user's cookies for login.
 * (bug 32210) New edit emails for watched pages always provide a link to the
   edit which triggered the mail.

-* (bug 12021) Added user talk link on Special:Listusers
+* (bug 12021) Added user talk link on Special:Listusers.

 * (bug 34445) section edit and TOC hide/show links are excluded from selection and
 * (bug 34445) section edit and TOC hide/show links are excluded from selection and

-  copy/paste on supporting browsers
-* (bug 34428) Fixed incorrect hash mismatch errors in the DiffHistoryBlob 
+  copy/paste on supporting browsers.
+* (bug 34428) Fixed incorrect hash mismatch errors in the DiffHistoryBlob

   history compression method.
 * (bug 34702) Localised parentheses are now used in more special pages.
 * (bug 34723) When editing a script page on a RTL wiki the textbox should be LTR.
 * (bug 34762) Calling close() on a DatabaseBase object now clears the connection.
 * (bug 34863) Show deletion log extract on non-existent file pages if applicable.
 * (bug 28019) Let ?preloadtitle=foo be passed on to target of
   history compression method.
 * (bug 34702) Localised parentheses are now used in more special pages.
 * (bug 34723) When editing a script page on a RTL wiki the textbox should be LTR.
 * (bug 34762) Calling close() on a DatabaseBase object now clears the connection.
 * (bug 34863) Show deletion log extract on non-existent file pages if applicable.
 * (bug 28019) Let ?preloadtitle=foo be passed on to target of

-  Special:MyPage and Special:MyTalk
-* (bug 34929) Show the correct diff when a section edit is rejected by the spam 
-  filter
-* (bug 15816) Add a switch for SETting the search_path (Postgres)
+  Special:MyPage and Special:MyTalk.
+* (bug 34929) Show the correct diff when a section edit is rejected by the spam
+  filter.
+* (bug 15816) Add a switch for SETting the search_path (Postgres).

 * (bug 34521) Returning to the previous page after logging in loses any array-
 * (bug 34521) Returning to the previous page after logging in loses any array-

-  valued parameters in the query string
+  valued parameters in the query string.

 * (bug 34735) Updated compressOld.php documentation to mention the different
 * (bug 34735) Updated compressOld.php documentation to mention the different

-  usages of -s and -n parameters depending on compression type
-* (bug 13896) Rendering of devanagari numbers in automatic '#' number lists
-* (bug 18704) Add an unique CSS class or ID to the tagfilter table row at RecentChanges 
-* (bug 33689) Upgrade to 1.19 on Postgres fails due to incomplete query when
-              trying to defer foreign key for externallinks
-* (bug 32748) Printer friendly version of article decode Unicode chars as a pretty IRI in footer.
-* Removed white border around thumbnails in galleries
+  usages of -s and -n parameters depending on compression type.
+* (bug 13896) Rendering of devanagari numbers in automatic '#' number lists.
+* (bug 33689) Upgrade to 1.19 on Postgres fails due to incomplete query when.
+  trying to defer foreign key for externallinks.
+* (bug 32748) Printer friendly version of article decode Unicode chars as a
+  pretty IRI in footer.
+* Removed white border around thumbnails in galleries.

 * (bug 31236) "Next" and "Previous" buttons are shown incorrectly in
 * (bug 31236) "Next" and "Previous" buttons are shown incorrectly in

-  an RTL environment
+  an RTL environment.

 * (bug 35680) jQuery upgraded to 1.7.2.
 * (bug 35681) jQuery UI upgraded to 1.8.18.
 * (bug 35680) jQuery upgraded to 1.7.2.
 * (bug 35681) jQuery UI upgraded to 1.8.18.

+* (bug 35705) QUnit upgraded from 1.2.0 to 1.5.0
+* (bug 35749) Updated maintenance/checkSyntax.php to use Git instead of
+  Subversion when invoked with the --modified option.
+* (bug 35069) On history pages, the " . . " separator after the number of
+  characters changed in a revision is now suppressed if no text would follow.
+* (bug 18704) Add a unique CSS class or ID to the tagfilter table row at RecentChanges
+* (bug 33564) transwiki import sometimes result in invalid title.
+* (bug 35572) Blocks appear to succeed even if query fails due to wrong DB structure

 
 === API changes in 1.20 ===
 * (bug 34316) Add ability to retrieve maximum upload size from MediaWiki API.
 * (bug 34313) MediaWiki API intro message about "HTML format" should mention
   the format parameter.
 
 === API changes in 1.20 ===
 * (bug 34316) Add ability to retrieve maximum upload size from MediaWiki API.
 * (bug 34313) MediaWiki API intro message about "HTML format" should mention
   the format parameter.

-* (bug 32384) Allow descending order for list=watchlistraw
-* (bug 31883) Limit of bkusers of list=blocks and titles of action=query is not documented in API help
+* (bug 32384) Allow descending order for list=watchlistraw.
+* (bug 31883) Limit of bkusers of list=blocks and titles of action=query is not documented in API help.
+* (bug 32492) API now allows editing using pageid
+* (bug 32497) API now allows changing of protection level using pageid
+* (bug 32498) API now allows comparing pages using pageids

 
 === Languages updated in 1.20 ===
 
 
 === Languages updated in 1.20 ===
 


@@ -78,14 +100,19 @@ MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 
 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 

-* (bug 34192) Namespace gender aliases for Albanian languages (sq & aln)
-* (bug 35541) Namespace gender aliases for Croatian (hr)
-* Mizo (lus) added
+* (bug 34192) Namespace gender aliases for Albanian languages (sq & aln).
+* (bug 35541) Namespace gender aliases for Croatian (hr).
+* Mizo (lus) added.
+* (bug 36012) Space in $separatorTransformTable should be non-breaking in
+  Portuguese, Esperanto and Udmurt.

 
 === Other changes in 1.20 ===
 * The user_token field is now left empty until a user attempts to login and
   cookies need to be set. It is also now possible to reset every user's
   user_token simply by clearing the values in the user_token column.
 
 === Other changes in 1.20 ===
 * The user_token field is now left empty until a user attempts to login and
   cookies need to be set. It is also now possible to reset every user's
   user_token simply by clearing the values in the user_token column.

+* Removed ./tests/qunit/index.html from core. It wasn't actively maintained and
+  has been made obsolete when [[Special:JavaScriptTest/qunit]] was introduced,
+  which actually uses ResourceLoader, LocalSettings and the Skin.

 
 == Compatibility ==
 
 
 == Compatibility ==