(bug 38110) provide a way to separate out schema changes

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.21

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@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ production.
   instead.
 
 === New features in 1.21 ===
   instead.
 
 === New features in 1.21 ===

+* (bug 38110) Schema changes (adding or dropping tables, indicies and
+  fields) can be now be done separately from from other changes that
+  update.php makes.  This is useful in environments that use database
+  permissions to restrict schema changes but allow the DB user that
+  MediaWiki normally runs as to perform other changes that update.php
+  makes.  Schema changes can be run seperately.  See the file UPGRADE
+  for more information.

 * (bug 34876) jquery.makeCollapsible has been improved in performance.
 * Added ContentHandler facility to allow extensions to support other content than wikitext.
   See docs/contenthandler.txt for details.
 * (bug 34876) jquery.makeCollapsible has been improved in performance.
 * Added ContentHandler facility to allow extensions to support other content than wikitext.
   See docs/contenthandler.txt for details.


@@ -23,6 +30,7 @@ production.
   and desktop displays (configurable with $wgResponsiveImages).
 * Added new backend to represent and store information about sites and site
   specific configuration.
   and desktop displays (configurable with $wgResponsiveImages).
 * Added new backend to represent and store information about sites and site
   specific configuration.

+* jQuery upgraded from 1.8.2 to 1.8.3.

 * jQuery UI upgraded from 1.8.23 to 1.8.24.
 * Added separate fa_sha1 field to filearchive table. This allows sha1
   searches with the api in miser mode for deleted files.
 * jQuery UI upgraded from 1.8.23 to 1.8.24.
 * Added separate fa_sha1 field to filearchive table. This allows sha1
   searches with the api in miser mode for deleted files.


@@ -36,6 +44,14 @@ production.
 * (bug 40876) Icon for PSD (Adobe Photoshop) file types.
 * (bug 40641) Implemented Special:Version/Credits with a list of contributors.
 * (bug 7851) Implemented one-click AJAX patrolling.
 * (bug 40876) Icon for PSD (Adobe Photoshop) file types.
 * (bug 40641) Implemented Special:Version/Credits with a list of contributors.
 * (bug 7851) Implemented one-click AJAX patrolling.

+* The <data>, <time>, <meta>, and <link> elements are allowed within WikiText
+  for use with Microdata.
+* The HTML5 <mark> tag has been whitelisted.
+* Added ParserCloned hook for when the Parser object is cloned.
+* Added AlternateEditPreview hook to allow extensions to replace the page
+  preview from the edit page.
+* Added EditPage::showStandardInputs:options hook to allow extensions to add
+  new fields to the "editOptions" area of the edit form.

 
 === Bug fixes in 1.21 ===
 * (bug 40353) SpecialDoubleRedirect should support interwiki redirects.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.21 ===
 * (bug 40353) SpecialDoubleRedirect should support interwiki redirects.


@@ -50,14 +66,14 @@ production.
   compatibility. This also works with Squid in reverse-proxy mode. If you wish 
   to support Squid configured in forward-proxy mode, set 
   $wgSquidPurgeUseHostHeader to false.
   compatibility. This also works with Squid in reverse-proxy mode. If you wish 
   to support Squid configured in forward-proxy mode, set 
   $wgSquidPurgeUseHostHeader to false.

-* (bug 37020) sql.php with readline eats semicolon
+* (bug 37020) sql.php with readline eats semicolon.

 * (bug 11748) Properly handle optionally-closed HTML tags when Tidy is
   disabled, and don't wrap HTML-syntax definition lists in paragraphs.
 * (bug 41409) Diffs while editing an old revision should again diff against the
   current revision.
 * (bug 41494) Honor $wgLogExceptionBacktrace when logging non-API exceptions
   caught during API execution.
 * (bug 11748) Properly handle optionally-closed HTML tags when Tidy is
   disabled, and don't wrap HTML-syntax definition lists in paragraphs.
 * (bug 41409) Diffs while editing an old revision should again diff against the
   current revision.
 * (bug 41494) Honor $wgLogExceptionBacktrace when logging non-API exceptions
   caught during API execution.

-* (bug 37963) Fixed loading process for user options
+* (bug 37963) Fixed loading process for user options.

 * (bug 26995) Update filename field on Upload page after having sanitized it.
 * (bug 41793) Contribution links to users with 0 edits on Special:ListUsers didn't
   show up red.
 * (bug 26995) Update filename field on Upload page after having sanitized it.
 * (bug 41793) Contribution links to users with 0 edits on Special:ListUsers didn't
   show up red.


@@ -69,13 +85,18 @@ production.
 * (bug 41706) EditPage: Preloaded page should be converted if possible and needed.
 * (bug 41886) Rowspans are no longer exploded by tablesorter until the table is
   actually sorted.
 * (bug 41706) EditPage: Preloaded page should be converted if possible and needed.
 * (bug 41886) Rowspans are no longer exploded by tablesorter until the table is
   actually sorted.

+* (bug 2865)  User interface HTML elements don't use lang attribute
+  (completed the fix by adding the lang attribute to firstHeading).
+* (bug 42173) Removed namespace prefixes on Special:UncategorizedCategories.
+* (bug 36053) Log in "returnto" feature forgets query parameters if no
+  title parameter was specified.

 
 === API changes in 1.21 ===
 
 === API changes in 1.21 ===

-* prop=revisions can now report the contentmodel and contentformat, see docs/contenthandler.txt
+* prop=revisions can now report the contentmodel and contentformat, see docs/contenthandler.txt.

 * action=edit and action=parse now support contentmodel and contentformat parameters to control the interpretation of
   page content; See docs/contenthandler.txt for details.
 * (bug 35693) ApiQueryImageInfo now suppresses errors when unserializing metadata.
 * action=edit and action=parse now support contentmodel and contentformat parameters to control the interpretation of
   page content; See docs/contenthandler.txt for details.
 * (bug 35693) ApiQueryImageInfo now suppresses errors when unserializing metadata.

-* (bug 40111) Disable minor edit for page/section creation by API
+* (bug 40111) Disable minor edit for page/section creation by API.

 * (bug 41042) Revert change to action=parse&page=... behavior when the page does not exist.
 
 === Languages updated in 1.21 ===
 * (bug 41042) Revert change to action=parse&page=... behavior when the page does not exist.
 
 === Languages updated in 1.21 ===


@@ -83,6 +104,13 @@ production.
 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.
 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.

+
+* (bug 30040) Autonym for nds-nl is now 'Nedersaksies' (was 'Nedersaksisch').
+* (bug 34977) Now formatted numbers in Spanish use space as separator
+  for thousands, as mandated by the Real Academia Española.
+* (bug 35031) Kurdish formatted numbers now use period and comma
+  as separators for thousands and decimals respectively.
+

 === Other changes in 1.21 ===
 
 == Compatibility ==
 === Other changes in 1.21 ===
 
 == Compatibility ==