Add Blob to accepted types for uploads

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.27

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
index 4d3507c..f4e4815 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
@@ -53,19 +53,22 @@ production.
 * (T48998) $wgArticlePath must now be either a full url, or start with a "/".
 * $wgRateLimitLog was removed; use $wgDebugLogGroups['ratelimit'] instead.
 * Deprecated API formats dbg, txt, and yaml have been removed.
 * (T48998) $wgArticlePath must now be either a full url, or start with a "/".
 * $wgRateLimitLog was removed; use $wgDebugLogGroups['ratelimit'] instead.
 * Deprecated API formats dbg, txt, and yaml have been removed.

-* CLDRPluralRule* classes have been replaced with wikimedia/cldr-plural-rule-parser.
+* CLDRPluralRule* classes have been replaced with
+  wikimedia/cldr-plural-rule-parser.

 * Removed $wgProfilePerHost, $wgUDPProfilerHost, $wgUDPProfilerPort,
 * Removed $wgProfilePerHost, $wgUDPProfilerHost, $wgUDPProfilerPort,

-  $wgUDPProfilerFormatString, $wgStatsMethod, $wgAggregateStatsID, $wgStatsFormatString,
-  and $wgProfileCallTree (deprecated since 1.20).
+  $wgUDPProfilerFormatString, $wgStatsMethod, $wgAggregateStatsID,
+  $wgStatsFormatString, and $wgProfileCallTree (deprecated since 1.20).

 * For proper operation of LocalIdLookup with shared user tables, ensure that
   $wgSharedDB and $wgSharedTables are properly set even on the "central" wiki
   that all others are sharing from and that $wgLocalDatabases is set to the
   full list of sharing wikis on all those wikis.
 * For proper operation of LocalIdLookup with shared user tables, ensure that
   $wgSharedDB and $wgSharedTables are properly set even on the "central" wiki
   that all others are sharing from and that $wgLocalDatabases is set to the
   full list of sharing wikis on all those wikis.

+* $wgAllowAsyncCopyUploads and $CopyUploadAsyncTimeout were removed. This was an
+  experimental feature that has never worked.
+* $wgEnotifUseJobQ was removed and the job queue is always used.

 
 === New features in 1.27 ===
 
 === New features in 1.27 ===

-* $wgDataCenterId and $wgDataCenterRoles where added, which will serve as
-  basic configuration settings needed for multi-datacenter setups.
-  $wgDataCenterUpdateStickTTL was also added.
+* $wgDataCenterUpdateStickTTL was also added. This decides how long a user
+  sticks to the primary DC (via cookies) after they make changes to the site.

 * Added a new hook, 'UserMailerTransformContent', to transform the contents
   of an email. This is similar to the EmailUser hook but applies to all mail
   sent via UserMailer.
 * Added a new hook, 'UserMailerTransformContent', to transform the contents
   of an email. This is similar to the EmailUser hook but applies to all mail
   sent via UserMailer.


@@ -96,11 +99,31 @@ production.
   authentication extensions.
 * $wgMaxUserDBWriteDuration added to limit huge user-generated transactions.
   Regular web request transactions that takes longer than this are aborted.
   authentication extensions.
 * $wgMaxUserDBWriteDuration added to limit huge user-generated transactions.
   Regular web request transactions that takes longer than this are aborted.

-* Added a new hook, 'TitleMoveCompleting', which runs before a page move is committed.
+* Added a new hook, 'TitleMoveCompleting', which runs before a page move is
+  committed.

 * $wgCdnReboundPurgeDelay was added to provide secondary delayed purges of URLs
   from CDN to mitigate DB replication lag and WAN cache purge lag.
 * $wgCdnReboundPurgeDelay was added to provide secondary delayed purges of URLs
   from CDN to mitigate DB replication lag and WAN cache purge lag.

+* (T49162) Installer will default to setting CACHE_ACCEL as the main cache type
+  if it is available.
+* It is now possible to patrol file uploads (both for new files and new versions
+  of existing files). Special:NewFiles has gained an option to filter by patrol
+  status. This functionality can be disabled using $wgUseFilePatrol.
+* Added MWGrants and associated configuration settings $wgGrantPermissions and
+  $wgGrantPermissionGroups to hold configuration for authentication features
+  such as OAuth that want to allow restricting the user rights a user may make
+  use of.
+** If you're already using the OAuth extension, these new variables are
+   identical to (and will replace) $wgMWOAuthGrantPermissions and
+   $wgMWOAuthGrantPermissionGroups.
+* Added MWRestrictions as a class to check restrictions on a WebRequest, e.g.
+  to assert that the request comes from a particular IP range.
+* Whitelisted the following HTML attributes for all elements in wikitext:
+  aria-describedby, aria-flowto, aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-owns.
+* Removed "presentation" restriction on the HTML role attribute in wikitext.
+  All values are now allowed for the role attribute.

 
 === External library changes in 1.27 ===
 
 === External library changes in 1.27 ===

+

 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
 * Updated oojs/oojs-ui from v0.12.12 to v0.13.3.
 * Updated composer/semver from v1.0.0 to v1.2.0.
 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
 * Updated oojs/oojs-ui from v0.12.12 to v0.13.3.
 * Updated composer/semver from v1.0.0 to v1.2.0.


@@ -133,6 +156,7 @@ production.
 * The following response properties from action=login are deprecated, and may
   be removed in the future: lgtoken, cookieprefix, sessionid. Clients should
   handle cookies to properly manage session state.
 * The following response properties from action=login are deprecated, and may
   be removed in the future: lgtoken, cookieprefix, sessionid. Clients should
   handle cookies to properly manage session state.

+* action=upload no longer understands statuskey, asyncdownload or leavemessage.

 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.27 ===
 * ApiQueryORM removed.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.27 ===
 * ApiQueryORM removed.


@@ -146,6 +170,7 @@ production.
 * ApiQueryBase::getDirectionDescription() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 * ApiQuery::getModules() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
 * ApiMain::getModules() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
 * ApiQueryBase::getDirectionDescription() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 * ApiQuery::getModules() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
 * ApiMain::getModules() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).

+* ApiBase::getVersion() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).

 
 === Languages updated in 1.27 ===
 
 
 === Languages updated in 1.27 ===
 


@@ -161,14 +186,15 @@ changes to languages because of Phabricator reports.
   ignore the 2nd and 3rd arguments (formerly $id and $commit).
 * Removed "loaderScripts" option from ResourceLoaderFileModule class.
 * Removed ORM-like wrapper added in 1.20.
   ignore the 2nd and 3rd arguments (formerly $id and $commit).
 * Removed "loaderScripts" option from ResourceLoaderFileModule class.
 * Removed ORM-like wrapper added in 1.20.

-* LinkCache::getGoodLinks and LinkCache::getBadLinks were removed (deprecated in 1.26).
+* LinkCache::getGoodLinks and LinkCache::getBadLinks were removed
+  (deprecated in 1.26).

 * WikiPage::doQuickEdit() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
 * Removed SiteObject and SiteArray classes (deprecated in 1.21).
 * MessageBlobStore::getInstance() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 * (T84937) Free external links ("autolinked" urls) will now be terminated
   by &nbsp; and HTML entity encodings of &nbsp, <, and >.
 * WikiPage::doQuickEdit() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
 * Removed SiteObject and SiteArray classes (deprecated in 1.21).
 * MessageBlobStore::getInstance() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 * (T84937) Free external links ("autolinked" urls) will now be terminated
   by &nbsp; and HTML entity encodings of &nbsp, <, and >.

-* (T36948) The default file revert message's timestamp is now in $wgLocaltimezone,
-  instead of UTC.
+* (T36948) The default file revert message's timestamp is now in
+  $wgLocaltimezone, instead of UTC.

 * The default name of the 'suppress' group page has been changed from
   'Project:Oversight' to 'Project:Suppress'.
 * DatabaseBase::resultObject() is now protected (use outside Database classes
 * The default name of the 'suppress' group page has been changed from
   'Project:Oversight' to 'Project:Suppress'.
 * DatabaseBase::resultObject() is now protected (use outside Database classes


@@ -177,7 +203,8 @@ changes to languages because of Phabricator reports.
   ResourceLoaderContext instance is deprecated.
 * ResourceLoader::getLessCompiler() now takes an optional parameter of
   additional LESS variables to set for the compiler.
   ResourceLoaderContext instance is deprecated.
 * ResourceLoader::getLessCompiler() now takes an optional parameter of
   additional LESS variables to set for the compiler.

-* wfBaseConvert() marked as deprecated, use Wikimedia\base_convert() directly instead.
+* wfBaseConvert() marked as deprecated, use Wikimedia\base_convert() directly
+  instead.

 * Obsolete maintenance scripts clearCacheStats.php and showCacheStats.php
   were removed. The underlying data is sent to StatsD (see $wgStatsdServer).
 * Removed msg_resource_links database table and associated code.
 * Obsolete maintenance scripts clearCacheStats.php and showCacheStats.php
   were removed. The underlying data is sent to StatsD (see $wgStatsdServer).
 * Removed msg_resource_links database table and associated code.


@@ -225,11 +252,27 @@ changes to languages because of Phabricator reports.
 * wfMsgHtml() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 * wfMsgWikiHtml() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 * wfMsgExt() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 * wfMsgHtml() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 * wfMsgWikiHtml() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 * wfMsgExt() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).

+* Language::armourMath() was removed (deprecated since 1.22).
+* LanguageConverter::armourMath() was removed (deprecated since 1.22).
+* FakeConverter::armourMath() was removed (deprecated since 1.22).
+* The unused jquery.validate ResourceLoader module was removed.
+* FileRepo::getRootUrl() was removed (deprecated since 1.20).
+* User::generateToken() was removed (deprecated since 1.20).
+* WikiPage::getRawText() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
+* ParserOutput::hasCustomDataUpdates() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
+* ParserOutput::addSecondaryDataUpdate() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
+* ParserOutput::getSecondaryDataUpdates() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
+* Gallery images with multiple caption pipes no longer concatenate them all
+  together but instead pick the final one, similar to image syntax.
+* XML-like parser tags (such as <gallery>), when unclosed, will be left unparsed
+  rather than consume everything until the end of the page.
+* New maintenance script resetUserEmail.php allows sysadmins to reset user emails in case
+  a user forgot password/account was stolen.

 
 == Compatibility ==
 
 MediaWiki 1.27 requires PHP 5.3.3 or later. There is experimental support for
 
 == Compatibility ==
 
 MediaWiki 1.27 requires PHP 5.3.3 or later. There is experimental support for

-HHVM 3.3.0.
+HHVM 3.6.5 or later.

 
 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 
 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for