IDatabase::delete() table name parameter should be a string

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.29

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.29 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.29
index fa1e1c4..21a94c5 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.29
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.29
@@ -6,12 +6,23 @@ MediaWiki 1.29 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
 production.
 
 === Configuration changes in 1.29 ===
 production.
 
 === Configuration changes in 1.29 ===

+* Default cookie expiration time has been reduced to 30 days. Login cookie expiration time is
+  kept at 180 days.
+* A new configuration variable has been added: $wgCookieSetOnAutoblock. This
+  determines whether to set a cookie when a user is autoblocked. Doing so means
+  that a blocked user, even after logging out and moving to a new IP address,
+  will still be blocked.
+* The resetpassword right and associated password reset capture feature has
+  been removed.

 
 === New features in 1.29 ===
 
 === New features in 1.29 ===

+* (T5233) A cookie can now be set when a user is autoblocked, to track that user if
+  they move to a new IP address. This is disabled by default.

 
 === External library changes in 1.29 ===
 
 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
 
 === External library changes in 1.29 ===
 
 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====

+* Updated QUnit from v1.22.0 to v1.23.1.

 
 ==== New external libraries ====
 
 
 ==== New external libraries ====
 


@@ -24,6 +35,8 @@ production.
   action=createaccount, action=linkaccount, and action=changeauthenticationdata
   in the query string is now an error. They should be submitted in the POST
   body instead.
   action=createaccount, action=linkaccount, and action=changeauthenticationdata
   in the query string is now an error. They should be submitted in the POST
   body instead.

+* The capture option for action=resetpassword has been removed
+* action=clearhasmsg now requires a POST.

 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.29 ===
 
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.29 ===
 


@@ -33,9 +46,18 @@ 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 Phabricator reports.
 
 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 changes to languages because of Phabricator reports.
 

+==== No fallback for Ukrainian ====
+* (T39314) The fallback from Ukrainian to Russian was removed. The Ukrainian
+  language will now use the default fallback language: English. When a translation
+  to Ukrainian is not available, an English string will be shown.
+

 === Other changes in 1.29 ===
 * Database::getSearchEngine() (deprecated in 1.28) was removed. Use
   SearchEngineFactory::getSearchEngineClass() instead.
 === Other changes in 1.29 ===
 * Database::getSearchEngine() (deprecated in 1.28) was removed. Use
   SearchEngineFactory::getSearchEngineClass() instead.

+* $wgSessionsInMemcached (deprecated in 1.20) was removed. No replacement is
+  required as all sessions are stored in Object Cache now.
+* MWHttpRequest::execute() should be considered to return a StatusValue; the
+  Status return type is deprecated.

 
 == Compatibility ==
 
 
 == Compatibility ==