* Add $wgRevokePermissions as a means of restricting a group's rights. The syntax is
identical to $wgGroupPermissions, but users in these groups will have these rights
stripped from them.
+* Added a PHP port of CDB (constant database), for improved local caching when
+ the DBA extension is not available.
+
=== Bug fixes in 1.16 ===
* (bug 17014) Blocked users can no longer use Special:UserRights unless they
can add/remove *all* groups (have 'userrights' permission).
* (bug 19294) Always show Sp-contributions-footer(-anon)
+* Attempts to restrict reading of pages while anonymous viewing is allowed
+ via extensions not using the userCan hook and via $wgRevokePermissions now work.
+* (bug 8445) Multiple-character search terms are now handled properly for Chinese
== API changes in 1.16 ==
* (bug 14200) Added user and excludeuser parameters to list=watchlist and
list=recentchanges
* Return HTTP 503 status code on maxlag error, like index.php does
+* Added index, fromtitle and byteoffset fields to action=parse&prop=sections
+ output
+* (bug 19313) action=rollback returns wrong revid on master/slave setups
+* (bug 19323) action=parse doesn't return section tree on pages with Cite
+ warnings
+* (bug 18720) Add anchor field to action=parse&prop=sections output
=== Languages updated in 1.16 ===
* (bug 18806) Use correct unicode characters in spelling of native Chuvash
(Чӑвашла)
* (bug 18864) Updated autonym for Zhuang language
-* (bug 18957) Updated number formatting for German (de)
* (bug 18308) Updated date formatting in Occitan (oc)
* (bug 19080) Added ăâîşţșțĂÂÎŞŢȘȚ to Romanion (ro) linktrail
* (bug 19286) Correct commafying function in Polish (pl)