* (bug 10837) $wgVariant is a user variant selected in the user's preferences
if the $wgContLang does not have variant, then the $wgLang is used instead.
* Oracle: maintenance/ora/user.sql script for creating DB user on oracle with
- appropriate privileges
+ appropriate privileges. Creating this user with web-install page requires
+ oci8.privileged_connect set to On in php.ini.
+* Removed UserrightsChangeableGroups hook introduced in 1.14
=== New features in 1.16 ===
* (bug 14866) Messages 'recentchangeslinked-toolbox' and
'recentchangeslinked-toolbox' were added to allow more fine grained
customisation of the user interface
+* DISPLAYTITLE now accepts a limited amount of wiki markup (the single-quote items)
+* Special:Search now could search terms in all variant-forms. ONLY apply on
+ wikis with LanguageConverter
+* Add autopromote condition APCOND_BLOCKED to autopromote blocked users to various
+ user groups.
+* 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 ===
for it.
* (bug 17020) Adding fallback encodings for Traditional and Simplified Chinese
languages while the the text is typed as URLs.
-* (bug 17614) Prev / Next links not need on ImagePage file history if less than
- limit
+* (bug 17614) Prev / Next links are not shown if all results are shown
* (bug 18207) Strange spacing before [[irc:...]] links
* Removed float from the user login form in RTL interface - caused display
problems in FF2
* (bug 18925) history.js removes class names of list elements on initialization
* Multiple whitespace in TOC anchors is now stripped, for consistency with the
link from the edit comment
+* (bug 19112) Preferences now respects $wgUseExternalEditor, $wgExternalDiffEngine
+* (bug 18173) MediaWiki now fails when unable to determine a client IP
+* (bug 19170) Special:Version should follow the content language direction
+* (bug 19160) maintenance/purgeOldText.inc is now compatible with PostgreSQL
+* Fixed performance regression in "bad image list" feature
+* Show user preference 'Use live preview' if $wgLivePreview is enabled only
+* (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 ==
* Made deleting file description pages without files possible
* (bug 18773) Add content flag to siprop=namespaces output
* (bug 18785) Add siprop=languages to meta=siteinfo
+* (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
-* (bug 18308) Updated date formatting in Occitan
+* (bug 18308) Updated date formatting in Occitan (oc)
* (bug 19080) Added ăâîşţșțĂÂÎŞŢȘȚ to Romanion (ro) linktrail
+* (bug 19286) Correct commafying function in Polish (pl)
== Compatibility ==