it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
=== Configuration changes in 1.17 ===
-* (bug 12797) Allow adjusting of default gallery display options:
- $wgGalleryImagesPerRow, $wgGalleryImageWidth, $wgGalleryImageHeight
- $wgGalleryCaptionLength, $wgGalleryShowBytes
* DatabaseFunctions.php that was needed for compatibility with pre-1.3 extensions
has been removed.
=== New features in 1.17 ===
-
+* (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via
+ User:<name>/common.css and /common.js (if user css/js is enabled)
+* (bug 22748) Add anchors on Special:ListGroupRights
+* (bug 21981) Add parameter 'showfilename' to <gallery> to automatically apply
+ the names of the individual files within the gallery
+* (bug 12797) Add $wgGalleryOptions for adjusting of default gallery display
+ options
+* $wgAllowUserCssPrefs option allows disabling CSS-based preferences; which can
+ improve page loading speed.
+* Future-proof redirection to fragments in Gecko, so things work a little nicer
+ if they fix <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516293>.
+* Support git:// and mms:// protocols by default for external links
+* (bug 15810) Blocked admins can no longer unblock themselves without the
+ 'unblockself' permission (which they have by default)
+
=== Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive without
updating DB
when the address changed
* (bug 22664) Special:Userrights now accepts '0' as a valid user name
* (bug 5210) preload parser now parses <noinclude>, <includeonly> and redirects
-* (bug 22709) IIS7 mishandles redirects generated by OutputPage::output() when
-the URL contains a colon.
-
-== API changes in 1.17 ==
-
+* (bug 22709) IIS7 mishandles redirects generated by OutputPage::output() when
+ the URL contains a colon.
+* (bug 22353) Categorised recent changes now works again
+* (bug 22747) "Reveal my e-mail address in notification e-mails" preference is
+ now only displayed when relevant
+* (bug 22772) {{#special:}} parser function now works with subpages
+* (bug 18664) Relative URIs in interwiki links cause failed redirects
+* (bug 19270) Relative URIs in interwiki links break interwiki transclusion
+* (bug 22903) Revdelete log entries now show in the user preferred language.
+* (bug 22905) Correctly handle <abbr> followed by ISBN
+* (bug 22940) Namespace aliases pointing to main namespace don't work
+* (bug 15810) Blocked admins can no longer block/unblock other users
+* (bug 22876) Avoid possible PHP Notice if $wgDefaultUserOptions is not
+ correctly set
+* (bug 14952) Page titles are renormalized after html entities are removed so that
+ links with non-NFC character references work correctly.
+* (bug 22991) wgUserGroups JavaScript variable now reports * group for
+ anonymous users instead of null.
+* (bug 22627) Remove PHP notice when deleting a page only hidden users edited.
+* (bug 21520) Anonymous previews now also gives a warning about not being
+ logged in (anonpreviewwarning).
+* (bug 22935) image/x-ms-bmp mime type added for BMP files
+* (bug 23024) Special:ListFiles now escapes file names correctly
+
+=== API changes in 1.17 ===
+* (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent
+* (bug 22764) uselang parameter for action=parse
+* (bug 22944) API: watchlist options are inconsistent
+* (bug 22339) "Go" result should be available through the API
+* (bug 22868) don't list infinite block expiry date as "now" in API logevents
+* (bug 22290) prop=revisions now outputs "comment" field even when comment
+ is empty, for consistency with list=recentchanges
+
=== Languages updated in 1.17 ===
== Compatibility ==