= MediaWiki release notes =
-== Version 1.2.0rc1, 2004-02-27 ==
+== Version 1.3.0pre-alpha ==
-This is a RELEASE CANDIDATE for the new production release. It is more or
-less in sync with what is running on Wikipedia right now. There may be
-some interesting bugs, it may eat all your data, and documentation may
-not be up to date. If you use this on a production site, BE CAREFUL.
+Various things will be happening for 1.3.0...
+* More advanced parser
+* New schema...
+* Magic goodies!
+* stuff
+
+== Version 1.2.0 ==
New features in 1.2:
* Image resizing/thumbnail generation
* Optional compression of old revision text (requires zlib support)
* Fuzzy title search (experimental, requires memcached)
* Page rendering cache (experimental)
+* Editing toolbar to demonstrate wiki syntax to newbies
+ (off by default in user preferences)
+* Support for authenticated SMTP outgoing e-mail (experimental)
+* It's now possible to assign sysop accounts from within the wiki.
+ An account with this ability must be labeled with the "bureaucrat"
+ privilege, such as the 'Developer' account created by the install.
Fixes and tweaks:
+* Now works with register_globals off!
+* Works with short tags disabled.
* Should work out of the box on MySQL 3.2.x again. On 4.x set
$wgEnablePersistentLC = true; to turn on the link cache table
for a slight rendering speed boost.
+* rebuildMessages.php can now selectively update new messages, or
+ overwrite everything.
* Various bug fixes.
* Other stuff we forgot.
* Documentation more out of date than ever before!
-=== IMPORTANT BEHAVIOR CHANGES: ===
+=== Behavior changes ===
-* wiki.phtml and redirect.phtml are now installed as wiki.php and redirect.php
- by default. If upgrading from an old installation or doing a manual install,
- do check $wgScriptExtension and the $wgScript variables to make sure
- everything's correct one way or the other.
+* wiki.phtml and redirect.phtml are now renamed to index.php and redirect.php
+ The old names are provided too for compatibility, but make sure they don't
+ conflict if you've been putting other files in your wiki.
+* Uploaded filenames are more strictly checked than before. See bits in
+ DefaultSettings.php to tweak this behavior to your needs.
+* Database messages are now enabled by default, so the interface messages can
+ be tweaked through the wiki with a sysop account. Disable this if you
+ don't want the performance hit.
=== Database changes ===