namespace are changed
* Respect database prefix in dumpHTML.inc
* Removed read-only check from Database::query()
+* Added externallinks table, to track links to arbitrary URLs
+* Added job table, for deferred processing of jobs. The immediate application is
+ to complete the link table refresh operation when templates are changed.
+* Don't change the password of the MySQL root user.
Documentation:
* (bug 3306) Document $wgLocalTZoffset
duplicate rows with the same id field)
* Added --conf option to command line scripts, allowing the user to specify a
different LocalSettings.php.
+* Maintenance script to delete unused text records
+* Maintenance script to delete non-current revisions
+* Maintenance script to wipe a page and all revisions from the database
+* Maintenance script to reassign edits from one user to another
+* Maintenance script to find and remove links to a given domain (cleanupSpam.php)
+* Fix --report interval option for dumpTextPass
i18n / Languages:
* Partial support for Basque language (from wikipedia and meta)
* (bug 4267) Switch dv sd ug ks arc languages to RTL
* Default main page content improved per bug 4690
* (bug 4615) Update for Portuguese language (pt)
+* Separated MessagesSl.php as the other languages.
+* (bug 4960) Add additional namespaces variants to Yiddish for compatibility
+* (bug 4805) Removed more wikipedia-references from MessagesUk.php
+* (bug 5015) Update magic words translation in LanguageBe.php
+* (bug 4859) Update for Portuguese messages (pt)
+* (bug 4788) One string for MessagesPl
+* Restriction types now use restriction-* messages instead of ui messages
+* (bug 4685) Slovenian LanguageSl.php hardcodes project namespace
+* (bug 5097) Fix Hungarian language (hu): thousands separator
+* (bug 5098) Update for Portuguese messages (pt)
+* (bug 5113) Spelling error in French language file
+* (bug 5105) Magic words for LanguageAr.php
+* (bug 3993) Variants for Serbian language
+* Typo in English messages file
Parser:
* (bug 2522) {{CURRENTDAY2}} now shows the current day number with two digits
* Fix XML validity checks in parser tests on PHP 5.1
* (bug 4377) "[" is not valid in URLs
* (bug 4453) fix for __TOC__ dollar-number breakage
+* Convert unnecessary URL escape codes in external links to their equivalent
+ character before doing anything with them. This prevents certain kinds of
+ spam filter evasion.
+* (bug 4783) : Fix for "{{ns:0}} does not render"
+* Improved support for interwiki transclusion
+* (bug 1850) Image link to nonexistent file fixed.
+* (bug 5167) Add {{SUBPAGENAME}} variable
Upload:
* (bug 2527) Always set destination filename when new file is selected
* (bug 4359) red [[user:#id]] links generated in [[special:Log]]
* (bug 1996) Special page to list redirects
* (bug 4334) Add "watch" links to Special:Unwatchedpages
-* Generate target user page links in Special:Ipblocklist where appropriate (i.e. not an autoblock)
-* Generate link to talk page of the blocker in Special:Ipblocklist, move contribs. link of the target next to their name
+* Generate target user page links in Special:Ipblocklist where appropriate
+ (i.e. not an autoblock)
+* Generate link to talk page of the blocker in Special:Ipblocklist, move
+ contribs. link of the target next to their name
* (bug 2714) Backlink from special:whatlinkshere was hard set as 'existing'
* Move parentheses out of <a> link in Special:Contributions
* (bug 3192): properly check 'limit' parameter on Special:Contributions
* (bug 3187) watchlist text refer to unexistent "Stop watching" action
* Add block link and a link to the block log to Special:Contributions
-* Added $wgInvisibleGroups, to hide groups from Special:Listusers
+* Add contributions link to block log items
+* Added optional "hide own edits" feature to Special:Recentchanges
+* (bug 5018) Anchors for each message in Special:Allmessages
+* Introduce $wgWantedPagesThreshold per bug 5011; Special:Wantedpages will not
+ list pages with less than this number of links. Defaults to 1.
+* (bug 4319) Don't show a "create account" link on the login form when
+ account creation is disabled.
+* Javascript filter for Special:Allmessages
Misc.:
* PHP 4.1 compatibility fix: don't use new_link parameter to mysql_connect
* (bug 4686) Fix regression where ?diff=0&oldid=0 caused fatal error on
pages with only one revision. Fixes message diff link on first edit.
* Fix dependence on hardcoded UNIQ_PREFIX in LanguageConverter.php
+* Do not check lag on external storage servers
+* Do not tidy interface messages (unless full tidy is set)
+* Do not trust equality propagation and give more hints to MySQL
+ optimizer for revision fetches (avoids index scans)
+* Use revision rate for ETA in dump generation; it tends to be more stable
+ than the per-page count for full-history dumps.
+* Include timestamp in wfDebugLog breakouts
+* (bug 4469) Namespace-specific notice to be displayed below site-notice
+ Edit messages like "MediaWiki:Namespacenotice-" plus namespace name
+ which is blank for main namespace, or like e.g. "User_talk"
+* Adjust user login/creation form hooks to work with a captcha plugin
+* (bug 1284) Inline styles for diffs in Recent Changes RSS/Atom feeds
+* (bug 4824) IE7 beta 2 broke compatibility with PNG logo workarounds,
+ and seems to work ok with other bits. No longer including the IE
+ workarounds JavaScript for IE 7 and above.
+* Fix extra namespace for Bulgarian
+* (bug 4303) Add $wgFavicon to change the shorticon icon link from
+ the default /favicon.ico or disable it (if set to false)
+* (bug 3347) strip linebreaks in math error source
+* (bug 4841) Warning for non-logged-in edits
+* (bug 4867) Leave invalid EXIF date fields unformatted instead of
+ showing a bogus current timestamp
+* Reset $wgActionPaths during parser test; corrects some false failures
+ in the automated test report.
+* (bug 4875) Define a div containing the shared image description
+* (bug 4860) Expose Title->userCan() as Hooks
+* (bug 4828) Fix genitive month-name variable for cs, pl, uk
+* (bug 4842) Fix 'show number of watching users' with enhanced RC
+* (bug 4889) Fix image talk namespace for Tamil
+* (bug 4147) Added cleanupWatchlist.php to clear out bogus watchlist entries
+* (partial bug 3456) Disable auto redirect to Main Page after account creation
+* (bug 4824) Separate out IE7 CSS compat hacks, fix for RTL pages
+* Added support for wikidiff2 and similar external diff engines.
+* Allow cookies to be shared between multiple wikis with a shared user database
+* Blocking some Unicode whitespace characters in usernames. Should check
+ if some or all should be blocked from all page titles.
+* Unknown log types no longer throw notices everywhere in RecentChanges
+* (bug 4502, 5017) Don't render potentially hostile deleted page contents
+ on Special:Undelete by default; show source, with an optional preview.
+ The revisions list no longer shows the latest text by default, so it can
+ still be operated if the text is hostile.
+* (bug 5013) Check for existence on "return to" links
+* Removed trailing whitespace on a bunch more messages.
+* Fix missing bad title check in Special:Booksources
+* Remove empty booksources string in fy
+* Avoid corrupting <gallery> inside <!-- comment -->
+* Remove legacy PHPTal code, hasn't been maintained in ages.
+* Tweak Userlogin include order for APC issue
+* Don't try to link to current page on protection tab
+* More exact checking in Title::equals() to fox moves of numerically similar
+ page titles. (Odd hex title bug on 64-bit.)
+* Fix explicit s-maxage=0 on raw pages; should help with proxy issues in
+ generated stylesheets... hopefully...
+* (bug 4685) More fixes for Slovenian project namespace
+* Fixed and enhanced a little the Live Preview, which had been broken for some time
+* Added article size limit, $wgMaxArticleSize
+* (bug 4974) Don't follow redirected talk page on "new messages" link
+* (bug 4970) Make category paging limits configurable
+* (bug 4535) Warn user when editing CSS or JS subpage of a skin that doesn't exist
+* Make Live Preview an user preference, still controllable by the global variable
+* Rename the stub LanguageAls / LanguageGem_alsation to LanguageGsw to follow
+ updated language code assignments
+* (bug 5081) Remove bogus fix for invalid characters in links which simply
+ broke use of legitimate multiple whitespace characters in bracketed link.
+* (bug 4838) Add relative oldids (prev, next, cur) for raw pages
+ Patch by Lupin
+* (bug 5086) Force image resize dimensions on ImageMagick, as for instance
+ "-resize 100x35!"; some thumbs were off due to differences in rounding and
+ would be generated smaller than expected.
+* (bug 5062) Width sometimes one pixel short when using maximum heights
+* Purge thumbnails and metadata cache for action=purge on an image page
+* (bug 4273) Bounce back with a message when attempting to submit a new comment
+ with an empty main textbox (user probably hit Enter in subject field)
+* (bug 5141) Gracefully handle the new account link when createaccount off
+* (bug 5150 and related) Fix missing ID attribute in HTML namespace selector
+* (bug 5152) Proper HTML escaping on subpage breadcrumbs
+* (bug 4855) Section edit links now have the section name in the title attribute.
+* (bug 2115) Support shift-selecting multiple checkboxes with JavaScript.
+* (bug 5161) Don't try to load template list for nonexistent pages
+* (bug 5228) Workaround for broken LanguageConverter title overrides; avoid
+ unnecessary hidden UI work when watch/unwatch is performed on edit
+* Fixed bogus master fallback in external storage
+* (bug 5246) Add speak:none to "hiddenStructure" class in main.css
+* Further work on rev_deleted; changed to a bitfield with several data-hiding
+ options. Not yet ready for production use; Special:Revisiondelete is
+ incomplete, and the flags are not preserved across page deletion/undeletion.
+ To try it; add the 'deleterevision' permission to a privileged group.
+* (bug 5270) Fix broken linktrail for br, cv, fr, hr, nn, oc, ta, wa
+* Add a clickable contribs link in user tool links (rc, watchlist, diff view)
+ to see how people like it. (There was one in the old hacked-up diff view.)
+* (bug 5236) Load wikibits.js before site-customized javascript
+
=== Caveats ===