* Remove "shortcut" in Title::userCanRead, it prevents $wgRevokePermissions and exten...

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES

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@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 * Oracle: maintenance/ora/user.sql script for creating DB user on oracle with
   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 ===
 
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 * 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.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.16 ===
 
@@ -138,8 +144,7 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
   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
@@ -187,6 +192,11 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 * (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.
 
 == API changes in 1.16 ==
 
@@ -215,6 +225,9 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 * 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
 
 === Languages updated in 1.16 ===
 
@@ -232,9 +245,10 @@ changes to languages because of MediaZilla reports.
 * (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 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)
 
 == Compatibility ==