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
+* Added $wgCacheDirectory, to replace $wgFileCacheDirectory,
+ $wgLocalMessageCache, and any other local caches which need a place to put
+ files.
+* $wgFileCacheDirectory is no longer set to anything by default, and so either
+ needs to be set explicitly, or $wgCacheDirectory needs to be set instead.
+* $wgLocalMessageCache has been removed. Instead, set $wgUseLocalMessageCache
+ to true
+* Removed $wgEnableSerializedMessages and $wgCheckSerialized. Similar
+ functionality is now available via $wgLocalisationCacheConf.
+* $wgMessageCache->addMessages() is deprecated. Messages added via this
+ interface will not appear in Special:AllMessages.
=== New features in 1.16 ===
* 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 14611) Added support showing the version of the web server, image
+ thumbnailing engine, diff/diff3 engine and TeX engine.
+* Introduced a new system for localisation caching. The system is based around
+ fast fetches of individual messages, minimising memory overhead and startup
+ time in the typical case. The database backend will be used by default, but
+ set $wgCacheDirectory to get a faster CDB-based implementation.
+* Expanded the number of variables which can be set in the extension messages
+ files.
+* Added a feature to allow per-article process pool size control for the parsing
+ task, to limit resource usage when the cache for a heavily-viewed article is
+ invalidated. Requires an external daemon.
+* Leading > is now syntax for <blockquote>.
+* Switched from XHTML 1.0 Transitional to HTML 5.
=== 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 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 if they do
- not have the 'userrights' permission.
+* (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
+* (bug 19450) Use formatNum for "Number of edits" in Special:Preferences
+* (bug 11242) Check for MySQL storage engines during installation now checks
+ whether the engines are actually available
+* (bug 19390) Omit the "printable version" link on the printable version
+* (bug 18394) img_auth.php now respects userCan
+* (bug 19509) Uploading to a file named '0' previously treated it as null input
+ and attempted to upload with the source name. Now warns about not having an
+ extension (since 0.ext is perfectly valid)
+* (bug 19468) Enotif preferences are now only displayed when they are turned on
+* (bug 19442) Show/hide options on watchlist only work once
+* (bug 19602) PubMed Magic links now use updated NIH url
== API changes in 1.16 ==
* (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
+* (bug 19423) The initial file description page used caption in user lang
+ rather than UI lang
+* Added snippet field to list=search 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)
+* (bug 19441) Updated date formatting for Lithuanian
== Compatibility ==