* ForeignApiRepo uses scriptDirUrl if apiBase not set
* (bug 24212) Added MediaWiki:Filepage.css which is also included on foreign
client wikis.
+* (bug 14685) Double underscore magic word usage is now tracked in the
+ page_props table, as well as the behavioral magic words {{DEFAULTSORT}} and
+ {{DISPLAYTITLE}}
+* (bug 24045) MediaWiki:Ipb-needreblock is now wrapped in a div with class
+ "mw-ipb-needreblock"
+* (bug 24313) The preference to mark edits minor by default was removed,
+ because it encourages edits to be marked minor accidentally and it can be
+ easily replicated by custom user scripts for those who really want it.
=== Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive
* (bug 24076) Recognize Office 2003 files with OpenXML trailers
* (bug 24244) Updated comments in DefaultSettings.php to reflect Image: --> File:
namespace rename.
+* Make wfTimestamp recognize negative unix timestamp values.
+* (bug 24401) SimpleSearch: No button/text indicating 'Search' if image is disabled
=== API changes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent.
* (bug 22339) Added srwhat=nearmatch to list=search to get a "go" result
* (bug 24303) Added new &servedby parameter to all actions which adds the hostname
that served the request to the result. It is also added unconditionally on error
+* (bug 24185) Titles in the Media and Special namespace are now supported for
+ title normalization in action=query. Special pages have their name resolved
+ to the local alias.
+* (bug 24296) Added converttitles parameter to convert titles to their
+ canonical language variant.
+* Fixed "link" parameter in image links with "thumb" parameter.
+* (bug 23936) Add "displaytitle" to query/info API
+* (bug 24485) Make iwbacklinks a generator, optionally display iwprefix and iwtitle
=== Languages updated in 1.17 ===