Merge "Links created by Linker::makeExternalLink didn't include rel=nofollow"

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@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
 
@@ -16,8 +15,7 @@ production.
 * (bug 39957) Added $wgUnwatchedPageThreshold, specifying minimum count
   of page watchers required for the number to be accessible to users
   without the unwatchedpages permission.
-* $wgPageInfoTransclusionLimit limits the list size of transcluded articles
-  on the info action. Default is 50.
+* $wgBug34832TransitionalRollback has been removed.
 
 === New features in 1.21 ===
 * (bug 38110) Schema changes (adding or dropping tables, indicies and
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ production.
   debug mode: wfMsg, wfMsgNoTrans, wfMsgForContent, wfMsgForContentNoTrans,
   wfMsgReal, wfMsgGetKey, wfMsgHtml, wfMsgWikiHtml, wfMsgExt, wfEmptyMsg. Use
   the Message class, or the global method wfMessage.
-* Added $wgEnableCanonicalServerLink, off by default. If enabled, a 
+* Added $wgEnableCanonicalServerLink, off by default. If enabled, a
   <link rel=canonical> tag is added to every page indicating the correct server
   to use.
 * Debug message emitted by wfDebugLog() will now be prefixed with the group
@@ -76,6 +74,17 @@ production.
 * New preference type - 'api'. Preferences of this type are not shown on
   Special:Preferences, but are still available via the action=options API.
 * (bug 39397) Hide rollback link if a user is the only contributor of the page.
+* $wgPageInfoTransclusionLimit limits the list size of transcluded articles
+  on the info action. Default is 50.
+* Added action=createaccount to allow user account creation.
+* (bug 40124) action=options API also allows for setting of arbitrary
+  preferences, provided that their names are prefixed with 'userjs-'. This
+  officially reenables the feature that was undocumented and defective
+  in MW 1.20 (saving preferences using Special:Preferences cleared any
+  additional fields) and which has been disabled in 1.20.1 as a part of
+  a security fix (bug 42202).
+* Added the ability to limit the wall clock time used by shell processes, 
+  as well as the CPU time. Configurable with $wgMaxShellWallClockTime.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.21 ===
 * (bug 40353) SpecialDoubleRedirect should support interwiki redirects.
@@ -120,7 +129,9 @@ production.
 * (bug 14901) Email notification mistakes log action for new page creation.
   Enotif no longer sends "page has been created" notifications for some log
   actions. The following events now have a correct message: page creation,
-  deletion, move, restore (undeletion), change (edit).
+  deletion, move, restore (undeletion), change (edit). Parameter
+  $CHANGEDORCREATED is deprecated in 'enotif_body' and scheduled for removal in
+  MediaWiki 1.23.
 * (bug 457) In the sidebar of Vector, CologneBlue, Monobook, and Monobook-based
   skins, the heading levels have been changed from (variously per skin)
   <h4>, <h5> or <h6> to only <h3>s, with a <h2> hidden heading above them.
@@ -137,7 +148,10 @@ production.
 * (bug 41733) Hide "New user message" (.usermessage) element from printable view.
 * (bug 39062) Special:Contributions will display changes that don't have
   a parent id instead of just an empty bullet item.
+* (bug 37209) "LinkCache doesn't currently know about this title" error fixed.
 * wfMerge() now works if $wgDiff3 contains spaces
+* (bug 43052) mediawiki.action.view.dblClickEdit.dblClickEdit should trigger
+  ca-edit click instead opening URL directly.
 
 === API changes in 1.21 ===
 * prop=revisions can now report the contentmodel and contentformat.
@@ -161,6 +175,17 @@ production.
 * BREAKING CHANGE: list=logevents output format changed for details of some log
   types. Specifically, details that were formerly reported under a key like
   "4::foo" will now be reported under a key of simply "foo".
+* BREAKING CHANGE: '??_badcontinue' error code was changed to '??badcontinue'
+  for all query modules.
+* ApiQueryBase adds 'badcontinue' error code if module has 'continue' parameter.
+* (bug 35885) Removed version parameter and all getVersion() methods.
+* action=options now takes a "resetkinds" option, which allows only resetting
+  certain types of preferences when the "reset" option is set.
+
+=== API internal changes in 1.21 ===
+* For debugging only, a new global $wgDebugAPI removes many API restrictions when true.
+  Never use on the production servers, as this flag introduces security holes.
+  Whenever enabled, a warning will also be added to all output.
 
 === Languages updated in 1.21 ===