API list=alltransclusions, rm unique+gen & continue restrict

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.21

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.21 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.21
index ca63bf4..e04cb8e 100644 (file)
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+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.21
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ production.
 * (bug 29374) $wgVectorUseSimpleSearch is now enabled by default.
 * Deprecated $wgAllowRealName is removed. Use $wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'realname'
   instead.
+* (bug 39957) Added $wgUnwatchedPageThreshold, specifying minimum count
+  of page watchers required for the number to be accessible to users
+  without the unwatchedpages permission.
 
 === New features in 1.21 ===
 * (bug 38110) Schema changes (adding or dropping tables, indicies and
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ production.
   group has no key in wgDebugLogGroups, that will help triage the default log.
 * (bug 24620) Add types to LogFormatter.
 * jQuery JSON upgraded from 2.3 to 2.4.0.
+* Added GetDoubleUnderscoreIDs hook, for modifying the list of magic words.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.21 ===
 * (bug 40353) SpecialDoubleRedirect should support interwiki redirects.
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ production.
   needed.
 * (bug 41886) Rowspans are no longer exploded by tablesorter until the table is
   actually sorted.
-* (bug 2865)  User interface HTML elements don't use lang attribute
+* (bug 2865)  User interface HTML elements don't use lang attribute.
   (completed the fix by adding the lang attribute to firstHeading).
 * (bug 42173) Removed namespace prefixes on Special:UncategorizedCategories.
 * (bug 36053) Log in "returnto" feature forgets query parameters if no
@@ -114,7 +118,13 @@ production.
   will require updates to your site's CSS or JS.
 * (bug 41342) jquery.suggestions should cancel any active (async) fetches
   before it triggers another fetch.
-* (bug 42184) $wgUploadSizeWarning missing second variable
+* (bug 42184) $wgUploadSizeWarning missing second variable.
+* (bug 34581) removeUnusedAccounts.php maintenance script now ignores newuser
+  log when determining whether an account is used.
+* (bug 43379) Gracefully fail if rev_len is unavailable for a revision on the
+  History page.
+* (bug 42949) API no longer assumes all exceptions are MWException.
+* (bug 41733) Hide "New user message" (.usermessage) element from printable view.
 
 === API changes in 1.21 ===
 * prop=revisions can now report the contentmodel and contentformat.
@@ -128,7 +138,13 @@ production.
   does not exist.
 * (bug 27202) Add timestamp sort to list=allimages.
 * (bug 43137) Don't return the sha1 of revisions through the API if the content is
-  revision-deleted
+  revision-deleted.
+* ApiQueryImageInfo now also returns imageinfo for redirects.
+* list=alltransclusions added to enumerate every instance of page embedding
+* list=alllinks & alltransclusions now allow both 'from' and 'continue' in
+  the same query. When both are present, 'from' is simply ignored.
+* list=alllinks & alltransclusions now allow 'unique' in generators, to yield
+  a list of all link/template target pages instead of source pages.
 
 === Languages updated in 1.21 ===
 
@@ -174,9 +190,11 @@ due to database schema changes.
 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 new database fields are filled with data.
 
-If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
-changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
-break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
+If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
+1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
+with MediaWiki 1.21.
+
+Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 
 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.