(bug 38110) provide a way to separate out schema changes

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

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@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ production.
   instead.
 
 === New features in 1.21 ===
+* (bug 38110) Schema changes (adding or dropping tables, indicies and
+  fields) can be now be done separately from from other changes that
+  update.php makes.  This is useful in environments that use database
+  permissions to restrict schema changes but allow the DB user that
+  MediaWiki normally runs as to perform other changes that update.php
+  makes.  Schema changes can be run seperately.  See the file UPGRADE
+  for more information.
 * (bug 34876) jquery.makeCollapsible has been improved in performance.
 * Added ContentHandler facility to allow extensions to support other content than wikitext.
   See docs/contenthandler.txt for details.
@@ -41,6 +48,10 @@ production.
   for use with Microdata.
 * The HTML5 <mark> tag has been whitelisted.
 * Added ParserCloned hook for when the Parser object is cloned.
+* Added AlternateEditPreview hook to allow extensions to replace the page
+  preview from the edit page.
+* Added EditPage::showStandardInputs:options hook to allow extensions to add
+  new fields to the "editOptions" area of the edit form.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.21 ===
 * (bug 40353) SpecialDoubleRedirect should support interwiki redirects.