production.
=== Configuration changes in 1.23 ===
+* Introduced $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey as a backwards-compatibility switch,
+ for using the old schema of the page_props table, in case the respective
+ schema update was not applied.
* When $wgJobRunRate is higher that zero, jobs are now executed via an
asynchronous HTTP request to a MediaWiki entry point. This may require
increasing the number of server worker threads. $wgRunJobsAsync has been
* $wgProfileOnly is now deprecated; set the log file in
$wgDebugLogGroups['profileoutput'] to replace it.
* $wgMaxBacklinksInvalidate was removed; use $wgJobBackoffThrottling instead
+* Deprecated ResourceLoaderGetStartupModules hook.
=== New features in 1.23 ===
* ResourceLoader can utilize the Web Storage API to cache modules client-side.
process the result set prior to rendering.
* A PoolCounterRedis class was added which can be make use of in $wgPoolCounterConf.
This requires at least one Redis 2.6+ server.
+* $wgProfileToDatabase was removed. Set $wgProfiler to ProfilerSimpleDB
+ in StartProfiler.php instead of using this.
+* (bug 63444) Made it possible to change the indent string (default: 4 spaces)
+ used by FormatJson::encode().
=== Bug fixes in 1.23 ===
* (bug 41759) The "updated since last visit" markers (on history pages, recent
included in all searches.
* Added list=prefixsearch that works like action=opensearch but can be used as
a generator.
+* (bug 24782) Various modules will now use unique continuation parameters.
+* (bug 63249) Cache RecentChanges Atom feed in varnish for 15 seconds.
=== Languages updated in 1.23 ===
* Support was added for Northern Luri (lrc).
=== Other changes in 1.23 ===
+* Added pp_sortkey column to page_props table, so pages can be efficiently
+ queried and sorted by property value (bug 58032).
+ See $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey if you want to postpone the schema change.
* The rc_type field in the recentchanges table has been superseded by a new
rc_source field. The rc_source field is a string representation of the
change type where rc_type was a numeric constant. This field is not yet
* The locations of resources have been split between upstream libraries, now in
resources/lib/, local libaries in resources/src/, and local forks of upstream
libraries, also in resources/src/.
+* BREAKING CHANGE: The automatically-generated function closure with which
+ ResourceLoader wraps all modules' JavaScript code now binds the identifier
+ names 'jQuery' and '$' to the jQuery object of the version of jQuery that is
+ bundled with MediaWiki. If you bind these names to other objects in global
+ scope (like Zepto.js or document.querySelectorAll, for example) you will need
+ to use different names to or re-bind them at the top of each
+ ResourceLoader-loaded module.
+* (bug 52342) Preference "Remember my login" was removed.
==== Removed classes ====
* FakeMemCachedClient (deprecated in 1.18)