* Preferences 'watchcreations' and 'watchdefault' ("Add pages I create and files
I upload to my watchlist", "Add pages and files I edit to my watchlist") are
now enabled by default.
+* $wgLBFactoryConf: Class names have had underscores removed. The configuration
+ should be updated if LBFactory_Simple or LBFactory_Multi is configured.
+* $wgPasswordSenderName has been deprecated. To set a custom mailer name,
+ the system message 'emailsender' should be modified (default: "{{SITENAME}}").
=== New features in 1.23 ===
* ResourceLoader can utilize the Web Storage API to cache modules client-side.
* Added ApiBeforeMain hook, roughly equivalent to the BeforeInitialize hook:
it's called after everything is set up but before any major processing
happens.
+* The jquery.client module now performs a component-wise version comparison in
+ its #test method when strings are used in the browser map: version '1.10' is
+ now correctly considered larger than '1.2'. Using numbers in the version map
+ is not affected.
=== Bug fixes in 1.23 ===
* (bug 41759) The "updated since last visit" markers (on history pages, recent
* (bug 37812) ResourceLoader will notice when a module's definition changes and
recompile it accordingly.
* (bug 57201) SpecialRecentChangesFilters hook is now executed for feeds.
+* (bug 58640) Fixed a compatibility issue with PCRE 8.34 that caused pages
+ to appear blank or with missing text.
-=== API changes in 1.23 ===
+=== Web API changes in 1.23 ===
* (bug 54884) action=parse&prop=categories now indicates hidden and missing
categories.
* action=query&meta=filerepoinfo now returns additional information for each
repo.
-* EditPage::spamPage() was deprecated since 1.17 and has been removed.
* action=parse&prop=languageshtml was deprecated in 1.18 and will be removed in
MediaWiki 1.24.
* action=parse now has disabletoc flag to disable table of contents in output.
-* SpecialRecentChanges::feedSetup() was removed.
+* (bug 25702) list=allcategories, list=allimages, list=alllinks, list=allpages,
+ list=deletedrevs and list=filearchive did not handle case-sensitivity
+ properly for all parameters.
+* ApiQueryBase::titlePartToKey allows an extra parameter that indicates the
+ namespace in order to properly capitalize the title part.
+* (bug 57874) action=feedcontributions no longer has one item more than limit.
=== Languages updated in 1.23 ===
regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
-* Support was added for Northern Luri (lrc)
+* Support was added for Northern Luri (lrc).
=== Other changes in 1.23 ===
* The rc_type field in the recentchanges table has been superseded by a new
* The global variable $wgArticle has been removed after a lengthy deprecation.
* The global functions addButton and insertTags (for mw.toolbar.addButton and
mw.toolbar.insertTags) now emits mw.log.warn when accessed.
-* User::getPageRenderingHash() was deprecated since 1.17 and has been removed.
* The ExpandTemplates extension has been moved into MediaWiki core.
* (bug 52812) Removed "Disable search suggestions" from Preference.
* (bug 52809) Removed "Disable browser page caching" from Preference.
+* Three new modules intended for use by custom skins were added:
+ 'skins.common.elements', 'skins.common.content', and 'skins.common.interface',
+ representing three levels of standard MediaWiki styling. Previously skin
+ creators wishing to use them had to refer to the file names of appropriate
+ files directly, which is now discouraged.
+* The modules 'skins.vector' and 'skins.monobook' have been renamed to
+ 'skins.vector.styles' and 'skins.monobook.styles', respectively,
+ and their definition was changed not to include the common*.css files;
+ the two skins now load the 'skins.common.interface' module instead.
+* A page_links_updated field has been added to the page table.
+* SpecialPage::getTitle has been deprecated in favor of
+ SpecialPage::getPageTitle.
+
+==== Removed classes ====
+* TitleDependency
+* TitleListDependency
+
+==== Renamed classes ====
+* CdbReader_DBA to CdbReaderDBA
+* CdbReader_PHP to CdbReaderPHP
+* CdbWriter_DBA to CdbWriterDBA
+* CdbWriter_PHP to CdbWriterPHP
+* DiffOp_Add to DiffOpAdd
+* DiffOp_Change to DiffOpChange
+* DiffOp_Copy to DiffOpCopy
+* DiffOp_Delete to DiffOpDelete
+* HWLDF_WordAccumulator to HWLDFWordAccumulator
+* LBFactory_Fake to LBFactoryFake
+* LBFactory_Multi to LBFactoryMulti
+* LBFactory_Simple to LBFactorySimple
+* LBFactory_Single to LBFactorySingle
+* LCStore_Accel to LCStoreAccel
+* LCStore_CDB to LCStoreCDB
+* LCStore_DB to LCStoreDB
+* LCStore_Null to LCStoreNull
+* LoadBalancer_Single to LoadBalancerSingle
+* LoadMonitor_MySQL to LoadMonitorMySQL
+* LoadMonitor_Null to LoadMonitorNull
+* LocalisationCache_BulkLoad to LocalisationCacheBulkLoad
+* csvStatsOutput to CsvStatsOutput
+* extensionLanguages to ExtensionLanguages
+* languages to Languages
+* statsOutput to StatsOutput
+* textStatsOutput to TextStatsOutput
+* wikiStatsOutput to WikiStatsOutput
+
+==== Removed methods ====
+* EditPage::spamPage() (deprecated since 1.17)
+* Exif::getFormattedData() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Exif::makeFormattedData() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Language::convertLinkToAllVariants() (deprecated in 1.17)
+* LanguageConverter::convertLinkToAllVariants() (deprecated in 1.17)
+* Linker::makeBrokenLink() (deprecated in 1.16)
+* Linker::makeBrokenLinkObj() (deprecated in 1.16)
+* Linker::makeColouredLinkObj() (deprecated in 1.16)
+* Linker::makeSizeLinkObj() (deprecated in 1.17)
+* ProfilerSimple::getCpuTime (deprecated in 1.20)
+* Revision::revText() (deprecated in 1.17)
+* SkinTemplate::jstext() (deprecated in 1.21)
+* SpecialRecentChanges::feedSetup()
+* SpecialRevisionDelete::extractBitField() (deprecated in 1.22)
+* User::getPageRenderingHash() (deprecated in 1.17)
+* WikiPage::quickEdit() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* WikiPage::useParserCache() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* WikiPage::viewUpdates() (deprecated in 1.18)
== Compatibility ==