belongs in LocalSettings.php.
* $wgSkipSkin, which has been replaceable by $wgSkipSkins since 2005 (r9249), is
now formally deprecated.
+* Removed deprecated $wgDisabledActions as it is hardly used anywhere.
=== New features in 1.23 ===
* ResourceLoader can utilize the Web Storage API to cache modules client-side.
callbacks for frequently occurring events.
* Special:ProtectedPages shows now a table. The timestamp, the reason and
the protecting user is also shown.
+* Added experimental support for using Microsoft SQL Server as the database
+ backend.
+** Added new Microsoft SQL Server-specific configuration variable
+ $wgDBWindowsAuthentication, which makes the web server authenticate against
+ the database server using Integrated Windows Authentication instead of
+ $wgDBuser/$wgDBpassword.
=== Bug fixes in 1.23 ===
* (bug 41759) The "updated since last visit" markers (on history pages, recent
againt further render attempts for 1 hour. $wgAttemptFailureEpoch can be
altered to reset all rate-limited thumbnails at once.
* (bug 56572) Builds of the OOjs and OOjs UI libraries are now available.
+* mw.loader.go and mw.loader.version have been removed.
==== Removed classes ====
* FakeMemCachedClient (deprecated in 1.18)
MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
-Oracle.
+Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
The supported versions are:
* PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
* SQLite 3.3.7 or later
* Oracle 9.0.1 or later
+* Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
== Upgrading ==