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[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
-have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
+Security reminder: If you have PHP's register_globals option set, you must
+turn it off. MediaWiki will no longer work with it enabled.
 
 == MediaWiki 1.24 ==
 
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
 production.
 
 === Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
+* MediaWiki will no longer run if register_globals is enabled. It has been
+  deprecated for 5 years now, and was removed in PHP 5.4. For more information
+  about why, see <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/register_globals>.
 * The server's canonical hostname is available as $wgServerName, which is
   exposed in both mw.config and ApiQuerySiteInfo.
 * Introduced $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey as a backwards-compatibility switch,
@@ -26,6 +29,10 @@ production.
   prefixes (i.e. turned into interlanguage links when $wgInterwikiMagic is set
   to true).
 * $wgParserTestRemote has been removed.
+* $wgCountTotalSearchHits has been removed. If you're concerned about efficiency
+  of search, you should use something like CirrusSearch instead of built in
+  search.
+* Users in the 'sysop' group have access to Special:MergeHistory by default.
 
 === New features in 1.24 ===
 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
@@ -96,10 +103,12 @@ production.
   for Template:! for purposes such as passing pipes inside of parameters.
 * (bug 20790) The block log snippet on Special:Contributions and while
   editing user and user talk pages now works for IP range blocks.
-* (bug 35489) Added ability to change the page language for MediaWiki pages using
+* (bug 9360) Added ability to change the page language for MediaWiki pages using
   Special:PageLanguage. All pages are set to wiki language by default.
   The feature needs to be enabled with $wgPageLanguageUseDB=true and
   permission needs to be set for 'pagelang'.
+* Upgrade Moment.js to v2.7.0.
+* (bug 67042) Added support for the HTML5 <rtc> tag for East Asian typography.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
@@ -123,6 +132,9 @@ production.
   however delete the redirect page.
 * (bug 22683) {{msgnw:}} and other uses of PPFrame::RECOVER_ORIG will correctly
   recover the original code of extension tags.
+* (bug 65757) MSSQL: Update script drops unnamed constraints to be prepared
+  for future updates. Because it's doing so heuristically, it may fail or drop
+  wrong constraints.
 
 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
@@ -143,6 +155,12 @@ production.
   The old format is still used if prop isn't provided, but this is deprecated.
 * meta=userinfo can now return the count of unread pages on the watchlist.
 * list=watchlist can now filter by unread status.
+* The deprecated action=parse&prop=languageshtml has been removed.
+* (bug 48071) action=setnotificationtimestamp no longer throws PHP or database
+  errors when no pages are given.
+* (bug 60734) Actions that use ApiPageSet (e.g. purge, watch,
+  setnotificationtimestamp) will now include continuation information when
+  using a generator.
 
 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
 
@@ -196,6 +214,20 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * Removed DatabaseMysqlBase::getLagFromProcesslist(). (deprecated since 1.19)
 * Removed LoadBalancer::closeConnecton(). (deprecated since 1.18)
 * Removed ApiBase::createContext(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* BREAKING CHANGE: The undocumented Special{$this->getName()}BeforeFormDisplay
+  set of hooks has been removed and replaced by a single new hook
+  SpecialPageBeforeFormDisplay.
+* (bug 65781) Removed block warning on included {{Special:Contributions}}
+* Removed Skin::makeGlobalVariablesScript. (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed MWNamespace::isMain(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed Preferences::loadOldSearchNs(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed OutputPage::getStatusMessage(). (deprecated since 1.18)
+* Removed OutputPage::isUserJsAllowed(). (deprecated since 1.18)
+* Removed Title::updateTitleProtection(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed ParserOptions::setSkin(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed Title::escapeCanonicalURL(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed Title::escapeLocalURL(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed Title::escapeFullURL(). (deprecated since 1.19)
 
 ==== Renamed classes ====
 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
@@ -238,6 +270,7 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 ==== Removed classes ====
 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
+* FormatExif - Use FormatMetadata directly
 
 == Compatibility ==