Merge "Remove unused variable"

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

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
index 0389b7c..b15ef6d 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ production.
 * (bug 49156) Added the mediawiki.cookie ResourceLoader module, which wraps
   jQuery.cookie so that getting/setting a cookie is syntactically and functionally
   similar to using the WebRequest#getCookie/WebResponse#setcookie methods.
-* (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1.
+* (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1. A new configuration option,
+  $wgIncludejQueryMigrate, also loads the jQuery Migrate hack to let extensions
+  and gadgets use the long-deprecated functions that were removed in jQuery 1.9.
+  This option is turned off by default, and will be removed in MediaWiki 1.25.
+* (bug 47076) jQuery UI upgraded from 1.8.24 to 1.9.2.
 * Changes to content typography (fonts, etc.). See
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh for further information.
 * WikitextContent will now render redirects with the expected "redirect"
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@ production.
   than in a dedicated pane in the preferences panel.
 * (bug 44591) The dropdown actions menu (little triangle next to page tabs) in
   the Vector skin has gained a label that should make it more discoverable.
+* MWCryptHKDF added for fast, cryptographically secure random number generation
+  that won't deplete openssl's entropy pool.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
@@ -93,6 +99,10 @@ production.
   specified.
 * action=logevents has a new parameter, lenamespace, to allow filtering by
   namespace.
+* action=expandtemplates has a new parameter, prop, and a new output format.
+  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.
 
 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
 
@@ -123,6 +133,8 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   like "headlinks", "skinnameclass", etc. to be defined.
 * The deprecated 'SpecialVersionExtensionTypes' hook was removed.
 * (bug 63891) Add 'X-Robots-Tag: noindex' header in action=render pages.
+* SpecialPage no longer supports the syntax for invoking wfSpecial*() functions.
+  All special pages should subclass SpecialPage and implement the execute() method.
 
 ==== Renamed classes ====
 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression