Merge "Localisation updates from https://translatewiki.net."

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.25

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
index aa421cb..8992ce0 100644 (file)
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+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ production.
 * ProfilerStandard and ProfilerSimpleTrace were removed. Make sure that any
   StartProfiler.php config is updated to reflect this. Xhprof is available
   for zend/hhvm. Also, for hhvm, one can consider using its xenon profiler.
+* Default value of $wgSVGConverters['rsvg'] now uses the 'rsvg-convert' binary
+  rather than 'rsvg'.
+* Default value of $wgSVGConverters['ImageMagick'] now uses transparent
+  background with white fallback color, rather than just white background.
+ * MediaWikiBagOStuff class removed, make sure any object cache config
+   uses SqlBagOStuff instead.
+* The 'daemonized' flag must be set to true in $wgJobTypeConf for any redis
+  job queues. This means that mediawiki/services/jobrunner service has to
+  be installed and running for any such queues to work.
 
 === New features in 1.25 ===
 * (T64861) Updated plural rules to CLDR 26. Includes incompatible changes
@@ -77,9 +86,19 @@ production.
 * External libraries installed via composer will now be displayed
   on Special:Version in their own section. Extensions or skins that are
   installed via composer will not be shown in this section as it is assumed
-  they will add the proper credits to the skins or extensions section.
+  they will add the proper credits to the skins or extensions section. They
+  can also be accessed through the API via the new siprop=libraries to
+  ApiQuerySiteInfo.
 * Update QUnit from v1.14.0 to v1.16.0.
 * Update Moment.js from v2.8.3 to v2.8.4.
+* Special:Tags now allows for manipulating the list of user-modifiable change
+  tags. Actually modifying the tagging of a revision or log entry is not
+  implemented yet.
+* Added 'managetags' user right and 'ChangeTagCanCreate', 'ChangeTagCanDelete',
+  and 'ChangeTagCanCreate' hooks to allow for managing user-modifiable change
+  tags.
+* Added 'ChangeTagsListActive' hook, to separate the concepts of "defined" and
+  "active" formerly conflated by the 'ListDefinedTags' hook.
 
 ==== External libraries ====
 * MediaWiki now requires certain external libraries to be installed. In the past
@@ -133,6 +152,8 @@ production.
 ** 'extend' method added to QuickTemplate to append additional values to any field of data array
 * (T86974) Several Title methods now load from the database when necessary
   (instead of returning incorrect results) even when the page ID is known.
+* (T74070) Duplicate search for archived files on file upload now omits the extension.
+  This requires the fa_sha1 field being populated.
 
 === Action API changes in 1.25 ===
 * (T67403) XML tag highlighting is now only performed for formats
@@ -186,6 +207,12 @@ production.
   interwiki redirects to the list of interwiki titles.
 * (T85417) When outputting the list of redirect titles, a 'tointerwiki'
   property (like the existing 'tofragment' property) will be set.
+* Added action=managetags to allow for managing the list of
+  user-modifiable change tags. Actually modifying the tagging of a revision or
+  log entry is not implemented yet.
+* list=tags has additional properties to indicate 'active' status and tag
+  sources.
+* siprop=libraries was added to ApiQuerySiteInfo to list installed external libraries.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
 * ApiHelp has been rewritten to support i18n and paginated HTML output.
@@ -252,7 +279,7 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * The skin autodiscovery mechanism, deprecated in MediaWiki 1.23, has been
   removed. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_autodiscovery for
   migration guide for creators and users of custom skins that relied on it.
-* Javascript variable 'wgFileCanRotate' and 'wgFileExtensions' now only
+* Javascript variables 'wgFileCanRotate' and 'wgFileExtensions' now only
   available on Special:Upload.
 * (T58257) Set site logo from mediawiki.skinning.interface module instead of
   inline styles in the HTML.
@@ -322,6 +349,10 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
     Instead, do this:
       $form = HTMLForm::factory( 'vform', … );
 * Deprecated Revision methods getRawUser(), getRawUserText() and getRawComment().
+* BREAKING CHANGE: mediawiki.user.generateRandomSessionId:
+  The alphabet of the prior string returned was A-Za-z0-9 and now it is 0-9A-F
+* (T87504) Avoid serving SVG background-images in CSS for Opera 12, which
+  renders them incorrectly when combined with border-radius or background-size.
 
 == Compatibility ==