* 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
* 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
** '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
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.
* 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.
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 ==