Merge "Allow to customise addHelpLink() target via system message"

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

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
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@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ production.
   be installed and running for any such queues to work.
 * $wgAutopromoteOnce no longer supports the 'view' event. For keeping some
   compatibility, any 'view' event triggers will still trigger on 'edit'.
+* $wgExtensionDirectory was added for when your extensions directory is somewhere
+  other than $IP/extensions (as $wgStyleDirectory does with the skins directory).
 
 === New features in 1.25 ===
 * (T64861) Updated plural rules to CLDR 26. Includes incompatible changes
@@ -387,6 +389,10 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   bugs and ensure better reading experience for different variants.
 
 === Other changes in 1.25 ===
+* (T45591) Links to MediaWiki.org translatable help were added to indicators,
+  mostly in special pages. Local custom target titles can be placed in the
+  relevant '(namespace-X|action name|special page name)-helppage' system
+  message. Extensions can use the addHelpLink() function to do the same.
 * 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.
@@ -487,10 +493,11 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * $wgResourceModuleSkinStyles no longer supports per-module local or remote paths. They
   can only be set for the entire skin.
 * Removed global function swap(). (deprecated since 1.24)
-* Deprecated the ".php5" file extension entry points. Refer to the ".php" files
-  instead. If you want ".php5" URLs to continue to work, set up redirects. In
-  Apache, this can be done by enabling mod_rewrite and adding the following
-  rules to your configuration:
+* Deprecated the ".php5" file extension entry points and the $wgScriptExtension
+  configuration variable. Refer to the ".php" files instead. If you want
+  ".php5" URLs to continue to work, set up redirects. In Apache, this can be
+  done by enabling mod_rewrite and adding the following rules to your
+  configuration:
 
     RewriteEngine On
     RewriteBase /