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
index e74474d..9bd281b 100644 (file)
--- a/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
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ production.
   this allows for pagination of prefix results. Extensions using this hook
   should implement supporting behavior. Not doing so can result in undefined
   behavior from API clients trying to continue through prefix results.
-* Update jQuery from v1.11.1 to v1.11.2.
+* Update jQuery from v1.11.1 to v1.11.3.
 * 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
@@ -376,12 +378,21 @@ MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 
+* Languages added:
+** awa (अवधी / Awadhi), thanks to translator 1AnuraagPandey;
+** bgn (بلوچی رخشانی / Western Balochi), thanks to translators
+   Baloch Afghanistan, Ibrahim khashrowdi and Rachitrali;
+** ses (Koyraboro Senni), thanks to translator Songhay.
 * (T66440) Kazakh (kk) wikis should no longer forcefully reset the user's
   interface language to kk where unexpected.
 * The Chinese conversion table was substantially updated to fix a lot of
   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.
@@ -482,17 +493,19 @@ 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 /
     RewriteRule ^(.*)\.php5 $1.php [R=301,L]
 
-* The global importScript and importStylesheet functions, as well as the loadedScripts object,
-  from wikibits.js (deprecated since 1.17) now emit warnings through mw.log.warn when accessed.
+* The global importScriptURI and importStylesheetURI functions, as well as the
+  loadedScripts object, from wikibits.js (deprecated since 1.17) now emit
+  warnings through mw.log.warn when accessed.
 
 
 == Compatibility ==