use the 'rawcontinue' parameter to receive raw query-continue data, but the
new style is encouraged as it's harder to implement incorrectly.
* Deprecated API formats dump and wddx have been completely removed.
+* (T7645) The "Signature" button on the edit toolbar is now hidden by default
+ in non-talk namespaces. A new configuration variable,
+ $wgExtraSignatureNamespaces, controls in which subject (non-talk) namespaces
+ the "Signature" button on the edit toolbar will be displayed.
+* $wgResourceLoaderUseESI was deprecated and removed. This was an experimental
+ feature that was never enabled by default.
=== New features in 1.26 ===
+* (T9148) Changes to category membership are now shown in watchlists and recent
+ changes. This can be configured in user preferences.
* (T51506) Now action=info gives estimates of actual watchers for a page.
See $wgRCMaxAge, $wgWatchersMaxAge and $wgUnwatchedPageSecret
to learn how to configure if needed.
* Added new hooks 'EnhancedChangesListModifyLineData' &
'EnhancedChangesListModifyBlockLineData', to modify the data used to build
lines in enhanced recentchanges and watchlist.
+* Caches that need purging ability now use the WANObjectCache interface.
+ This corresponds to a new $wgMainWANCache setting, which defaults to using
+ the $wgMainCacheType settings.
+* Callers needing fast light-weight data stores use $wgMainStash to select
+ the store type from $wgObjectCaches. The default is the local database.
+* Interface message overrides in the MediaWiki namespace will now be cached in
+ memcached and APC (if available), rather than memcached and local files.
+* Added a new hook, 'RandomPageQuery', to allow modification of the query used
+ by Special:Random to select random pages.
+* $wgTransactionalTimeLimit was added, which controls the request time limit
+ for potentially slow POST requests that need to be as atomic as possible.
==== External libraries ====
* Update es5-shim from v4.0.0 to v4.1.5.
=== Bug fixes in 1.26 ===
* (T53283) load.php sometimes sends 304 response without full headers
* (T65198) Talk page tabs now have a "rel=discussion" attribute
+* (T98841) {{msgnw:}} now preserves comments even when subst: is not used.
=== Action API changes in 1.26 ===
* New-style continuation is now the default for action=continue. Clients may
* Languages added:
** dty (डोटेली/Doteli), thanks to translators जनक राज भट्ट, बिप्लब आनन्द,
मेश सिंह बोहरा, and राम प्रसाद जोशी
+** luz (لئری دوٙمینی / Southern Luri)
=== Other changes in 1.26 ===
* ChangeTags::tagDescription() will return false if the interface message
* $wgSpecialPageGroups was removed (deprecated in 1.21).
* SpecialPageFactory::setGroup was removed (deprecated in 1.21).
* SpecialPageFactory::getGroup was removed (deprecated in 1.21).
+* DatabaseBase::ignoreErrors() is now protected.
+* BREAKING CHANGE: mediawiki.legacy.ajax has been removed, following
+ a lengthy deprecation period.
+* The ScopedPHPTimeout class was removed.
== Compatibility ==