production.
=== Configuration changes in 1.26 ===
+* $wgPasswordResetRoutes['email'] = true by default.
* $wgEnableParserCache was deprecated, set $wgParserCacheType to CACHE_NONE
instead if you want to disable the parser cache.
* New-style continuation is now the default for API action=continue. Clients may
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.
=== New features in 1.26 ===
+* (T51506) Now action=info gives estimates of actual watchers for a page.
+ See $wgRCMaxAge, $wgWatchersMaxAge and $wgUnwatchedPageSecret
+ to learn how to configure if needed.
* Change tags can now be hidden in the interface by disabling the associated
"tag-<id>" interface message.
* ':' (colon) is now invalid in usernames for new accounts. Existing accounts
* (T68699) The expiration of the UserID and Token login cookies
($wgExtendedLoginCookieExpiration) can be configured independently of the
expiration of all other cookies ($wgCookieExpiration).
+* (T50519) Support for generating JPEG/PNG thumbnails from WebP images added
+ if ImageMagick is used as image scaler ($wgUseImageMagick = true). Uploading
+ of WebP images still disabled by default. Add $wgFileExtensions[] =
+ 'webp'; to LocalSettings.php to enable uploading of WebP images.
+* Added new hooks 'EnhancedChangesListModifyLineData' &
+ 'EnhancedChangesListModifyBlockLineData', to modify the data used to build
+ lines in enhanced recentchanges and watchlist.
==== External libraries ====
* Update es5-shim from v4.0.0 to v4.1.5.
* Update json2 from revision 2014-02-04 to 2015-05-03.
-* Update Sinon.JS from 1.10.3 to 1.15.0.
+* Update Sinon.JS from 1.10.3 to 1.15.4.
* Upgrade jQuery Client from v1.0.0 to v2.0.0.
-* Added mediawiki/at-ease 1.0.0
+* Added mediawiki/at-ease 1.0.0.
+* Update QUnit from v1.17.1 to v1.18.0.
=== Bug fixes in 1.26 ===
-* (bug 51283) load.php sometimes sends 304 response without full headers
+* (T53283) load.php sometimes sends 304 response without full headers
* (T65198) Talk page tabs now have a "rel=discussion" attribute
=== Action API changes in 1.26 ===
* New-style continuation is now the default for action=continue. Clients may
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.
* API action=query&list=tags: The displayname can now be boolean false if the
tag is meant to be hidden from user interfaces.
* action=import no longer allows both the namespace= and rootpage= parameters
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.
+changes to languages because of Phabricator reports.
* Languages added:
** dty (डोटेली/Doteli), thanks to translators जनक राज भट्ट, बिप्लब आनन्द,
instead of many optional positional arguments. Calling the constructor the old
way will issue a deprecation warning.
* The jquery.mwExtension module was deprecated.
-
+* $wgSpecialPageGroups was removed (deprecated in 1.21).
+* SpecialPageFactory::setGroup was removed (deprecated in 1.21).
+* SpecialPageFactory::getGroup was removed (deprecated in 1.21).
== Compatibility ==
== IRC help ==
There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.
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