Merge "No-op the notify*/purge methods in JobQueueAggregatorRedis"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.27

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
index c66da4f..cc78a8a 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ production.
 * $wgRateLimitLog was removed; use $wgDebugLogGroups['ratelimit'] instead.
 * Deprecated API formats dbg, txt, and yaml have been removed.
 * CLDRPluralRule* classes have been replaced with wikimedia/cldr-plural-rule-parser.
+* Removed $wgProfilePerHost, $wgUDPProfilerHost, $wgUDPProfilerPort,
+  $wgUDPProfilerFormatString, $wgStatsMethod, $wgAggregateStatsID, $wgStatsFormatString,
+  and $wgProfileCallTree (deprecated since 1.20).
+* For proper operation of LocalIdLookup with shared user tables, ensure that
+  $wgSharedDB and $wgSharedTables are properly set even on the "central" wiki
+  that all others are sharing from and that $wgLocalDatabases is set to the
+  full list of sharing wikis on all those wikis.
 
 === New features in 1.27 ===
 * $wgDataCenterId and $wgDataCenterRoles where added, which will serve as
@@ -84,11 +91,20 @@ production.
 * Added MWTimestamp::getTimezoneString() which returns the localized timezone
   string, if available. To localize this string, see the comments of
   $wgLocaltimezone in includes/DefaultSettings.php.
+* Added CentralIdLookup, a service that allows extensions needing a concept of
+  "central" users to get that without having to know about specific central
+  authentication extensions.
+* $wgMaxUserDBWriteDuration added to limit huge user-generated transactions.
+  Regular web request transactions that takes longer than this are aborted.
+* Added a new hook, 'TitleMoveCompleting', which runs before a page move is committed.
+* $wgCdnReboundPurgeDelay was added to provide secondary delayed purges of URLs
+  from CDN to mitigate DB replication lag and WAN cache purge lag.
 
 === External library changes in 1.27 ===
 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
 * Updated oojs/oojs-ui from v0.12.12 to v0.13.3.
 * Updated composer/semver from v1.0.0 to v1.2.0.
+* Update liuggio/statsd-php-client to 1.0.18.
 
 ==== New external libraries ====
 * Added wikimedia/base-convert v1.0.1.
@@ -114,6 +130,9 @@ production.
   the text before diffing it.
 * Deprecated formats dbg, txt, and yaml have been removed.
 * (T47988) The protect log event details now use new-style formatting.
+* The following response properties from action=login are deprecated, and may
+  be removed in the future: lgtoken, cookieprefix, sessionid. Clients should
+  handle cookies to properly manage session state.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.27 ===
 * ApiQueryORM removed.
@@ -156,6 +175,18 @@ changes to languages because of Phabricator reports.
 * ResourceLoader::getLessCompiler() now takes an optional parameter of
   additional LESS variables to set for the compiler.
 * wfBaseConvert() marked as deprecated, use Wikimedia\base_convert() directly instead.
+* Obsolete maintenance scripts clearCacheStats.php and showCacheStats.php
+  were removed. The underlying data is sent to StatsD (see $wgStatsdServer).
+* Removed msg_resource_links database table and associated code.
+* Removed msg_resource database table and associated code.
+* Skin::getNamespaceNotice() was removed.
+* wfIsConfiguredProxy() was removed (deprecated since 1.24).
+* wfDebugTimer() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
+* wfIsTrustedProxy() was removed (deprecated since 1.24).
+* wfGetIP() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
+* MWHookException was removed.
+* OutputPage::appendSubtitle() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
+* OutputPage::loginToUse() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
 
 == Compatibility ==