MediaWiki 1.30 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
production.
+=== MySQL version requirement in 1.30 ===
+As of 1.30, MediaWiki now requires MySQL 5.5.8 or higher (see Compatibility
+section).
+
=== Configuration changes in 1.30 ===
* The "C.UTF-8" locale should be used for $wgShellLocale, if available, to avoid
unexpected behavior when code uses locale-sensitive string comparisons. For
LanguageConverter variant. This allows English-speaking developers
to develop and test LanguageConverter more easily. Pig Latin can be
enabled by setting $wgUsePigLatinVariant to true.
+* Added RecentChangesPurgeRows hook to allow extensions to purge data that
+ depends on the recentchanges table.
+* Added JS config values wgDiffOldId/wgDiffNewId to the output of diff pages.
=== Languages updated in 1.30 ===
==== Upgraded external libraries ====
* mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer updated to 0.8.1.
+* wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin updated to 1.4.1.
==== New external libraries ====
* The class \TestingAccessWrapper has been moved to the external library
The supported versions are:
-* MySQL 5.0.3 or later
+* MySQL 5.5.8 or later
* PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
* SQLite 3.3.7 or later
* Oracle 9.0.1 or later