Merge "Default $wgActorTableSchemaMigrationStage to READ_NEW"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.33

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.33 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.33
index c30c538..1d18932 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.33
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.33
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ For notes on 1.32.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
   argon2 to be used, by default, it will automatically choose the best available
   algorithm depending on which version of PHP you have available. To use this,
   you can set `$wgPasswordDefault = 'argon2';`.
+* $wgActorTableSchemaMigrationStage now defaults to reading the new schema.
+  update.php will back-populate the new database fields due to the changed
+  setting, which may take some time on large wikis. You can avoid downtime by
+  following a process like that described in T188327.
 
 ==== Removed configuration ====
 * $wgTagStatisticsNewTable (T199334) — This temporary setting, added in
@@ -161,6 +165,8 @@ For notes on 1.32.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
   if entirewatchlist is set, so updates may not be visible immediately
 * Block info will be added to "blocked" errors from more modules.
 * (T216245) Autoblocks will now be spread by action=edit and action=move.
+* action=query&meta=userinfo has a new uiprop, 'latestcontrib', that returns
+  the date of user's latest contribution.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.33 ===
 * A number of deprecated methods for API documentation, intended for overriding
@@ -432,6 +438,10 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
   to page updates: LinksUpdateConstructed, LinksUpdate, LinksUpdateComplete.
   LinksUpdateAfterInsert is not triggered since deletions do not cause
   insertions into links tables.
+* Category::newFromID( $id )->getID() will now return $id without any
+  validation, to avoid a mostly unnecessary DB query.
+* On Special:Version, the name for an extension can no longer be arbitrary
+  html when no link is specified.
 
 == Compatibility ==
 MediaWiki 1.33 requires PHP 7.0.13 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is