set `$wgParserCacheType = CACHE_NONE;` instead.
* $wgCommentTableSchemaMigrationStage has been removed. Extension code finding
it unset should treat it as being MIGRATION_NEW.
+* $wgAuth – This old setting, deprecated in 1.27, has been removed as part of
+ the removal of AuthPlugin.
=== New features in 1.33 ===
* (T96041) __EXPECTUNUSEDCATEGORY__ on a category page causes the category
pages.
* (T214706) LinksUpdate::getAddedExternalLinks() and
LinksUpdate::getRemovedExternalLinks() were introduced.
+* Argon2 password hashing is now available, can be enabled via
+ $wgPasswordDefault = 'argon2'. It's designed to resist timing attacks
+ (requires PHP 7.2+) and GPU hacking (7.3+).
=== External library changes in 1.33 ===
* Added jakub-onderka/php-console-highlighter 0.3.2 explicitly (dev-only).
==== Changed external libraries ====
-* Updated OOUI from v0.29.2 to v0.30.2.
+* Updated OOUI from v0.29.2 to v0.30.3.
* Updated OOjs Router from pre-release to v0.2.0.
+* Updated moment from v2.19.3 to v2.24.0.
* Updated wikimedia/xmp-reader from 0.6.0 to 0.6.2.
* Updated wikimedia/scoped-callback from 2.0.0 to 3.0.0.
* Updated wikimedia/ip-set from 1.2.0 to 2.0.1.
=== Bug fixes in 1.33 ===
* (T164211) Special:UserRights could sometimes fail with a
"conflict detected" error when there weren't any conflicts.
-* (T215566) Unable to determine if the database exists
- during a fresh installation.
=== Action API changes in 1.33 ===
* (T198913) Added 'ApiOptions' hook.
deletion will be processed via the job queue.
* action=setnotificationtimestamp will now update the watchlist asynchronously
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 API internal changes in 1.33 ===
* A number of deprecated methods for API documentation, intended for overriding
hyphen. Methods such as ApiBase::dieWithError() and
ApiMessageTrait::setApiCode() will throw an InvalidArgumentException if
passed a bad code.
+* ApiBase::checkTitleUserPermissions() now takes an options array as its third
+ parameter. Passing a User object or null is deprecated.
+* The api-feature-usage log channel now has log context. The text message is
+ deprecated and will be removed in the future.
=== Languages updated in 1.33 ===
MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
* (T213717) Fixed a translation error on Goan Konkani (gom-deva) translations
for NS_TEMPLATE.
* (T212221) Added $digitTransformTable for Santali (sat).
+* (T216479) Added language support for Saisiyat (xsy).
=== Breaking changes in 1.33 ===
* The parameteter $lang in DifferenceEngine::setTextLanguage must be of type
* The ChangeList::insertArticleLink() method, that was deprecated in 1.27, has
been removed.
* MessageBlobStore::__construct() now requires its $rl parameter.
+* Second parameter to Sanitizer::escapeIdReferenceList() (deprecated in 1.31)
+ has been removed.
+* The 'jquery.xmldom' module has been removed.
+* The 'jquery.mockjax' module has been removed.
+* AuthPlugin and related code, deprecated in 1.27, has been removed. Extensions
+ should instead use AuthManager. The following no longer exist:
+ * The AuthPlugin class itself and the related AuthPluginUser class and i18n
+ * The AuthPluginSetup and AuthPluginAutoCreate hooks
+ * The transitional wrapper classes AuthPluginPrimaryAuthenticationProvider,
+ AuthManagerAuthPlugin, and AuthManagerAuthPluginUser.
+ * The $wgAuth configuration setting and its use in Setup.php and unit tests
=== Deprecations in 1.33 ===
* The configuration option $wgUseESI has been deprecated, and is expected
Use require( 'mediawiki.language.specialCharacters' ) instead.
* ChangeTags::purgeTagUsageCache() has been deprecated, and is expected to be
removed in a future release.
+* Passing a User object or null as the third parameter to
+ ApiBase::checkTitleUserPermissions() has been deprecated. Pass an array
+ [ 'user' => $user ] instead.
+* (T211578) Block::prevents is deprecated. Use Block::isEmailBlocked,
+ Block::isCreateAccountBlocked and Block::isUsertalkEditAllowed to get and set
+ block properties; use Block::appliesToRight and Block::appliesToUsertalk to
+ check block behaviour.
+* The api-feature-usage log channel now has log context. The text message is
+ deprecated and will be removed in the future.
=== Other changes in 1.33 ===
* (T201747) Html::openElement() warns if given an element name with a space
in it.
+* The implementation of buildStringCast() in Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database has
+ changed to explicitly cast. Subclasses relying on the base-class
+ implementation should check whether they need to override it now.
== Compatibility ==
MediaWiki 1.33 requires PHP 7.0.13 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is