* (T222388) API modules can now be specified as an ObjectFactory spec,
allowing the construction of modules that require services to be injected
in their constructor.
+* (T117736) The function signature of SpecialContributions::getForm::filters
+ has changed. It now expects definitions of additional filter fields as array
+ rather than string.
=== External library changes in 1.34 ===
* Updated mediawiki/codesniffer from 25.0.0 to 26.0.0 (dev-only).
* Updated cssjanus/cssjanus from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0.
* Updated wikimedia/at-ease from 1.2.0 to 2.0.0.
-* Updated wikimedia/remex-html from 2.0.1 to 2.0.3.
+* Updated wikimedia/remex-html from 2.0.1 to 2.1.0.
* Updated monolog/monolog from 1.22.1 to 1.24.0 (dev-only).
* Updated wikimedia/object-factory from 1.0.0 to 2.1.0.
* Updated wikimedia/timestamp from 2.2.0 to 3.0.0.
=== Action API changes in 1.34 ===
* The 'recenteditcount' response property from action=query list=allusers,
deprecated in 1.25, has been removed.
-* (T60993) action=query list=filearchive no longer requires the 'deletedhistory'
- user right.
+* (T60993) action=query list=filearchive, list=alldeletedrevisions and
+ prop=deletedrevisions no longer require the 'deletedhistory' user right.
+* In the response to queries that use 'prop=imageinfo', entries for
+ non-existing files (indicated by the 'filemissing' field) now omit the
+ following fields, since they are meaningless in this context:
+ 'timestamp', 'userhidden', 'user', 'userid', 'anon', 'size', 'width',
+ 'height', 'pagecount', 'duration', 'commenthidden', 'parsedcomment',
+ 'comment', 'thumburl', 'thumbwidth', 'thumbheight', 'thumbmime',
+ 'thumberror', 'url', 'sha1', 'metadata', 'extmetadata', 'commonmetadata',
+ 'mime', 'mediadtype', 'bitdepth'.
+ Clients that process these fields should first check if 'filemissing' is
+ set. Fields that are supported even if the file is missing include:
+ 'canonicaltitle', ''archivename' (deleted files only), 'descriptionurl',
+ 'descriptionshorturl'.
+* The 'blockexpiry' result property in list=users and list=allusers will now be
+ returned in the same format used by the rest of the API: ISO 8601 for
+ expiring blocks, and "infinite" for non-expiring blocks.
=== Action API internal changes in 1.34 ===
* The exception thrown in ApiModuleManager::getModule has been changed
ApiModuleManager::getModule now also throws InvalidArgumentExceptions when
ObjectFactory is presented with an invalid spec or incorrectly constructed
objects.
-* …
+* Added ApiQueryBlockInfoTrait.
=== Languages updated in 1.34 ===
MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
Use the mediawiki.String module instead.
* mw.language.specialCharacters, deprecated in 1.33, has been removed.
Use require( 'mediawiki.language.specialCharacters' ) instead.
+* The jquery.colorUtil module was removed. Use jquery.color instead.
+* The jquery.checkboxShiftClick module was removed. The functionality
+ is provided by mediawiki.page.ready instead (T232688).
+* The 'jquery.accessKeyLabel' module has been removed. This jQuery
+ plugin now ships as part of the 'mediawiki.util' module bundle.
* EditPage::submit(), deprecated in 1.29, has been removed. Use $this->edit()
directly.
* HTMLForm::getErrors(), deprecated in 1.28, has been removed. Use
* Revision::selectTextFields()
* Revision::selectPageFields()
* Revision::selectUserFields()
+* User::setNewpassword(), deprecated in 1.27 has been removed.
+* The ObjectCache::getMainWANInstance and ObjectCache::getMainStashInstance
+ functions, deprecated since 1.28, have been removed.
=== Deprecations in 1.34 ===
* The MWNamespace class is deprecated. Use NamespaceInfo.
* ResourceLoaderContext::getConfig and ResourceLoaderContext::getLogger have
been deprecated. Inside ResourceLoaderModule subclasses, use the local methods
instead. Elsewhere, use the methods from the ResourceLoader class.
-* The 'jquery.accessKeyLabel' module has been deprecated. This jQuery
- plugin is now ships as part of the 'mediawiki.util' module bundle.
* The Profiler::setTemplated and Profiler::getTemplated methods have been
deprecated. Use Profiler::setAllowOutput and Profiler::getAllowOutput
instead.
system block that hides the user.
* The GetBlockedStatus hook is deprecated. Use GetUserBlock instead, to add or
remove a block.
+* $wgContentHandlerUseDB is deprecated and should always be true.
+* StreamFile::send404Message() and StreamFile::parseRange() are now deprecated.
+ Use HTTPFileStreamer::send404Message() and HTTPFileStreamer::parseRange()
+ respectively instead.
+* Global variable $wgSysopEmailBans is deprecated; to allow sysops to ban
+ users from sending emails, use
+ $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['blockemail'] = true;
+* ApiQueryBase::showHiddenUsersAddBlockInfo() is deprecated. Use
+ ApiQueryBlockInfoTrait instead.
=== Other changes in 1.34 ===
* …
== Compatibility ==
-MediaWiki 1.34 requires PHP 7.0.13 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
-supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.0.13 or later for long term
+MediaWiki 1.34 requires PHP 7.2.0 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
+supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.2.0 or later for long term
support. It also requires the following PHP extensions:
* ctype