RELEASE-NOTES-1.19

   1 = MediaWiki release notes =
   2
   3 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
   4 setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
   5
   6 == MediaWiki 1.19 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
  11 production.
  12
  13 === Configuration changes in 1.19 ===
  14 * $wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups (deprecated in 1.13) has been removed
  15 * $wgInputEncoding and $wgOutputEncoding (deprecated in 1.5) have now been removed
  16 * $wgAllowUserSkin (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  17 * $wgExtraRandompageSQL (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  18 * LogReader and LogViewer classes (deprecated in 1.14) have now been removed
  19 * (bug 26033) Added $wgArticleCountMethod to select the method to use to say
  20   whether a page is an article or not. $wgUseCommaCount is now deprecated.
  21 * $wgEnableDublinCoreRdf and $wgEnableCreativeCommonsRdf no longer work in core,
  22   and the functionality has been moved to the relevant extensions. See
  23   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DublinCoreRdf and
  24   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CreativeCoreRdf as appropriate
  25
  26 === New features in 1.19 ===
  27 * (bug 28916) A way to to toggle mw.config legacy globals settings from
  28   LocalSettings.php has been created by introducing $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals.
  29 * (bug 28503) Support for ircs:// URL protocols
  30 * (bug 26033) It is now possible to count all non-redirect pages in content
  31   namespaces as articles
  32 * Images can now be embedded in an XML dump stream using backupDump.php
  33   --include-files and can be imported using importDump.php --uploads;
  34   furthermore, it can import files from the filesystem using --image-base-path
  35 * Three new hooks in Special:Undelete, 'UndeleteForm::showHistory',
  36   'UndeleteForm::showRevision' and 'UndeleteForm::undelete', so that extensions
  37   may override the usage of PageArchive class and replace it with their own
  38   class that extends PageArchive.
  39 * (bug 28915) Implement QUnit test suite for MediaWiki JavaScript.
  40   Also built-in support for distribution through a TestSwarm instance.
  41 * (bug 29036) For cascade-protected pages, the mw-textarea-cprotected class is
  42   added to the textarea on the edit form.
  43 * mw.util.getScript has been implemented (like wfScript in GlobalFunctions.php)
  44 * (bug 29067) Creating "user.tokens" module (like user.options) in ResourceLoader.
  45 * New 'Debug' hook used by wfDebug() and wfDebugLog()
  46
  47 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  48 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  49   file description page for multi-paged documents.
  50 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  51   used in Tiff files.
  52 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  53 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  54 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
  55 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  56   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  57 * (bug 23002) Imagelinks table not updated after imagemove.
  58 * (bug 27864) Transcluding {{Special:Prefix}} with empty prefix now lists all
  59   pages.
  60 * (bug 18803) JPEG2000 images can no longer be uploaded as JPEG image.
  61 * (bug 11868) If using links to count articles, the checking will now be based
  62   on the real presence of an internal link instead of the "[[" string
  63 * (bug 28287) The "your changes" box for edit conflicts is now read-only.
  64 * (bug 28940) When making a thumb of an SVG, and only specifying the height
  65   make the width be the max SVG size, not the natrual width of the SVG.
  66 * (bug 1780) Uploading files with non-ascii characters are now forbidden on
  67   Windows.
  68 * (bug 23464) File: prefixes are now chopped off during uploading.
  69 * (bug 28174) Message config-logo-help amended to not explicitly assume any
  70   LTR/RTL screen layout.
  71 * (bug 28992) Revision numbers in the patrol log are transformed in the user
  72   language.
  73 * (bug 27073) ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles should be dynamically appended to
  74   the document if it doesn't exist.
  75 * (bug 27023) After dom ready event, using mediawiki.loader.using will
  76   call callback too early.
  77 * (bug 4330) External URLs without custom title should be treated as LTR,
  78   also in RTL text.
  79 * (bug 29055) Make don't send email on minor edits preference apply to
  80   changes to talk page in addition to watchlist edits.
  81 * (bug 29071) mediawiki.action.watch.ajax.js should pass uselang to API.
  82 * (bug 28272) Special:Allmessages should have only one "Go" button
  83 * (bug 29101) Special:FileDuplicateSearch shows silly message
  84 * (bug 29048) jQuery.tabIndex: firstTabIndex() should not output the same
  85   as lastTabIndex().
  86
  87 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  88 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch now requires POST and token.
  89 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
  90 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
  91 * (bug 27593) API: add error message when sha1/sha1base36 is invalid
  92 * (bug 28578) API's parse module should not silently override invalid
  93   title inputs
  94 * (bug 20699) API watchlist should list log-events
  95 * (bug 29070) Add token to action=watch
  96 * (bug 29120) ApiQueryLogEvents: let letype accept multiple values
  97 * (bug 29221) Expose oldrevid in watchlist output
  98
  99 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
 100
 101 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
 102 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 103 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 104
 105 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
 106 * (bug 29031) When translating block log entries, indefinite, infinite, and
 107   infinity are now considered the same.
 108
 109 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
 110 * Removed legacy wgAjaxWatch javascript global object, no longer in use.
 111
 112 == Compatibility ==
 113
 114 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 115
 116 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 117 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
 118 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
 119
 120 The supported versions are:
 121
 122 * MySQL 4.0 or later
 123 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 124 * SQLite 3
 125 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 126
 127 == Upgrading ==
 128
 129 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
 130 updates.
 131
 132 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 133 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 134 due to database schema changes.
 135
 136 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 137 new database fields are filled with data.
 138
 139 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 140 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 141 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 142
 143 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 144
 145 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 146
 147 == Online documentation ==
 148
 149 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 150 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 151 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 152
 153         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 154
 155 == Mailing list ==
 156
 157 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 158
 159         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 160
 161 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 162
 163         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 164
 165 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 166 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 167
 168 == IRC help ==
 169
 170 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.