RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

   1 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
   2 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.24 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
  12 * The server's canonical hostname is available as $wgServerName, which is
  13   exposed in both mw.config and ApiQuerySiteInfo.
  14
  15 === New features in 1.24 ===
  16 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
  17   WhatLinksHere entries.
  18 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
  19 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
  20   fields in the form.
  21 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
  22   fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
  23   have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
  24
  25 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
  26 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  27   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  28   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  29   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  30   claimed it would.
  31 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
  32   which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
  33 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
  34   follow redirects to their target pages.
  35 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
  36
  37 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  38 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
  39   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
  40
  41 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  42
  43 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  44 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  45 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  46
  47 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  48 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  49 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  50 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  51   were removed as they were unused.
  52 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  53   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  54   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  55
  56 ==== Renamed classes ====
  57 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  58 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  59 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  60 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  61 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  62
  63 == Compatibility ==
  64
  65 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
  66
  67 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  68 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  69 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  70
  71 The supported versions are:
  72
  73 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  74 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  75 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  76 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  77 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
  78
  79 == Upgrading ==
  80
  81 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
  82 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  83 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  84 many hours on a large site).
  85
  86 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  87 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  88 due to database schema changes.
  89
  90 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  91 new database fields are filled with data.
  92
  93 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
  94 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
  95 with MediaWiki 1.21.
  96
  97 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  98
  99 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 100
 101 For notes on 1.21.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 102
 103 == Online documentation ==
 104
 105 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 106 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 107 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 108
 109         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 110
 111 == Mailing list ==
 112
 113 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 114
 115         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 116
 117 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 118
 119         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 120
 121 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 122 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 123
 124 == IRC help ==
 125
 126 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.