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 * Added a new hook, "ContentGetParserOutput", to customize parser output for
  19   a given content object.
  20 * Deprecated the hook "ShowRawCssJs", use "ContentGetParserOutput" instead.
  21 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
  22 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
  23   fields in the form.
  24 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
  25   fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
  26   have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
  27 * Added a new hook, "SidebarBeforeOutput", to allow to edit the structure of
  28   the sidebar just before its display.
  29 * (bug 49156) Added the mediawiki.cookie ResourceLoader module, which wraps
  30   jQuery.cookie so that getting/setting a cookie is syntactically and functionally
  31   similar to using the WebRequest#getCookie/WebResponse#setcookie methods.
  32 * (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1.
  33
  34 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
  35 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  36   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  37   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  38   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  39   claimed it would.
  40 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
  41   which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
  42 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
  43   follow redirects to their target pages.
  44 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
  45
  46 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  47 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
  48   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
  49
  50 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  51
  52 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  53 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  54 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  55
  56 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  57 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  58 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  59 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  60   were removed as they were unused.
  61 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  62   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  63   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  64
  65 ==== Renamed classes ====
  66 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  67 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  68 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  69 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  70 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  71 * MediaWiki_I18N to MediaWikiI18N
  72 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
  73 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
  74 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
  75 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
  76 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
  77 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
  78 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
  79 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
  80 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
  81 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
  82 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
  83 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
  84 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
  85 * WebInstaller_Complete to WebInstallerComplete
  86 * WebInstaller_Copying to WebInstallerCopying
  87 * WebInstaller_DBConnect to WebInstallerDBConnect
  88 * WebInstaller_DBSettings to WebInstallerDBSettings
  89 * WebInstaller_Document to WebInstallerDocument
  90 * WebInstaller_ExistingWiki to WebInstallerExistingWiki
  91 * WebInstaller_Install to WebInstallerInstall
  92 * WebInstaller_Language to WebInstallerLanguage
  93 * WebInstaller_Name to WebInstallerName
  94 * WebInstaller_Options to WebInstallerOptions
  95 * WebInstaller_Readme to WebInstallerReadme
  96 * WebInstaller_ReleaseNotes to WebInstallerReleaseNotes
  97 * WebInstaller_Restart to WebInstallerRestart
  98 * WebInstaller_Upgrade to WebInstallerUpgrade
  99 * WebInstaller_UpgradeDoc to WebInstallerUpgradeDoc
 100 * WebInstaller_Welcome to WebInstallerWelcome
 101
 102 ==== Removed classes ====
 103 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
 104 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
 105
 106 == Compatibility ==
 107
 108 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
 109
 110 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 111 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 112 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 113
 114 The supported versions are:
 115
 116 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 117 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 118 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 119 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 120 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 121
 122 == Upgrading ==
 123
 124 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
 125 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 126 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 127 many hours on a large site).
 128
 129 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 130 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 131 due to database schema changes.
 132
 133 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 134 new database fields are filled with data.
 135
 136 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 137 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 138 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 139
 140 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 141
 142 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 143
 144 For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 145
 146 == Online documentation ==
 147
 148 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 149 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 150 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 151
 152         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 153
 154 == Mailing list ==
 155
 156 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 157
 158         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 159
 160 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 161
 162         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 163
 164 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 165 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 166
 167 == IRC help ==
 168
 169 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.