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 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
  36   rather than content language (same as copyright notice for editing interface).
  37 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  38   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  39   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  40   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  41   claimed it would.
  42 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
  43   which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
  44 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
  45   follow redirects to their target pages.
  46 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
  47
  48 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  49 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
  50   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
  51 * action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap returns a new "protorel"
  52   field which is true iff protocol-relative urls can be used to access
  53   a particular interwiki map entry.
  54 * ApiQueryLogEvents now provides logpage, which is the page ID from the
  55   logging table, if ids are requested and the user has the permissions.
  56
  57 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  58
  59 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  60 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  61 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  62
  63 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  64 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  65 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  66 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  67   were removed as they were unused.
  68 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  69   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  70   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  71
  72 ==== Renamed classes ====
  73 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  74 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  75 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  76 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  77 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  78 * MediaWiki_I18N to MediaWikiI18N
  79 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
  80 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
  81 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
  82 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
  83 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
  84 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
  85 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
  86 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
  87 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
  88 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
  89 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
  90 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
  91 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
  92 * WebInstaller_Complete to WebInstallerComplete
  93 * WebInstaller_Copying to WebInstallerCopying
  94 * WebInstaller_DBConnect to WebInstallerDBConnect
  95 * WebInstaller_DBSettings to WebInstallerDBSettings
  96 * WebInstaller_Document to WebInstallerDocument
  97 * WebInstaller_ExistingWiki to WebInstallerExistingWiki
  98 * WebInstaller_Install to WebInstallerInstall
  99 * WebInstaller_Language to WebInstallerLanguage
 100 * WebInstaller_Name to WebInstallerName
 101 * WebInstaller_Options to WebInstallerOptions
 102 * WebInstaller_Readme to WebInstallerReadme
 103 * WebInstaller_ReleaseNotes to WebInstallerReleaseNotes
 104 * WebInstaller_Restart to WebInstallerRestart
 105 * WebInstaller_Upgrade to WebInstallerUpgrade
 106 * WebInstaller_UpgradeDoc to WebInstallerUpgradeDoc
 107 * WebInstaller_Welcome to WebInstallerWelcome
 108
 109 ==== Removed classes ====
 110 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
 111 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
 112
 113 == Compatibility ==
 114
 115 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
 116
 117 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 118 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 119 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 120
 121 The supported versions are:
 122
 123 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 124 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 125 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 126 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 127 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 128
 129 == Upgrading ==
 130
 131 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
 132 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 133 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 134 many hours on a large site).
 135
 136 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 137 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 138 due to database schema changes.
 139
 140 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 141 new database fields are filled with data.
 142
 143 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 144 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 145 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 146
 147 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 148
 149 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 150
 151 For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 152
 153 == Online documentation ==
 154
 155 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 156 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 157 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 158
 159         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 160
 161 == Mailing list ==
 162
 163 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 164
 165         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 166
 167 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 168
 169         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 170
 171 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 172 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 173
 174 == IRC help ==
 175
 176 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.