RELEASE-NOTES-1.25

   1 Security reminder: If you have PHP's register_globals option set, you must
   2 turn it off. MediaWiki will not work with it enabled.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.25 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.25 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.25 ===
  12 * $wgPageShowWatchingUsers was removed.
  13 * $wgLocalVirtualHosts has been added to replace $wgConf->localVHosts.
  14 * $wgAntiLockFlags was removed.
  15 * Edit tokens returned from User::getEditToken may change on every call. Token
  16   validity must be checked by passing the user-supplied token to
  17   User::matchEditToken rather than by testing for equality with a
  18   newly-generated token.
  19
  20 === New features in 1.25 ===
  21 * (bug 62861) Updated plural rules to CLDR 26. Includes incompatible changes
  22   for plural forms in Russian, Prussian, Tagalog, Manx and several languages
  23   that fall back to Russian.
  24 * (bug 58139) ResourceLoaderFileModule now supports language fallback
  25   for 'languageScripts'.
  26 * Added a new hook, "ContentAlterParserOutput", to allow extensions to modify the
  27   parser output for a content object before links update.
  28 * (bug 35785) Enhanced recent changes and extended watchlist are now default.
  29   Documentation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Enhanced_recent_changes
  30   and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgDefaultUserOptions.
  31 * (bug 67341) SVG images will no longer be base64-encoded when being embedded
  32   in CSS. This results in slight size increase before gzip compression (due to
  33   percent-encoding), but up to 20% decrease after it.
  34 * Upgrade jStorage to v0.4.12.
  35 * MediaWiki now natively supports page status indicators: icons (or short text
  36   snippets) usually displayed in the top-right corner of the page. They have
  37   been in use on Wikipedia for a long time, implemented using templates and CSS
  38   absolute positioning.
  39   - Basic wikitext syntax: <indicator name="foo">[[File:Foo.svg|20px]]</indicator>
  40   - Usage instructions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Page_status_indicators
  41   - Adjusting custom skins to support indicators:
  42     https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skinning#Page_status_indicators
  43 * Edit tokens may now be time-limited: passing a maximum age to
  44   User::matchEditToken will reject any older tokens.
  45
  46 === Bug fixes in 1.25 ===
  47 * (bug 71003) No additional code will be generated to try to load CSS-embedded
  48   SVG images in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, as they don't support them anyway.
  49 * (bug 67021) On Special:BookSources, corrected validation of ISBNs (both
  50   10- and 13-digit forms) containing "X".
  51
  52 === Action API changes in 1.25 ===
  53 * (bug 65403) XML tag highlighting is now only performed for formats
  54   "xmlfm" and "wddxfm".
  55 * action=paraminfo supports generalized submodules (modules=query+value),
  56   querymodules and formatmodules are deprecated
  57 * action=paraminfo no longer outputs descriptions and other help text by
  58   default. If needed, it may be requested using the new 'helpformat' parameter.
  59 * action=help has been completely rewritten, and outputs help in HTML
  60   rather than plain text.
  61 * Hitting api.php without specifying an action now displays only the help for
  62   the main module, with links to submodule help.
  63 * API help is no longer displayed on errors.
  64 * Internationalized messages returned by the API will be in the wiki's content
  65   language by default. 'uselang' is now a recognized API parameter;
  66   "uselang=user" may be used to select the language from the current user's
  67   preferences.
  68 * Default output format for the API is now jsonfm.
  69 * Simplified continuation will return a "batchcomplete" property in the result
  70   when a batch of pages is complete.
  71 * Pretty-printed HTML output now has nicer formatting and (if available)
  72   better syntax highlighting.
  73
  74 === Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
  75 * ApiHelp has been rewritten to support i18n and paginated HTML output.
  76   Most existing modules should continue working without changes, but should do
  77   the following:
  78   * Add an i18n message "apihelp-{$moduleName}-description" to replace getDescription().
  79   * Add i18n messages "apihelp-{$moduleName}-param-{$param}" for each parameter
  80     to replace getParamDescription(). If necessary, the settings array returned
  81     by getParams() can use the new ApiBase::PARAM_HELP_MSG key to override the
  82     message.
  83   * Implement getExamplesMessages() to replace getExamples().
  84 * Modules with submodules (like action=query) must have their submodules
  85   override ApiBase::getParent() to return the correct parent object.
  86 * The 'APIGetDescription' and 'APIGetParamDescription' hooks are deprecated,
  87   and will have no effect for modules using i18n messages. Use
  88   'APIGetDescriptionMessages' and 'APIGetParamDescriptionMessages' instead.
  89 * Api formatters will no longer be asked to display the help screen on errors.
  90 * ApiMain::getCredits() was removed. The credits are available in the
  91   'api-credits' i18n message.
  92 * ApiFormatBase has been changed to support i18n and syntax highlighting via
  93   extensions with the new 'ApiFormatHighlight' hook. Core syntax highlighting
  94   has been removed.
  95 * ApiFormatBase now always buffers. Output is done when
  96   ApiFormatBase::closePrinter is called.
  97 * The following methods have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
  98   release:
  99   * ApiBase::getDescription
 100   * ApiBase::getParamDescription
 101   * ApiBase::getExamples
 102   * ApiBase::makeHelpMsg
 103   * ApiBase::makeHelpArrayToString
 104   * ApiBase::makeHelpMsgParameters
 105   * ApiFormatBase::setUnescapeAmps
 106   * ApiFormatBase::getWantsHelp
 107   * ApiFormatBase::setHelp
 108   * ApiFormatBase::formatHTML
 109   * ApiFormatBase::setBufferResult
 110   * ApiFormatBase::getDescription
 111   * ApiMain::setHelp
 112   * ApiMain::reallyMakeHelpMsg
 113   * ApiMain::makeHelpMsgHeader
 114   * ApiQueryImageInfo::getPropertyDescriptions
 115
 116 === Languages updated in 1.25 ===
 117
 118 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
 119 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 120 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 121
 122 === Other changes in 1.25 ===
 123 * The skin autodiscovery mechanism, deprecated in MediaWiki 1.23, has been
 124   removed. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_autodiscovery for
 125   migration guide for creators and users of custom skins that relied on it.
 126 * Javascript variable 'wgFileCanRotate' now only available on Special:Upload.
 127 * (bug 56257) Set site logo from mediawiki.skinning.interface module instead of
 128   inline styles in the HTML.
 129 * Removed ApiQueryUsers::getAutoGroups(). (deprecated since 1.20)
 130 * Removed XmlDumpWriter::schemaVersion(). (deprecated since 1.20)
 131 * Removed LogEventsList::getDisplayTitle(). (deprecated since 1.20)
 132 * Removed Preferences::trySetUserEmail(). (deprecated since 1.20)
 133 * Removed mw.user.name() and mw.user.anonymous() methods. (deprecated since 1.20)
 134 * Removed 'ok' and 'err' parameters in the mediawiki.api modules. (deprecated
 135   since 1.20)
 136 * Removed 'async' parameter from the  mw.Api#getCategories() method. (deprecated
 137   since 1.20)
 138 * Removed 'jquery.json' module. (deprecated since 1.24)
 139   Use the 'json' module and global JSON object instead.
 140 * Deprecated OutputPage::readOnlyPage() and OutputPage::rateLimited().
 141   Also, the former will now throw an MWException if called with one or more
 142   arguments.
 143 * Removed hitcounters and associated code.
 144 * The "temp" zone of the upload respository is now considered private. If it
 145   already exists (such as under the images/ directory), please make sure that
 146   the directory is not web readable (e.g. via a .htaccess file).
 147
 148 == Compatibility ==
 149
 150 MediaWiki 1.25 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later. There is experimental support for
 151 HHVM 3.3.0.
 152
 153 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 154 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 155 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 156
 157 The supported versions are:
 158
 159 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 160 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 161 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 162 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 163 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 164
 165 == Upgrading ==
 166
 167 1.25 has several database changes since 1.24, and will not work without schema
 168 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 169 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 170 many hours on a large site).
 171
 172 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 173 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 174 due to database schema changes.
 175
 176 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 177 new database fields are filled with data.
 178
 179 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 180 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 181 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 182
 183 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 184
 185 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 186
 187 For notes on 1.23.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 188
 189 == Online documentation ==
 190
 191 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 192 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 193 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 194
 195         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 196
 197 == Mailing list ==
 198
 199 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 200
 201         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 202
 203 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 204
 205         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 206
 207 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 208 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 209
 210 == IRC help ==
 211
 212 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.