RELEASE-NOTES-1.26

   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 1.26 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.26 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.26 ===
  12
  13 === New features in 1.26 ===
  14 * Change tags can now be hidden in the interface by disabling the associated
  15   "tag-<id>" interface message.
  16
  17 ==== External libraries ====
  18
  19 === Bug fixes in 1.26 ===
  20
  21 === Action API changes in 1.26 ===
  22 * API action=query&list=tags: The displayname can now be boolean false if the
  23   tag is meant to be hidden from user interfaces.
  24 * action=import no longer allows both the namespace= and rootpage= parameters
  25   to be set. If they are both set, the value of rootpage= will be ignored.
  26 * prop=revision output in enum mode is now sorted by timestamp rather than
  27   revision ID. This usually won't make any difference.
  28
  29 === Action API internal changes in 1.26 ===
  30
  31 === Languages updated in 1.26 ===
  32
  33 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  34 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  35 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  36
  37
  38 === Other changes in 1.26 ===
  39 * ChangeTags::tagDescription() will return false if the interface message
  40   for the tag is disabled.
  41 * Added PageHistoryPager::doBatchLookups hook.
  42 * supportsDirectEditing and supportsDirectApiEditing methods added to
  43 ContentHandler, to provide a way for ApiEditPage and EditPage to check
  44 if direct editing of content is allowed. These methods return false,
  45 by default for the ContentHandler base class and true for TextContentHandler
  46 and it's derivative classes (everything in core). For Content types that
  47 do not support direct editing, an alternative mechanism should be provided
  48 for editing, such as action overrides or specific api modules.
  49
  50 == Compatibility ==
  51
  52 MediaWiki 1.26 requires PHP 5.3.3 or later. There is experimental support for
  53 HHVM 3.3.0.
  54
  55 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  56 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  57 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  58
  59 The supported versions are:
  60
  61 * MySQL 5.0.3 or later
  62 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  63 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  64 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  65 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
  66
  67 == Upgrading ==
  68
  69 1.26 has several database changes since 1.25, and will not work without schema
  70 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  71 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  72 many hours on a large site).
  73
  74 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  75 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  76 due to database schema changes.
  77
  78 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  79 new database fields are filled with data.
  80
  81 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
  82 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
  83 with MediaWiki 1.21.
  84
  85 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  86
  87 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  88
  89 For notes on 1.25.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  90
  91 == Online documentation ==
  92
  93 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  94 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  95 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  96
  97         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
  98
  99 == Mailing list ==
 100
 101 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 102
 103         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 104
 105 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 106
 107         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 108
 109 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 110 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 111
 112 == IRC help ==
 113
 114 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.