RELEASE-NOTES-1.27

   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 1.27 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.27 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.27 ===
  12 * $wgUseLinkNamespaceDBFields was removed.
  13 * Deprecated $wgResourceLoaderMinifierStatementsOnOwnLine and
  14   $wgResourceLoaderMinifierMaxLineLength, because there was little value in
  15   making the behavior configurable. The default values (`false` for the former,
  16   1000 for the latter) are now hard-coded.
  17 * $wgDebugDumpSqlLength was removed (deprecated in 1.24).
  18 * $wgDebugDBTransactions was removed (deprecated in 1.20).
  19 * $wgUseXVO has been removed, as it provides functionality only used by
  20   custom Wikimedia patches against Squid 2.x that probably noone uses in
  21   production anymore. There is now $wgUseKeyHeader that provides similar
  22   functionality but instead of the MediaWiki-specific X-Vary-Options header,
  23   uses the draft Key header standard.
  24 * $wgScriptExtension (and support for '.php5' entry points) was removed. See the
  25   deprecation notice in the release notes for version 1.25 for advice on how to
  26   preserve support for '.php5' entry points via URL rewriting.
  27 * Password handling via the User object has been deprecated and partially
  28   removed, pending the future introduction of AuthManager. In particular:
  29 ** expirePassword(), getPasswordExpireDate(), resetPasswordExpiration(), and
  30    getPasswordExpired() have been removed. They were unused outside of core.
  31 ** The mPassword, mNewpassword, mNewpassTime, and mPasswordExpires fields are
  32    now private and will be removed in the future.
  33 ** The getPassword() and getTemporaryPassword() methods now throw
  34    BadMethodCallException and will be removed in the future.
  35 ** The ability to pass 'password' and 'newpassword' to createNew() has been
  36    removed. The only users of it seem to have been using it to set invalid
  37    passwords, and so shouldn't be greatly affected.
  38 ** setPassword(), setInternalPassword(), and setNewpassword() have been
  39    deprecated, pending the introduction of AuthManager.
  40 ** User::randomPassword() is deprecated in favor of a new method
  41    PasswordFactory::generateRandomPasswordString()
  42 ** User::getPasswordFactory() is deprecated, callers should just create a
  43    PasswordFactory themselves.
  44 ** A new constructor, User::newSystemUser(), has been added to simplify the
  45    creation of passwordless "system" users for logged actions.
  46 * $wgMaxSquidPurgeTitles was removed.
  47 * $wgAjaxWatch was removed. This is now enabled by default.
  48 * $wgUseInstantCommons now hotlinks Commons images by default instead of
  49   downloading originals and thumbnailing them locally. This allows wikis to save
  50   on CPU and bandwidth while reducing time to first byte for pages, even without
  51   a thumbnail handler. See $wgForeignFileRepos documentation for tweaks.
  52 * (T27397) WebP is enabled by default as an uploadable filetype.
  53 * (T48998) $wgArticlePath must now be either a full url, or start with a "/".
  54 * $wgRateLimitLog was removed; use $wgDebugLogGroups['ratelimit'] instead.
  55 * Deprecated API formats dbg, txt, and yaml have been removed.
  56 * CLDRPluralRule* classes have been replaced with
  57   wikimedia/cldr-plural-rule-parser.
  58 * Removed $wgProfilePerHost, $wgUDPProfilerHost, $wgUDPProfilerPort,
  59   $wgUDPProfilerFormatString, $wgStatsMethod, $wgAggregateStatsID,
  60   $wgStatsFormatString, and $wgProfileCallTree (deprecated since 1.20).
  61 * For proper operation of LocalIdLookup with shared user tables, ensure that
  62   $wgSharedDB and $wgSharedTables are properly set even on the "central" wiki
  63   that all others are sharing from and that $wgLocalDatabases is set to the
  64   full list of sharing wikis on all those wikis.
  65 * Massive overhaul to session handling:
  66 ** $wgSessionsInObjectCache is no longer supported and must be true, due to
  67    MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager. $wgSessionHandler is similarly no longer
  68    used.
  69 ** ObjectCacheSessionHandler is removed, replaced with
  70    MediaWiki\Session\PhpSessionHandler.
  71 ** PHP session handling in general ($_SESSION, session_id(), and so on) is
  72    deprecated. Use MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager instead. A new config
  73    variable, $wgPHPSessionHandling, is available to cause use of $_SESSION to
  74    issue a deprecation warning or to cause most PHP session handling to throw
  75    exceptions.
  76 ** Deprecated UserSetCookies hook. Session-handling extensions should generally
  77    be creating a custom subclass of CookieSessionProvider. Other extensions
  78    messing with cookies can no longer count on user data being saved in cookies
  79    versus other methods.
  80 ** Deprecated UserLoadFromSession hook, extensions should create a
  81    MediaWiki\Session\SessionProvider.
  82 ** The User cannot be loaded from session until after Setup.php completes.
  83    Attempts to do so will be ignored and the User will remain unloaded.
  84 ** CSRF tokens may be fetched from the MediaWiki\Session\Session, which uses
  85    the MediaWiki\Session\Token class.
  86 * MediaWiki will now auto-create users as necessary, removing the need for
  87   extensions to do so. An 'autocreateaccount' right is added to allow
  88   auto-creation when 'createaccount' is not granted to all users.
  89 * Deprecated AuthPluginAutoCreate hook in favor of LocalUserCreated.
  90 * Most cookie-handling methods in User are deprecated.
  91 * $wgAllowAsyncCopyUploads and $CopyUploadAsyncTimeout were removed. This was an
  92   experimental feature that has never worked.
  93 * Login and createaccount tokens now vary by timestamp.
  94 * LoginForm::getLoginToken() and LoginForm::getCreateaccountToken()
  95   return a MediaWiki\Session\Token, and tokens must be checked using that
  96   class's methods.
  97 * $wgEnotifUseJobQ was removed and the job queue is always used.
  98
  99 === New features in 1.27 ===
 100 * $wgDataCenterUpdateStickTTL was also added. This decides how long a user
 101   sticks to the primary DC (via cookies) after they make changes to the site.
 102 * Added a new hook, 'UserMailerTransformContent', to transform the contents
 103   of an email. This is similar to the EmailUser hook but applies to all mail
 104   sent via UserMailer.
 105 * Added a new hook, 'UserMailerTransformMessage', to transform the contents
 106   of an emai after MIME encoding.
 107 * Added a new hook, 'UserMailerSplitTo', to control which users have to be
 108   emailed separately (ie. there is a single address in the To: field) so
 109   user-specific changes to the email can be applied safely.
 110 * $wgCdnMaxageLagged was added, which limits the CDN cache TTL
 111   when any load balancer uses a DB that is lagged beyond the 'max lag'
 112   setting in the relevant section of $wgLBFactoryConf.
 113 * User::newSystemUser() may be used to simplify the creation of passwordless
 114   "system" users for logged actions from scripts and extensions.
 115 * Extensions can now return detailed error information via the API when
 116   preventing user actions using 'getUserPermissionsErrors' and similar hooks
 117   by using ApiMessage instances instead of strings for the $result value.
 118 * $wgAPIMaxLagThreshold was added to limit bot changes when databases lag
 119   becomes too high.
 120 * Skins and extensions can now use FlexBox mixins (.flex-display(@display: flex)
 121   and .flex(@grow: 1, @shrink: 1, @width: auto, @order: 1)) in Less to create
 122   cross-browser-compatible FlexBox rules. Users will still need to add fallback
 123   float rules or the like for compatibility with IE9- separately.
 124 * Added MWTimestamp::getTimezoneString() which returns the localized timezone
 125   string, if available. To localize this string, see the comments of
 126   $wgLocaltimezone in includes/DefaultSettings.php.
 127 * Added CentralIdLookup, a service that allows extensions needing a concept of
 128   "central" users to get that without having to know about specific central
 129   authentication extensions.
 130 * $wgMaxUserDBWriteDuration added to limit huge user-generated transactions.
 131   Regular web request transactions that takes longer than this are aborted.
 132 * Added a new hook, 'TitleMoveCompleting', which runs before a page move is
 133   committed.
 134 * $wgCdnReboundPurgeDelay was added to provide secondary delayed purges of URLs
 135   from CDN to mitigate DB replication lag and WAN cache purge lag.
 136 * (T49162) Installer will default to setting CACHE_ACCEL as the main cache type
 137   if it is available.
 138 * It is now possible to patrol file uploads (both for new files and new versions
 139   of existing files). Special:NewFiles has gained an option to filter by patrol
 140   status. This functionality can be disabled using $wgUseFilePatrol.
 141 * MediaWiki\Session infrastructure allows for easier use of session mechanisms
 142   other than the usual cookies.
 143 ** SessionMetadata and SessionCheckInfo hooks allow for setting and checking
 144    custom session metadata.
 145 * Added MWGrants and associated configuration settings $wgGrantPermissions and
 146   $wgGrantPermissionGroups to hold configuration for authentication features
 147   such as OAuth that want to allow restricting the user rights a user may make
 148   use of.
 149 ** If you're already using the OAuth extension, these new variables are
 150    identical to (and will replace) $wgMWOAuthGrantPermissions and
 151    $wgMWOAuthGrantPermissionGroups.
 152 * Added MWRestrictions as a class to check restrictions on a WebRequest, e.g.
 153   to assert that the request comes from a particular IP range.
 154 * Added bot passwords, a rights-restricted login mechanism for API-using bots.
 155 * Whitelisted the following HTML attributes for all elements in wikitext:
 156   aria-describedby, aria-flowto, aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-owns.
 157 * Removed "presentation" restriction on the HTML role attribute in wikitext.
 158   All values are now allowed for the role attribute.
 159
 160 === External library changes in 1.27 ===
 161
 162 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
 163 * Updated oojs/oojs-ui from v0.12.12 to v0.13.3.
 164 * Updated composer/semver from v1.0.0 to v1.2.0.
 165 * Update liuggio/statsd-php-client to 1.0.18.
 166
 167 ==== New external libraries ====
 168 * Added wikimedia/base-convert v1.0.1.
 169 * Added wikimedia/cldr-plural-rule-parser v1.0.0.
 170 * Added wikimedia/relpath v1.0.3.
 171 * Added wikimedia/running-stat v1.1.0.
 172 * Added wikimedia/php-session-serializer v1.0.3.
 173
 174 ==== Removed and replaced external libraries ====
 175
 176 === Bug fixes in 1.27 ===
 177 * Special:Upload will now display correct maximum allowed file size when running
 178   under HHVM (T116347).
 179
 180 === Action API changes in 1.27 ===
 181 * Added list=allrevisions.
 182 * generator=recentchanges now has the option to generate revids.
 183 * ApiPageSet::setRedirectMergePolicy() was added. This allows generator
 184   modules to define how generator data for a redirect source gets merged
 185   into the redirect destination.
 186 * prop=imageinfo&iiprop=uploadwarning will no longer include the possibility of
 187   "was-deleted" warning.
 188 * Added difftotextpst to query=revisions which preforms a pre-save transform on
 189   the text before diffing it.
 190 * Deprecated formats dbg, txt, and yaml have been removed.
 191 * (T47988) The protect log event details now use new-style formatting.
 192 * The following response properties from action=login are deprecated, and may
 193   be removed in the future: lgtoken, cookieprefix, sessionid. Clients should
 194   handle cookies to properly manage session state.
 195 * action=login transparently allows login using bot passwords. Clients should
 196   merely need to change the username and password used after setting up a bot
 197   password.
 198 * action=upload no longer understands statuskey, asyncdownload or leavemessage.
 199
 200 === Action API internal changes in 1.27 ===
 201 * ApiQueryORM removed.
 202 * The following classes have been removed:
 203 ** ApiFormatDbg
 204 ** ApiFormatTxt
 205 ** ApiFormatYaml
 206 * ApiQueryBase::titleToKey(), ApiQueryBase::keyToTitle() and
 207   ApiQueryBase::keyPartToTitle() all removed (deprecated since 1.24).
 208 * ApiQueryBase::checkRowCount() was removed (deprecated since 1.24).
 209 * ApiQueryBase::getDirectionDescription() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 210 * ApiQuery::getModules() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
 211 * ApiMain::getModules() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
 212
 213 === Languages updated in 1.27 ===
 214
 215 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
 216 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 217 changes to languages because of Phabricator reports.
 218
 219 * (T113688) Change default numerals from Gurmukhi to Arabic for Punjabi locale.
 220
 221 === Other changes in 1.27 ===
 222 * ProfilerOutputUdp was removed. Note that there is a ProfilerOutputStats class.
 223 * WikiPage::doDeleteArticleReal() and WikiPage::doDeleteArticle() now
 224   ignore the 2nd and 3rd arguments (formerly $id and $commit).
 225 * Removed "loaderScripts" option from ResourceLoaderFileModule class.
 226 * Removed ORM-like wrapper added in 1.20.
 227 * LinkCache::getGoodLinks and LinkCache::getBadLinks were removed
 228   (deprecated in 1.26).
 229 * WikiPage::doQuickEdit() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
 230 * Removed SiteObject and SiteArray classes (deprecated in 1.21).
 231 * MessageBlobStore::getInstance() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 232 * (T84937) Free external links ("autolinked" urls) will now be terminated
 233   by &nbsp; and HTML entity encodings of &nbsp, <, and >.
 234 * (T36948) The default file revert message's timestamp is now in
 235   $wgLocaltimezone, instead of UTC.
 236 * The default name of the 'suppress' group page has been changed from
 237   'Project:Oversight' to 'Project:Suppress'.
 238 * DatabaseBase::resultObject() is now protected (use outside Database classes
 239   not necessary since 1.11).
 240 * Calling ResourceLoaderFileModule::readStyleFiles() without a
 241   ResourceLoaderContext instance is deprecated.
 242 * ResourceLoader::getLessCompiler() now takes an optional parameter of
 243   additional LESS variables to set for the compiler.
 244 * wfBaseConvert() marked as deprecated, use Wikimedia\base_convert() directly
 245   instead.
 246 * Obsolete maintenance scripts clearCacheStats.php and showCacheStats.php
 247   were removed. The underlying data is sent to StatsD (see $wgStatsdServer).
 248 * Removed msg_resource_links database table and associated code.
 249 * Removed msg_resource database table and associated code.
 250 * Skin::getNamespaceNotice() was removed.
 251 * wfIsConfiguredProxy() was removed (deprecated since 1.24).
 252 * wfDebugTimer() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 253 * wfIsTrustedProxy() was removed (deprecated since 1.24).
 254 * wfGetIP() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
 255 * MWHookException was removed.
 256 * OutputPage::appendSubtitle() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
 257 * OutputPage::loginToUse() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
 258 * Article::loadContent() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
 259 * User::editToken() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
 260 * Removed --force-normal option of dumpBackup.php, as it no longer served
 261   any useful purpose since 1.22.
 262 * The functions processOption() and processArgs() on the BackupDumper and
 263   TextPassDumper classes have been removed.
 264 * The maintenance/backupTextPass.inc file was deleted. You should include
 265   maintenance/dumpTextPass.php instead.
 266 * WikiPage::getUsedTemplates() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
 267 * wfEmptyMsg() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 268 * OutputPage::permissionRequired() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 269 * OutputPage::blockedPage() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 270 * User::getSkin() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 271 * OutputPage::includeJQuery() was removed (deprecated since 1.17).
 272 * WikiPage::updateRestrictions() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
 273 * WikiPage::testPreSaveTransform() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
 274 * LogPage::logName() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
 275 * LogPage::logHeader() was removed (deprecated since 1.19).
 276 * wfCheckLimits() was removed (deprecated since 1.24).
 277 * Linker::makeKnownLinkObj() was removed (deprecated since 1.16).
 278 * Linker::makeLinkObj() was removed (deprecated since 1.16).
 279 * wfMsgForContentNoTrans() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 280 * ChangesList::usePatrol was removed (deprecated since 1.22).
 281 * wfMsgNoTrans() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 282 * Linker::makeImageLink2 was removed (deprecated since 1.20).
 283 * Title::userIsWatching() was removed (deprecated since 1.20).
 284 * Removed WaitForSlave maintenance script; use SELECT MASTER_POS_WAIT()
 285   database function directly instead.
 286 * wfMsg() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 287 * wfMsgForContent() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 288 * wfMsgReal() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 289 * wfMsgGetKey() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 290 * wfMsgHtml() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 291 * wfMsgWikiHtml() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 292 * wfMsgExt() was removed (deprecated since 1.18).
 293 * Language::armourMath() was removed (deprecated since 1.22).
 294 * LanguageConverter::armourMath() was removed (deprecated since 1.22).
 295 * FakeConverter::armourMath() was removed (deprecated since 1.22).
 296 * The unused jquery.validate ResourceLoader module was removed.
 297 * FileRepo::getRootUrl() was removed (deprecated since 1.20).
 298 * User::generateToken() was removed (deprecated since 1.20).
 299 * WikiPage::getRawText() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
 300 * ParserOutput::hasCustomDataUpdates() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 301 * ParserOutput::addSecondaryDataUpdate() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 302 * ParserOutput::getSecondaryDataUpdates() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 303 * Gallery images with multiple caption pipes no longer concatenate them all
 304   together but instead pick the final one, similar to image syntax.
 305 * XML-like parser tags (such as <gallery>), when unclosed, will be left unparsed
 306   rather than consume everything until the end of the page.
 307
 308 == Compatibility ==
 309
 310 MediaWiki 1.27 requires PHP 5.3.3 or later. There is experimental support for
 311 HHVM 3.6.5 or later.
 312
 313 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 314 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 315 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 316
 317 The supported versions are:
 318
 319 * MySQL 5.0.3 or later
 320 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 321 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 322 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 323 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 324
 325 == Upgrading ==
 326
 327 1.27 has several database changes since 1.26, and will not work without schema
 328 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 329 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 330 many hours on a large site).
 331
 332 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 333 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 334 due to database schema changes.
 335
 336 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 337 new database fields are filled with data.
 338
 339 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 340 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 341 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 342
 343 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 344
 345 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 346
 347 For notes on 1.26.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 348
 349 == Online documentation ==
 350
 351 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 352 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 353 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 354
 355        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 356
 357 == Mailing list ==
 358
 359 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 360
 361        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 362
 363 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 364
 365        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 366
 367 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 368 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 369
 370 == IRC help ==
 371
 372 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.