RELEASE-NOTES-1.31

   1 == MediaWiki 1.31 ==
   2
   3 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   4
   5 MediaWiki 1.31 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   6 production.
   7
   8 === Configuration changes in 1.31 ===
   9 * $wgEnableAPI and $wgEnableWriteAPI are now deprecated and will be removed in
  10   a future version. The API is now considered to be stable, secure and
  11   essential.
  12 * $wgUsejQueryThree was removed, as it is now the default. This was documented as a
  13   temporary variable during the migration period, deprecated since 1.29.
  14 * $wgLogoHD has been updated to support svg images and uses $wgLogo where
  15   possible for fallback images such as png.
  16 * (T44246) $wgFilterLogTypes will no longer ignore 'patrol' when user does
  17   not have the right to mark things patrolled.
  18 * …
  19
  20 === New features in 1.31 ===
  21 * Wikimedia\Rdbms\IDatabase->select() and similar methods now support
  22   joins with parentheses for grouping.
  23
  24 === External library changes in 1.31 ===
  25
  26 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
  27 * …
  28
  29 ==== New external libraries ====
  30 * …
  31
  32 ==== Removed and replaced external libraries ====
  33 * (T17845) The deprecated 'jquery.badge' module was removed.
  34 * The deprecated 'jquery.autoEllipsis' module was removed. Use the CSS
  35   text-overflow property instead.
  36 * The deprecated 'jquery.placeholder' module was removed.
  37 * The deprecated 'jquery.appear' module was removed. Use the
  38   'mediawiki.viewport' module instead.
  39 * The deprecated 'mediawiki.widgets.CategorySelector' module alias was removed.
  40   Use the 'mediawiki.widgets.CategoryMultiselectWidget' module directly instead.
  41 * …
  42
  43 === Bug fixes in 1.31 ===
  44 * …
  45
  46 === Action API changes in 1.31 ===
  47 * …
  48
  49 === Action API internal changes in 1.31 ===
  50 * …
  51
  52 === Languages updated in 1.31 ===
  53 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  54 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  55 changes to languages because of Phabricator reports.
  56
  57 * …
  58
  59 === Other changes in 1.31 ===
  60 * MessageBlobStore::insertMessageBlob() (deprecated in 1.27) was removed.
  61 * The global function wfBCP47 was renamed to LanguageCode::bcp47.
  62 * The global function wfBCP47 is now deprecated.
  63 * The global function wfCountDown() is now deprecated in favor of
  64   Maintenance::countDown()
  65 * The OutputPage class constructor now requires a context parameter,
  66   (instantiating without context was deprecated in 1.18)
  67 * mw.page (deprecated in 1.30) was removed.
  68 * Article::getLastPurgeTimestamp(), WikiPage::getLastPurgeTimestamp(), and the
  69   related WikiPage::PURGE_* constants, deprecated in 1.29, were removed.
  70 * The Article::selectFields(), Article::onArticleCreate(),
  71   Article::onArticleDelete(), and Article::onArticleEdit() methods, deprecated
  72   in 1.24, were removed.
  73 * Installer::locateExecutable() and Installer::locateExecutableInDefaultPaths()
  74   were removed, use ExecutableFinder::findInDefaultPaths() instead.
  75 * Several methods for returning lists of fields to select from the database
  76   have been deprecated in favor of similar methods that also return the tables
  77   to select from and the join conditions for those tables.
  78   * Block::selectFields() → Block::getQueryInfo()
  79   * RecentChange::selectFields() → RecentChange::getQueryInfo()
  80   * ArchivedFile::selectFields() → ArchivedFile::getQueryInfo()
  81   * LocalFile::selectFields() → LocalFile::getQueryInfo()
  82   * LocalFile::getCacheFields() with a prefix no longer works
  83   * LocalFile::getLazyCacheFields() with a prefix no longer works
  84   * OldLocalFile::selectFields() → OldLocalFile::getQueryInfo()
  85   * RecentChange::selectFields() → RecentChange::getQueryInfo()
  86   * Revision::userJoinCond() → Revision::getQueryInfo( [ 'user' ] )
  87   * Revision::selectUserFields() → Revision::getQueryInfo( [ 'user' ] )
  88   * Revision::pageJoinCond() → Revision::getQueryInfo( [ 'page' ] )
  89   * Revision::selectPageFields() → Revision::getQueryInfo( [ 'page' ] )
  90   * Revision::selectTextFields() → Revision::getQueryInfo( [ 'text' ] )
  91   * Revision::selectFields() → Revision::getQueryInfo()
  92   * Revision::selectArchiveFields() → Revision::getArchiveQueryInfo()
  93   * User::selectFields() → User::getQueryInfo()
  94   * WikiPage::selectFields() → WikiPage::getQueryInfo()
  95 * Due to significant refactoring, method ContribsPager::getUserCond() that had
  96   no access restriction has been removed.
  97
  98 == Compatibility ==
  99 MediaWiki 1.31 requires PHP 5.5.9 or later. There is experimental support for
 100 HHVM 3.6.5 or later.
 101
 102 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
 103 but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 104 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 105
 106 The supported versions are:
 107
 108 * MySQL 5.0.3 or later
 109 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 110 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 111 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 112 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 113
 114 == Upgrading ==
 115 1.31 has several database changes since 1.30, and will not work without schema
 116 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 117 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 118 many hours on a large site).
 119
 120 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 121
 122 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
 123 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
 124
 125 For notes on 1.30.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 126
 127 == Online documentation ==
 128 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 129 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 130 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 131
 132        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
 133
 134 == Mailing list ==
 135 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 136
 137        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 138
 139 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 140
 141        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 142
 143 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 144 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 145
 146 == IRC help ==
 147 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.