RELEASE-NOTES-1.32

   1 == MediaWiki 1.32 ==
   2
   3 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   4
   5 MediaWiki 1.32 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   6 production.
   7
   8 === Configuration changes in 1.32 ===
   9 * (T115414) The $wgEnableAPI and $wgEnableWriteAPI settings, deprecated in 1.31,
  10   have been removed.
  11 * The $wgUseAjax setting, deprecated in 1.31, is now ignored.
  12 * The $wgSiteSupportPage setting, unused since 1.5, was removed.
  13 * The default quality of JPEG thumbnails generated by GD was reduced from 95 to
  14   80. The quality of JPEG thumbnails is now configurable through the new setting
  15   $wgJpegQuality (default 80). This aligns the quality to what ImageMagick uses.
  16 * $wgExperimentalHtmlIds, deprecated since 1.30, has been removed. The
  17   'html5-legacy' value for $wgFragmentMode is no longer accepted.
  18 * The experimental Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy drivers were removed.
  19   RemexHtml, which is the default, should be used instead.
  20 * (T135963) You can now define a Content Security Policy for your wiki. This
  21   adds a defense-in-depth feature to stop an attacker who has found a bug in
  22   the parser allowing them to insert malicious attributes. Disabled by default,
  23   you can configure this via $wgCSPHeader and $wgCSPReportOnlyHeader.
  24
  25 === New features in 1.32 ===
  26 * (T112474) Generalized the ResourceLoader mechanism for overriding modules
  27   using a particular page during edit previews.
  28 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
  29 * (T174313) Added checkbox on Special:ListUsers to display only users in temporary
  30   user groups.
  31
  32 === External library changes in 1.32 ===
  33 * …
  34
  35 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
  36 * Updated QUnit from 2.4.0 to 2.6.0.
  37
  38 ==== New external libraries ====
  39 * …
  40
  41 ==== Removed and replaced external libraries ====
  42 * …
  43
  44 === Bug fixes in 1.32 ===
  45 * …
  46
  47 === Action API changes in 1.32 ===
  48 * Added templated parameters.
  49   * A module can define a templated parameter like "{fruit}-quantity", where
  50     the actual parameters recognized correspond to the values of a multi-valued
  51     parameter. Then clients can make requests like
  52     "fruits=apples|bananas&apples-quantity=1&bananas-quantity=5".
  53   * action=paraminfo will return templated parameter definitions separately
  54     from normal parameters. All parameter definitions now include an "index"
  55     key to allow clients to maintain parameter ordering when merging normal and
  56     templated parameters.
  57
  58 === Action API internal changes in 1.32 ===
  59 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
  60 * Parameter names may no longer contain '{' or '}', as these are now used for
  61   templated parameters.
  62
  63 === Languages updated in 1.32 ===
  64 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
  65 Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
  66 because of Phabricator reports.
  67
  68 * (T193566) Added language support for Ambonese Malay (abs).
  69
  70 === Breaking changes in 1.32 ===
  71 * $wgRequestTime, deprecated in 1.25, was removed. Use
  72   $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'] or WebRequest::getElapsedTime() instead.
  73 * The MediaWikiI18N class, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  74 * QuickTemplate::setTranslator(), deprecated in 1.31, was removed. Use
  75   Skin::msg() instead.
  76 * wfInitShellLocale(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  77 * wfShellExecDisabled(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  78 * The type string for the parameter $lang of DateFormatter::getInstance,
  79   deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  80 * The EDIT_TOKEN_SUFFIX constant deprecated in 1.27, was removed. Use
  81   MediaWiki\Session\Token::SUFFIX instead.
  82 * EditPage::isOouiEnabled() deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  83 * mw.util.wikiGetlink(), deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use mw.util.getUrl()
  84   instead.
  85 * (T61113) The following methods and constants from the Revision class, which
  86   were deprecated in 1.25, have now been removed:
  87   * Revision::getRawUser()
  88   * Revision::getRawUserText()
  89   * Revision::getRawComment()
  90 * window.gM() from mediawiki.jqueryMsg, deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use
  91   mw.msg() or mw.message() instead.
  92 * mw.util.escapeId(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed. Use
  93   mw.util.escapeIdForAttribute or mw.util.escapeIdForLink instead.
  94 * mw.util.updateTooltipAccessKeys(), deprecated in 1.24, was removed. Use
  95   jquery.accessKeyLabel instead.
  96 * The SqlDataUpdate class, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
  97 * The Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy driver classes were removed, along with the
  98   Balancer tidy implementation. Both implementations were experimental, and were replaced
  99   by RemexHtml.
 100
 101 === Deprecations in 1.32 ===
 102 * Use of a StartProfiler.php file is deprecated in favour of placing
 103   configuration in LocalSettings.php.
 104 * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive() is deprecated. No need to call it. Submit
 105   button is already marked as progressive.
 106 * Skin::setupSkinUserCss() is deprecated. Adding of modules to load
 107   has been centralised to Skin::getDefaultModules(), which is now capable
 108   of queueing style modules as well.
 109 * OutputPage::addModuleScripts() and ParserOutput::addModuleScripts are
 110   deprecated. Use addModules() instead.
 111 * Overriding SearchEngine::{searchText,searchTitle,searchArchiveTitle}
 112   in extending classes is deprecated.  Extend related doSearch* methods
 113   instead.
 114 * CollationFa has been removed completely as it's not needed anymore
 115
 116 === Other changes in 1.32 ===
 117 * Soft hyphens (U+00AD) are now automatically removed from titles; these
 118   characters can accidentally end up in copy-and-pasted titles.
 119 * Strip Unicode 6.3.0 directional formatting characters (U+061C, U+2066,
 120   U+2067, U+2068, U+2069) from the title.
 121 * …
 122
 123 == Compatibility ==
 124 MediaWiki 1.32 requires PHP 5.5.9 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
 125 supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 5.5.9 or later for long term
 126 support.
 127
 128 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
 129 but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 130 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 131
 132 The supported versions are:
 133
 134 * MySQL 5.5.8 or later
 135 * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
 136 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 137 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 138 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 139
 140 == Upgrading ==
 141 1.32 has several database changes since 1.31, and will not work without schema
 142 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 143 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 144 many hours on a large site).
 145
 146 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 147
 148 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
 149 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
 150
 151 For notes on 1.31.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 152
 153 == Online documentation ==
 154 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 155 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 156 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 157
 158        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
 159
 160 == Mailing list ==
 161 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 162
 163        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 164
 165 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 166
 167        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 168
 169 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 170 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 171
 172 == IRC help ==
 173 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.