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 * (T194047) Added language support for Shawiya, Latin script (shy-latn).
  70
  71 === Breaking changes in 1.32 ===
  72 * $wgRequestTime, deprecated in 1.25, was removed. Use
  73   $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'] or WebRequest::getElapsedTime() instead.
  74 * The MediaWikiI18N class, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  75 * QuickTemplate::setTranslator(), deprecated in 1.31, was removed. Use
  76   Skin::msg() instead.
  77 * wfInitShellLocale(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  78 * wfShellExecDisabled(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  79 * The type string for the parameter $lang of DateFormatter::getInstance,
  80   deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  81 * The EDIT_TOKEN_SUFFIX constant deprecated in 1.27, was removed. Use
  82   MediaWiki\Session\Token::SUFFIX instead.
  83 * EditPage::isOouiEnabled() deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  84 * mw.util.wikiGetlink(), deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use mw.util.getUrl()
  85   instead.
  86 * (T61113) The following methods and constants from the Revision class, which
  87   were deprecated in 1.25, have now been removed:
  88   * Revision::getRawUser()
  89   * Revision::getRawUserText()
  90   * Revision::getRawComment()
  91 * window.gM() from mediawiki.jqueryMsg, deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use
  92   mw.msg() or mw.message() instead.
  93 * mw.util.escapeId(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed. Use
  94   mw.util.escapeIdForAttribute or mw.util.escapeIdForLink instead.
  95 * mw.util.updateTooltipAccessKeys(), deprecated in 1.24, was removed. Use
  96   jquery.accessKeyLabel instead.
  97 * The SqlDataUpdate class, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
  98 * The Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy driver classes were removed, along with the
  99   Balancer tidy implementation. Both implementations were experimental, and were replaced
 100   by RemexHtml.
 101 * (T179624) Job::insert() and ::batchInsert(), deprecated in 1.21, were both
 102   removed. Use JobQueueGroup::singleton()->push() instead.
 103
 104 === Deprecations in 1.32 ===
 105 * Use of a StartProfiler.php file is deprecated in favour of placing
 106   configuration in LocalSettings.php.
 107 * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive() is deprecated. No need to call it. Submit
 108   button is already marked as progressive.
 109 * Skin::setupSkinUserCss() is deprecated. Adding of modules to load
 110   has been centralised to Skin::getDefaultModules(), which is now capable
 111   of queueing style modules as well.
 112 * OutputPage::addModuleScripts() and ParserOutput::addModuleScripts are
 113   deprecated. Use addModules() instead.
 114 * Overriding SearchEngine::{searchText,searchTitle,searchArchiveTitle}
 115   in extending classes is deprecated.  Extend related doSearch* methods
 116   instead.
 117 * CollationFa has been removed completely as it's not needed anymore
 118 * The following 'mediawiki.api' plugin modules were merged into mediawiki.api
 119   and deprecated: mediawiki.api.category, mediawiki.api.edit,
 120   mediawiki.api.login, mediawiki.api.options, mediawiki.api.parse,
 121   mediawiki.api.upload, mediawiki.api.user, mediawiki.api.watch,
 122   mediawiki.api.messages, and mediawiki.api.rollback.
 123
 124 === Other changes in 1.32 ===
 125 * Soft hyphens (U+00AD) are now automatically removed from titles; these
 126   characters can accidentally end up in copy-and-pasted titles.
 127 * Strip Unicode 6.3.0 directional formatting characters (U+061C, U+2066,
 128   U+2067, U+2068, U+2069) from the title.
 129 * …
 130
 131 == Compatibility ==
 132 MediaWiki 1.32 requires PHP 5.5.9 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
 133 supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 5.5.9 or later for long term
 134 support.
 135
 136 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
 137 but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 138 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 139
 140 The supported versions are:
 141
 142 * MySQL 5.5.8 or later
 143 * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
 144 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 145 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 146 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 147
 148 == Upgrading ==
 149 1.32 has several database changes since 1.31, and will not work without schema
 150 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 151 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 152 many hours on a large site).
 153
 154 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 155
 156 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
 157 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
 158
 159 For notes on 1.31.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 160
 161 == Online documentation ==
 162 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 163 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 164 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 165
 166        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
 167
 168 == Mailing list ==
 169 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 170
 171        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 172
 173 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 174
 175        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 176
 177 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 178 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 179
 180 == IRC help ==
 181 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.