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 * It is now an error to submit too many values for a multi-valued parameter.
  58   This has generated a warning since MediaWiki 1.14.
  59
  60 === Action API internal changes in 1.32 ===
  61 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
  62 * Parameter names may no longer contain '{' or '}', as these are now used for
  63   templated parameters.
  64
  65 === Languages updated in 1.32 ===
  66 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
  67 Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
  68 because of Phabricator reports.
  69
  70 * (T193566) Added language support for Ambonese Malay (abs).
  71 * (T194047) Added language support for Shawiya, Latin script (shy-latn).
  72
  73 === Breaking changes in 1.32 ===
  74 * $wgRequestTime, deprecated in 1.25, was removed. Use
  75   $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'] or WebRequest::getElapsedTime() instead.
  76 * The MediaWikiI18N class, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  77 * QuickTemplate::setTranslator(), deprecated in 1.31, was removed. Use
  78   Skin::msg() instead.
  79 * wfInitShellLocale(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  80 * wfShellExecDisabled(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  81 * The type string for the parameter $lang of DateFormatter::getInstance,
  82   deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  83 * The EDIT_TOKEN_SUFFIX constant deprecated in 1.27, was removed. Use
  84   MediaWiki\Session\Token::SUFFIX instead.
  85 * EditPage::isOouiEnabled() deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  86 * mw.util.wikiGetlink(), deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use mw.util.getUrl()
  87   instead.
  88 * (T61113) The following methods and constants from the Revision class, which
  89   were deprecated in 1.25, have now been removed:
  90   * Revision::getRawUser()
  91   * Revision::getRawUserText()
  92   * Revision::getRawComment()
  93 * window.gM() from mediawiki.jqueryMsg, deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use
  94   mw.msg() or mw.message() instead.
  95 * mw.util.escapeId(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed. Use
  96   mw.util.escapeIdForAttribute or mw.util.escapeIdForLink instead.
  97 * mw.util.updateTooltipAccessKeys(), deprecated in 1.24, was removed. Use
  98   jquery.accessKeyLabel instead.
  99 * The SqlDataUpdate class, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
 100 * The Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy driver classes were removed, along with the
 101   Balancer tidy implementation. Both implementations were experimental, and were replaced
 102   by RemexHtml.
 103 * (T179624) Job::insert() and ::batchInsert(), deprecated in 1.21, were both
 104   removed. Use JobQueueGroup::singleton()->push() instead.
 105 * The jquery.footHovzer module, for mediawiki.debug, was removed.
 106 * The es5-shim module, empty and deprecated since 1.29, was removed.
 107 * The mediawiki.widgets.visibleByteLimit module, deprecated in 1.32, was removed.
 108   Use mediawiki.widgets.visibleLengthLimit instead.
 109 * The jquery.farbtastic module, unused since 1.18, was removed.
 110
 111 === Deprecations in 1.32 ===
 112 * Use of a StartProfiler.php file is deprecated in favour of placing
 113   configuration in LocalSettings.php.
 114 * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive() is deprecated. No need to call it. Submit
 115   button is already marked as progressive.
 116 * Skin::setupSkinUserCss() is deprecated. Adding of modules to load
 117   has been centralised to Skin::getDefaultModules(), which is now capable
 118   of queueing style modules as well.
 119 * OutputPage::addModuleScripts() and ParserOutput::addModuleScripts are
 120   deprecated. Use addModules() instead.
 121 * Overriding SearchEngine::{searchText,searchTitle,searchArchiveTitle}
 122   in extending classes is deprecated.  Extend related doSearch* methods
 123   instead.
 124 * CollationFa has been removed completely as it's not needed anymore
 125 * The following 'mediawiki.api' plugin modules were merged into mediawiki.api
 126   and deprecated: mediawiki.api.category, mediawiki.api.edit,
 127   mediawiki.api.login, mediawiki.api.options, mediawiki.api.parse,
 128   mediawiki.api.upload, mediawiki.api.user, mediawiki.api.watch,
 129   mediawiki.api.messages, and mediawiki.api.rollback.
 130 * ApiBase::truncateArray() is deprecated. No replacement, as nothing is known
 131   to use it.
 132
 133 === Other changes in 1.32 ===
 134 * Soft hyphens (U+00AD) are now automatically removed from titles; these
 135   characters can accidentally end up in copy-and-pasted titles.
 136 * Strip Unicode 6.3.0 directional formatting characters (U+061C, U+2066,
 137   U+2067, U+2068, U+2069) from the title.
 138 * …
 139
 140 == Compatibility ==
 141 MediaWiki 1.32 requires PHP 5.5.9 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
 142 supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 5.5.9 or later for long term
 143 support.
 144
 145 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
 146 but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 147 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 148
 149 The supported versions are:
 150
 151 * MySQL 5.5.8 or later
 152 * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
 153 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 154 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 155 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 156
 157 == Upgrading ==
 158 1.32 has several database changes since 1.31, and will not work without schema
 159 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 160 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 161 many hours on a large site).
 162
 163 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 164
 165 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
 166 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
 167
 168 For notes on 1.31.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 169
 170 == Online documentation ==
 171 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 172 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 173 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 174
 175        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
 176
 177 == Mailing list ==
 178 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 179
 180        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 181
 182 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 183
 184        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 185
 186 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 187 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 188
 189 == IRC help ==
 190 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.