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
  30   temporary 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
 101   with the Balancer tidy implementation. Both implementations were experimental,
 102   and were replaced 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 alias, deprecated in 1.32, was
 108   removed. Use mediawiki.widgets.visibleLengthLimit instead.
 109 * The jquery.farbtastic module, unused since 1.18, was removed.
 110 * (T181318) The $wgStyleVersion setting and its appendage to various script and
 111   style URLs in OutputPage, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
 112 * The hooks 'PreferencesFormPreSave' and 'PreferencesGetLegend' may provide
 113   any HTMLForm object rather than PreferencesForm.
 114 * The non namespaced TimestampException class, deprecated in 1.29, was removed.
 115   Use Wikimedia\Timestamp\TimestampException instead.
 116
 117 === Deprecations in 1.32 ===
 118 * Use of a StartProfiler.php file is deprecated in favour of placing
 119   configuration in LocalSettings.php.
 120 * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive() is deprecated. No need to call it. Submit
 121   button is already marked as progressive.
 122 * Skin::setupSkinUserCss() is deprecated. Adding of modules to load
 123   has been centralised to Skin::getDefaultModules(), which is now capable
 124   of queueing style modules as well.
 125 * OutputPage::addModuleScripts() and ParserOutput::addModuleScripts are
 126   deprecated. Use addModules() instead.
 127 * Overriding SearchEngine::{searchText,searchTitle,searchArchiveTitle}
 128   in extending classes is deprecated.  Extend related doSearch* methods
 129   instead.
 130 * CollationFa has been removed completely as it's not needed anymore
 131 * The following 'mediawiki.api' plugin modules were merged into mediawiki.api
 132   and deprecated: mediawiki.api.category, mediawiki.api.edit,
 133   mediawiki.api.login, mediawiki.api.options, mediawiki.api.parse,
 134   mediawiki.api.upload, mediawiki.api.user, mediawiki.api.watch,
 135   mediawiki.api.messages, and mediawiki.api.rollback.
 136 * ApiBase::truncateArray() is deprecated. No replacement, as nothing is known
 137   to use it.
 138 * WatchAction::getUnwatchToken is deprecated. Use WatchAction::getWatchToken
 139   with the 'unwatch' action parameter instead.
 140 * IcuCollation::getICUVersion() is deprecated, as you can just use the PHP
 141   constant INTL_ICU_VERSION directly in all versions that MediaWiki supports.
 142
 143 === Other changes in 1.32 ===
 144 * Soft hyphens (U+00AD) are now automatically removed from titles; these
 145   characters can accidentally end up in copy-and-pasted titles.
 146 * Strip Unicode 6.3.0 directional formatting characters (U+061C, U+2066,
 147   U+2067, U+2068, U+2069) from the title.
 148 * …
 149
 150 == Compatibility ==
 151 MediaWiki 1.32 requires PHP 7.0.0 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
 152 supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.0.0 or later for long term
 153 support.
 154
 155 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
 156 but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 157 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 158
 159 The supported versions are:
 160
 161 * MySQL 5.5.8 or later
 162 * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
 163 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 164 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 165 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 166
 167 == Upgrading ==
 168 1.32 has several database changes since 1.31, and will not work without schema
 169 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 170 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 171 many hours on a large site).
 172
 173 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 174
 175 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
 176 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
 177
 178 For notes on 1.31.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 179
 180 == Online documentation ==
 181 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 182 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 183 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 184
 185        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
 186
 187 == Mailing list ==
 188 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 189
 190        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 191
 192 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 193
 194        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 195
 196 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 197 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 198
 199 == IRC help ==
 200 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.