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
  30 === External library changes in 1.32 ===
  31 * …
  32
  33 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
  34 * Updated QUnit from 2.4.0 to 2.6.0.
  35
  36 ==== New external libraries ====
  37 * …
  38
  39 ==== Removed and replaced external libraries ====
  40 * …
  41
  42 === Bug fixes in 1.32 ===
  43 * …
  44
  45 === Action API changes in 1.32 ===
  46 * …
  47
  48 === Action API internal changes in 1.32 ===
  49 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
  50
  51 === Languages updated in 1.32 ===
  52 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
  53 Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
  54 because of Phabricator reports.
  55
  56 * (T193566) Added language support for Ambonese Malay (abs).
  57
  58 === Breaking changes in 1.32 ===
  59 * $wgRequestTime, deprecated in 1.25, was removed. Use
  60   $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'] or WebRequest::getElapsedTime() instead.
  61 * The MediaWikiI18N class, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  62 * QuickTemplate::setTranslator(), deprecated in 1.31, was removed. Use
  63   Skin::msg() instead.
  64 * wfInitShellLocale(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  65 * wfShellExecDisabled(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  66 * The type string for the parameter $lang of DateFormatter::getInstance,
  67   deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  68 * The EDIT_TOKEN_SUFFIX constant deprecated in 1.27, was removed. Use
  69   MediaWiki\Session\Token::SUFFIX instead.
  70 * EditPage::isOouiEnabled() deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  71 * mw.util.wikiGetlink(), deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use mw.util.getUrl()
  72   instead.
  73 * (T61113) The following methods and constants from the Revision class, which
  74   were deprecated in 1.25, have now been removed:
  75   * Revision::getRawUser()
  76   * Revision::getRawUserText()
  77   * Revision::getRawComment()
  78 * window.gM() from mediawiki.jqueryMsg, deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use
  79   mw.msg() or mw.message() instead.
  80 * mw.util.escapeId(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed. Use
  81   mw.util.escapeIdForAttribute or mw.util.escapeIdForLink instead.
  82 * mw.util.updateTooltipAccessKeys(), deprecated in 1.24, was removed. Use
  83   jquery.accessKeyLabel instead.
  84 * The SqlDataUpdate class, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
  85 * The Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy driver classes were removed, along with the
  86   Balancer tidy implementation. Both implementations were experimental, and were replaced
  87   by RemexHtml.
  88
  89 === Deprecations in 1.32 ===
  90 * Use of a StartProfiler.php file is deprecated in favour of placing
  91   configuration in LocalSettings.php.
  92 * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive() is deprecated. No need to call it. Submit
  93   button is already marked as progressive.
  94 * Skin::setupSkinUserCss() is deprecated. Adding of modules to load
  95   has been centralised to Skin::getDefaultModules(), which is now capable
  96   of queueing style modules as well.
  97 * OutputPage::addModuleScripts() and ParserOutput::addModuleScripts are
  98   deprecated. Use addModules() instead.
  99 * Overriding SearchEngine::{searchText,searchTitle,searchArchiveTitle}
 100   in extending classes is deprecated.  Extend related doSearch* methods
 101   instead.
 102
 103 === Other changes in 1.32 ===
 104 * …
 105
 106 == Compatibility ==
 107 MediaWiki 1.32 requires PHP 5.5.9 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
 108 supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 5.5.9 or later for long term
 109 support.
 110
 111 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
 112 but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 113 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 114
 115 The supported versions are:
 116
 117 * MySQL 5.5.8 or later
 118 * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
 119 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 120 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 121 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 122
 123 == Upgrading ==
 124 1.32 has several database changes since 1.31, and will not work without schema
 125 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 126 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 127 many hours on a large site).
 128
 129 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 130
 131 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
 132 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
 133
 134 For notes on 1.31.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 135
 136 == Online documentation ==
 137 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 138 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 139 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 140
 141        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
 142
 143 == Mailing list ==
 144 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 145
 146        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 147
 148 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 149
 150        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 151
 152 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 153 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 154
 155 == IRC help ==
 156 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.