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 * New configuration variable has been added: $wgCookieSetOnIpBlock.
  25   This determines whether to set a cookie when an IP user is blocked. Doing so means
  26   that a blocked user, even after moving to a new IP address, will still be blocked.
  27
  28 === New features in 1.32 ===
  29 * (T112474) Generalized the ResourceLoader mechanism for overriding modules
  30   using a particular page during edit previews.
  31 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
  32 * (T174313) Added checkbox on Special:ListUsers to display only users in
  33   temporary user groups.
  34 * (T152462) A cookie can now be set when an IP user is blocked to track that user if
  35   they move to a new IP address. This is disabled by default.
  36
  37 === External library changes in 1.32 ===
  38 * …
  39
  40 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
  41 * Updated QUnit from 2.4.0 to 2.6.0.
  42
  43 ==== New external libraries ====
  44 * …
  45
  46 ==== Removed and replaced external libraries ====
  47 * …
  48
  49 === Bug fixes in 1.32 ===
  50 * …
  51
  52 === Action API changes in 1.32 ===
  53 * Added templated parameters.
  54   * A module can define a templated parameter like "{fruit}-quantity", where
  55     the actual parameters recognized correspond to the values of a multi-valued
  56     parameter. Then clients can make requests like
  57     "fruits=apples|bananas&apples-quantity=1&bananas-quantity=5".
  58   * action=paraminfo will return templated parameter definitions separately
  59     from normal parameters. All parameter definitions now include an "index"
  60     key to allow clients to maintain parameter ordering when merging normal and
  61     templated parameters.
  62 * It is now an error to submit too many values for a multi-valued parameter.
  63   This has generated a warning since MediaWiki 1.14.
  64
  65 === Action API internal changes in 1.32 ===
  66 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
  67 * Parameter names may no longer contain '{' or '}', as these are now used for
  68   templated parameters.
  69
  70 === Languages updated in 1.32 ===
  71 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
  72 Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
  73 because of Phabricator reports.
  74
  75 * (T193566) Added language support for Ambonese Malay (abs).
  76 * (T194047) Added language support for Shawiya, Latin script (shy-latn).
  77
  78 === Breaking changes in 1.32 ===
  79 * $wgRequestTime, deprecated in 1.25, was removed. Use
  80   $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'] or WebRequest::getElapsedTime() instead.
  81 * The MediaWikiI18N class, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  82 * QuickTemplate::setTranslator(), deprecated in 1.31, was removed. Use
  83   Skin::msg() instead.
  84 * wfInitShellLocale(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  85 * wfShellExecDisabled(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  86 * The type string for the parameter $lang of DateFormatter::getInstance,
  87   deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
  88 * The EDIT_TOKEN_SUFFIX constant deprecated in 1.27, was removed. Use
  89   MediaWiki\Session\Token::SUFFIX instead.
  90 * EditPage::isOouiEnabled() deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
  91 * mw.util.wikiGetlink(), deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use mw.util.getUrl()
  92   instead.
  93 * (T61113) The following methods and constants from the Revision class, which
  94   were deprecated in 1.25, have now been removed:
  95   * Revision::getRawUser()
  96   * Revision::getRawUserText()
  97   * Revision::getRawComment()
  98 * window.gM() from mediawiki.jqueryMsg, deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use
  99   mw.msg() or mw.message() instead.
 100 * mw.util.escapeId(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed. Use
 101   mw.util.escapeIdForAttribute or mw.util.escapeIdForLink instead.
 102 * mw.util.updateTooltipAccessKeys(), deprecated in 1.24, was removed. Use
 103   jquery.accessKeyLabel instead.
 104 * The SqlDataUpdate class, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
 105 * The Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy driver classes were removed, along
 106   with the Balancer tidy implementation. Both implementations were experimental,
 107   and were replaced by RemexHtml.
 108 * (T179624) Job::insert() and ::batchInsert(), deprecated in 1.21, were both
 109   removed. Use JobQueueGroup::singleton()->push() instead.
 110 * The jquery.footHovzer module, for mediawiki.debug, was removed.
 111 * The es5-shim module, empty and deprecated since 1.29, was removed.
 112 * The mediawiki.widgets.visibleByteLimit module alias, deprecated in 1.32, was
 113   removed. Use mediawiki.widgets.visibleLengthLimit instead.
 114 * The jquery.farbtastic module, unused since 1.18, was removed.
 115 * (T181318) The $wgStyleVersion setting and its appendage to various script and
 116   style URLs in OutputPage, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
 117 * The hooks 'PreferencesFormPreSave' and 'PreferencesGetLegend' may provide
 118   any HTMLForm object rather than PreferencesForm.
 119 * The non namespaced TimestampException class, deprecated in 1.29, was removed.
 120   Use Wikimedia\Timestamp\TimestampException instead.
 121 * The global functions codepointToUtf8, hexSequenceToUtf8, utf8ToHexSequence,
 122   utf8ToCodepoint, and escapeSingleString (deprecated in 1.25) were removed.
 123   The UtfNormal\Utils class from the utfnormal library should be used instead.
 124 * The deprecated UTF8_ and UNICODE_ constants were removed. The class constants
 125   from the UtfNormal\Constants class from the utfnormal library should be used
 126 * (T140807) The wgResourceLoaderLESSImportPaths configuration option was removed
 127   from ResourceLoader. Instead, use `@import` statements in LESS to import
 128   files directly from nearby directories within the same project.
 129 * The protected methods PHPSessionHandler::returnSuccess() and returnFailure(),
 130   only needed for PHP5 compatibility, have been removed. It now uses the boolean
 131   values `true` and `false` respectively.
 132
 133 === Deprecations in 1.32 ===
 134 * Use of a StartProfiler.php file is deprecated in favour of placing
 135   configuration in LocalSettings.php.
 136 * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive() is deprecated. No need to call it. Submit
 137   button is already marked as progressive.
 138 * Skin::setupSkinUserCss() is deprecated. Adding of modules to load
 139   has been centralised to Skin::getDefaultModules(), which is now capable
 140   of queueing style modules as well.
 141 * OutputPage::addModuleScripts() and ParserOutput::addModuleScripts are
 142   deprecated. Use addModules() instead.
 143 * Overriding SearchEngine::{searchText,searchTitle,searchArchiveTitle}
 144   in extending classes is deprecated.  Extend related doSearch* methods
 145   instead.
 146 * CollationFa has been removed completely as it's not needed anymore
 147 * The following 'mediawiki.api' plugin modules were merged into mediawiki.api
 148   and deprecated: mediawiki.api.category, mediawiki.api.edit,
 149   mediawiki.api.login, mediawiki.api.options, mediawiki.api.parse,
 150   mediawiki.api.upload, mediawiki.api.user, mediawiki.api.watch,
 151   mediawiki.api.messages, and mediawiki.api.rollback.
 152 * ApiBase::truncateArray() is deprecated. No replacement, as nothing is known
 153   to use it.
 154 * WatchAction::getUnwatchToken is deprecated. Use WatchAction::getWatchToken
 155   with the 'unwatch' action parameter instead.
 156 * IcuCollation::getICUVersion() is deprecated, as you can just use the PHP
 157   constant INTL_ICU_VERSION directly in all versions that MediaWiki supports.
 158 * Parser::fetchFile() is deprecated. Use ::fetchFileAndTitle() instead.
 159 * The ApiQueryContributions class has been renamed to ApiQueryUserContribs.
 160
 161 === Other changes in 1.32 ===
 162 * Soft hyphens (U+00AD) are now automatically removed from titles; these
 163   characters can accidentally end up in copy-and-pasted titles.
 164 * Strip Unicode 6.3.0 directional formatting characters (U+061C, U+2066,
 165   U+2067, U+2068, U+2069) from the title.
 166 * …
 167
 168 == Compatibility ==
 169 MediaWiki 1.32 requires PHP 7.0.0 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
 170 supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.0.0 or later for long term
 171 support.
 172
 173 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
 174 but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 175 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 176
 177 The supported versions are:
 178
 179 * MySQL 5.5.8 or later
 180 * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
 181 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 182 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 183 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 184
 185 == Upgrading ==
 186 1.32 has several database changes since 1.31, and will not work without schema
 187 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 188 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 189 many hours on a large site).
 190
 191 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 192
 193 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
 194 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
 195
 196 For notes on 1.31.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 197
 198 == Online documentation ==
 199 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 200 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 201 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 202
 203        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
 204
 205 == Mailing list ==
 206 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 207
 208        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 209
 210 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 211
 212        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 213
 214 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 215 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 216
 217 == IRC help ==
 218 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.