RELEASE-NOTES-1.34

   1 = MediaWiki 1.34 =
   2
   3 == MediaWiki 1.34.0-PRERELEASE ==
   4
   5 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   6
   7 MediaWiki 1.34 is an alpha-quality development branch, and is not recommended
   8 for use in production.
   9
  10 == Upgrading notes for 1.34 ==
  11 1.34 has several database changes since 1.33, and will not work without schema
  12 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  13 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  14 many hours on a large site).
  15
  16 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  17
  18 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
  19 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
  20
  21 Some specific notes for MediaWiki 1.34 upgrades are below:
  22
  23 * …
  24
  25 For notes on 1.33.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  26
  27 === Configuration changes for system administrators in 1.34 ===
  28
  29 ==== New configuration ====
  30 * $wgAllowExternalReqID (T201409) - This configuration setting controls whether
  31   Mediawiki accepts the request ID set by the incoming request via the
  32   `X-Request-Id` header. If set to `true`, that value will be used throughout
  33   the code as the request identificator. Otherwise, the sent header will be
  34   ignored and the request ID will either be taken from Apache's mod_unique
  35   module or will be generated by Mediawiki itself (depending on the set-up).
  36 * $wgEnableSpecialMute (T218265) - This configuration controls whether
  37   Special:Mute is available and whether to include a link to it on emails
  38   originating from Special:Email.
  39 * editmyuserjsredirect user right – users without this right now cannot edit JS
  40   redirects in their userspace unless the target of the redirect is also in
  41   their userspace. By default, this right is given to everyone.
  42 * (T226733) Add rate limiter to Special:ConfirmEmail.
  43
  44 ==== Changed configuration ====
  45 * $wgUseCdn, $wgCdnServers, $wgCdnServersNoPurge, and $wgCdnMaxAge – These four
  46   CDN-related config variables have been renamed from being specific to Squid –
  47   they were previously $wgUseSquid, $wgSquidServers, $wgSquidServersNoPurge, and
  48   $wgSquidMaxage respectively. This aligns them with the related existing
  49   variable $wgCdnMaxageLagged. The previous configuration variable names are
  50   deprecated, but will be used as the fall back if they are still set.
  51   Note that wgSquidPurgeUseHostHeader has not been renamed, as it is deprecated.
  52 * (T27707) File type checks for image uploads have been relaxed to allow files
  53   containing some HTML markup in metadata. As a result, the $wgAllowTitlesInSVG
  54   setting is no longer applied and is now always true. Note that MSIE 7 may
  55   still be able to misinterpret certain malformed PNG files as HTML.
  56 * Introduced $wgVerifyMimeTypeIE to allow disabling the MSIE 6/7 file type
  57   detection heuristic on upload, which is more conservative than the checks
  58   that were changed above.
  59 * $wgSkipSkin — Setting this instead of $wgSkipSkins, deprecated in 1.23, is now
  60   hard-deprecated.
  61 * $wgLocalInterwiki — Setting this instead of $wgLocalInterwikis, deprecated in
  62   1.23, is now hard-deprecated.
  63 * $wgProfileOnly — Setting this, deprecated in 1.23, is now hard-deprecated.
  64   Instead, set the log file in $wgDebugLogGroups['profileoutput'].
  65 * $wgProxyList — Setting this to an array with IP addresses in the array keys,
  66   which was deprecated in 1.30, no longer works. Instead, $wgProxyList should be
  67   an array with IP addresses as the values, or a string path to a file
  68   containing one IP address per line.
  69 * …
  70
  71 ==== Removed configuration ====
  72 * $wgWikiDiff2MovedParagraphDetectionCutoff — If you still want a custom change
  73   size threshold, please specify in php.ini, using the configuration variable
  74   wikidiff2.moved_paragraph_detection_cutoff.
  75 * $wgDebugPrintHttpHeaders - The default of including HTTP headers in the
  76   debug log channel is no longer configurable. The debug log itself remains
  77   configurable via $wgDebugLogFile.
  78 * $wgPasswordSalt – This setting, used for migrating exceptionally old, insecure
  79   password setups and deprecated since 1.24, is now removed.
  80 * $wgDBOracleDRCP - If you must use persistent connections, set DBO_PERSISTENT
  81   in the 'flags' field for servers in $wgDBServers (or $wgLBFactoryConf).
  82
  83 === New user-facing features in 1.34 ===
  84 * Special:Mute has been added as a quick way for users to block unwanted emails
  85   from other users originating from Special:EmailUser.
  86 * (T207577) Special:NewSection has been created as a shortcut to creating a new
  87   section on a page. When linked to, its subpage is used as the target
  88   ([[Special:NewSection/Test]] redirects to creating a new section in "Test").
  89   Otherwise, it displays a basic interface to allow the end user to specify
  90   the target manually.
  91
  92 === New developer features in 1.34 ===
  93 * The ImgAuthModifyHeaders hook was added to img_auth.php to allow modification
  94   of headers in private wikis.
  95 * Language::formatTimePeriod now supports the new 'avoidhours' option to output
  96   strings like "5 days ago" instead of "5 days 13 hours ago".
  97 * (T220163) Added SpecialMuteModifyFormFields hook to allow extensions
  98   to add fields to Special:Mute.
  99 * (T100896) Skin authors can define custom OOUI themes using OOUIThemePaths.
 100   See <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI/Themes> for details.
 101 * (T229035) The GetUserBlock hook was added. Use this instead of
 102   GetBlockedStatus.
 103
 104 === External library changes in 1.34 ===
 105
 106 ==== New external libraries ====
 107 * …
 108
 109 ==== Changed external libraries ====
 110 * Updated Mustache from 1.0.0 to v3.0.1.
 111 * Updated OOUI from v0.31.3 to v0.33.4.
 112 * Updated composer/semver from 1.4.2 to 1.5.0.
 113 * Updated composer/spdx-licenses from 1.4.0 to 1.5.1 (dev-only).
 114 * Updated mediawiki/codesniffer from 25.0.0 to 26.0.0 (dev-only).
 115 * Updated cssjanus/cssjanus from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0.
 116 * Updated wikimedia/at-ease from 1.2.0 to 2.0.0.
 117 * Updated wikimedia/remex-html from 2.0.1 to 2.0.3.
 118 * Updated monolog/monolog from 1.22.1 to 1.24.0 (dev-only).
 119 * Updated wikimedia/object-factory from 1.0.0 to 2.1.0.
 120 * Updated wikimedia/timestamp from 2.2.0 to 3.0.0.
 121 * Updated wikimedia/xmp-reader from 0.6.2 to 0.6.3.
 122 * Updated mediawiki/mediawiki-phan-config from 0.6.0 to 0.6.1 (dev-only).
 123 * …
 124
 125 ==== Removed external libraries ====
 126 * The jquery.async module, deprecated in 1.33, was removed.
 127 * …
 128
 129 === Bug fixes in 1.34 ===
 130 * (T222529) If a log entry or page revision is recorded in the database with an
 131   empty username, attempting to display it will log an error and return a "no
 132   username available" to the user instead of silently displaying nothing or
 133   invalid links.
 134
 135 === Action API changes in 1.34 ===
 136 * The 'recenteditcount' response property from action=query list=allusers,
 137   deprecated in 1.25, has been removed.
 138
 139 === Action API internal changes in 1.34 ===
 140 * …
 141
 142 === Languages updated in 1.34 ===
 143 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
 144 Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
 145 because of Phabricator reports.
 146
 147 * (T152908) Added language support for N'Ko (nqo).
 148
 149 === Breaking changes in 1.34 ===
 150 * The global functions wfSuppressWarnings and wfRestoreWarnings, deprecated in
 151   1.26, have been removed. Use Wikimedia\AtEase\AtEase::suppressWarnings() and
 152   Wikimedia\AtEase\AtEase::restoreWarnings() directly.
 153 * Preferences class, deprecated in 1.31, has been removed.
 154 * The following parts of code, deprecated in 1.32, were removed in favor of
 155   built-in PHP functions:
 156   * CryptRand class
 157   * CryptRand service
 158   * Functions of the MWCryptRand class: singleton(), wasStrong() and generate().
 159 * Language::setCode, deprecated in 1.32, was removed. Use Language::factory to
 160   create a new Language object with a different language code.
 161 * MWNamespace::clearCaches() has been removed.  So has the $rebuild parameter
 162   to MWNamespace::getCanonicalNamespaces(), which was deprecated since 1.31.
 163   Instead, reset services, such as by calling $this->overrideMwServices() (if
 164   your test extends MediaWikiTestCase). Services will generally not pick up
 165   configuration changes from after they were created, so you must reset
 166   services after any configuration change. Even if your code works now, it is
 167   likely to break in future versions as more code is moved to services.
 168 * The ill-defined "DatabaseOraclePostInit" hook has been removed.
 169 * PreferencesFormLegacy and PreferencesForm classes, deprecated in 1.32, have
 170   been removed.
 171 * ObjectFactory class, deprecated in 1.31, has been removed.
 172 * HWLDFWordAccumudlator class, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
 173 * XMPInfo, XMPReader and XMPValidate, deprecated in 1.32, have been removed.
 174 * The RedirectSpecialPage::execute method could sometimes return a Title object.
 175   This behavior was removed, and the method now matches the parent signature
 176   (SpecialPage::execute) which is to return HTML string or void.
 177   To obtain the destination title, use RedirectSpecialPage::getRedirect.
 178 * The 'recenteditcount' response property from action API action=query
 179   list=allusers, deprecated in 1.25, has been removed.
 180 * SearchEngine::userNamespaces(), SearchEngine::namespacesAsText(),
 181   SearchEngine::create(), SearchEngine::getSearchTypes() and
 182   SearchEngine::getNearMatch(), methods deprecated in 1.27, have been removed.
 183 * FileRepo::streamFile(), deprecated in 1.26, has been removed.
 184 * User::randomPassword() method, deprecated in 1.27, have been removed.
 185 * MWNamespace::canTalk(), deprecated in 1.30, have been removed.
 186 * Parser class property $mUniqPrefix, deprecated in 1.26, has been removed.
 187 * wfArrayFilter() and wfArrayFilterByKey(), deprecated in 1.32, have been
 188   removed.
 189 * wfMakeUrlIndexes() function, deprecated in 1.33, have been removed.
 190 * Method signatures in WatchedItemQueryServiceExtension have changed from taking
 191   User objects to taking UserIdentity objects. Extensions implementing this
 192   interface need to be changed accordingly.
 193 * User::getGroupPage() and ::makeGroupLinkHTML(), deprecated in 1.29, have been
 194   removed. Use UserGroupMembership::getGroupPage and ::getLink instead.
 195 * User::makeGroupLinkWiki(), deprecated in 1.29, has been removed. Use
 196   UserGroupMembership::getLink() instead.
 197 * SavepointPostgres, deprecated in 1.31, has been removed.
 198 * OutputPage::enableSectionEditLinks(), OutputPage::sectionEditLinksEnabled(),
 199   ParserOptions::getEditSection(), ParserOptions::setEditSection(), and
 200   ParserOutput::getEditSectionTokens, ::getTOCEnabled, ::setEditSectionTokens,
 201   and ::setTOCEnabled, deprecated in 1.31, have been removed.
 202 * EditPage::safeUnicodeInput() and ::safeUnicodeOutput(), deprecated in 1.30,
 203   have been removed.
 204 * Four methods in OutputPage, deprecated in 1.32, have been removed. You should
 205   use OutputPage::showFatalError or throw a FatalError instead. The methods are
 206   ::showFileCopyError(), ::showFileRenameError(), ::showFileDeleteError(), and
 207   ::showFileNotFoundError().
 208 * ApiBase::truncateArray(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed.
 209 * IcuCollation::getICUVersion(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed. Use PHP's
 210   INTL_ICU_VERSION constant directly.
 211 * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed.
 212 * ResourceLoaderStartUpModules::getStartupModules() and ::getLegacyModules(),
 213   both deprecated in 1.32, have been removed.
 214 * BaseTemplate::msgHtml() and QuickTemplate::msgHtml(), deprecated in 1.32, have
 215   been removed. Use ->msg() or ->getMsg() instead.
 216 * WatchAction::getUnwatchToken(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed. Instead,
 217   use WatchAction::getWatchToken() with action 'unwatch' directly.
 218 * Language::initEncoding(), ::recodeForEdit(), and recodeInput(), deprecated in
 219   1.28, have been removed.
 220 * PageArchive::getTextFromRow(), ::listAllPages(), and ::getLastRevisionText(),
 221   deprecated in 1.32, have been removed.
 222 * OutputPage::getModuleScripts(), ParserOutput::getModuleScripts(), deprecated
 223   in 1.33, have been removed.
 224 * User::getPasswordValidity(), deprecated in 1.33, has been removed.
 225 * ApiQueryBase::prepareUrlQuerySearchString(), deprecated in 1.33, has been
 226   removed.
 227 * ChangeTags::purgeTagUsageCache(), deprecated in 1.33, has been removed.
 228 * JobQueueGroup::pushLazyJobs(), deprecated in 1.33, has been removed.
 229 * MediaWikiTestCase::stashMwGlobals(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed.
 230 * SearchEngine::transformSearchTerm(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed.
 231 * The Block typehint only refers to blocks stored in the database. It should be
 232   updated to AbstractBlock in cases where any type of block could be expected.
 233 * FileRepoStatus, deprecated in 1.25, has been removed.
 234 * The LegacyHookPreAuthenticationProvider class, deprecated since its creation
 235   in 1.27, has been removed.
 236 * IP::isValidBlock(), deprecated in 1.30, has been removed.
 237 * WikiPage::prepareContentForEdit now doesn't accept an integer for $revision,
 238   was deprecated in 1.25.
 239 * The jquery.byteLength module, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
 240   Use the mediawiki.String module instead.
 241 * mw.language.specialCharacters, deprecated in 1.33, has been removed.
 242   Use require( 'mediawiki.language.specialCharacters' ) instead.
 243 * EditPage::submit(), deprecated in 1.29, has been removed. Use $this->edit()
 244   directly.
 245 * HTMLForm::getErrors(), deprecated in 1.28, has been removed. Use
 246   getErrorsOrWarnings() instead.
 247 * SpecialPage::getTitle(), deprecated in 1.23, has been removed. Use
 248   SpecialPage::getPageTitle() instead.
 249 * jquery.ui.effect-bounce, jquery.ui.effect-explode, jquery.ui.effect-fold
 250   jquery.ui.effect-pulsate, jquery.ui.effect-slide, jquery.ui.effect-transfer,
 251   which are no longer used, have now been removed.
 252 * SpecialEmailUser::validateTarget(), ::getTarget() without a sender/user
 253   specified, deprecated in 1.30, have been removed.
 254 * BufferingStatsdDataFactory::getBuffer(), deprecated in 1.30, has been removed.
 255 * The constant DB_SLAVE, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed. Use DB_REPLICA.
 256 * The constants NS_IMAGE and NS_IMAGE_TALK, deprecated in 1.14, have been
 257   removed. Use NS_FILE and NS_FILE_TALK respectively.
 258 * Replacer, DoubleReplacer, HashtableReplacer and RegexlikeReplacer
 259   (deprecated in 1.32) have been removed. Closures should be used instead.
 260 * OutputPage::addWikiText(), ::addWikiTextWithTitle(), ::addWikiTextTitleTidy(),
 261   ::addWikiTextTidy(), ::addWikiTextTitle(), deprecated in 1.32, have been
 262   removed.
 263 * The $wgUseKeyHeader configuration option and the OutputPage::getKeyHeader()
 264   method, deprecated in 1.32, have been removed.
 265 * WebInstallerOutput::addWikiText(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed.
 266 * Parser::fetchFile(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed. Use the method
 267   Parser::fetchFileAndTitle() instead.
 268 * The global function wfBCP47, deprecated in 1.31, has been removed.
 269 * wfCountDown() function, deprecated in 1.31, has been removed. Use
 270   \Maintenance::countDown() method instead.
 271 * OutputPage::wrapWikiMsg() no longer accepts an options parameter. This was
 272   deprecated since 1.20.
 273 * Skin::outputPage() no longer accepts a context. This was deprecated in 1.20.
 274 * Linker::link() no longer accepts a string for the query array, as was
 275   deprecated in 1.20.
 276 * PrefixSearch::titleSearch(), deprecated in 1.23, has been removed. Use the
 277   SearchEngine::defaultPrefixSearch or ::completionSearch() methods instead.
 278 * The UserRights hook, deprecated in 1.26, has been removed. Instead, use the
 279   UserGroupsChanged hook.
 280 * Skin::getDefaultInstance(), deprecated in 1.27, has been removed. Get the
 281   instance from MediaWikiServices instead.
 282 * The UserLoadFromSession hook, deprecated in 1.27, has been removed.
 283 * The wfResetSessionID global function, deprecated in 1.27, has been removed.
 284   Use MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager instead.
 285 * The wfGetLBFactory global function, deprecated in 1.27, has been removed.
 286   Use MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getDBLoadBalancerFactory().
 287 * The internal method OutputPage->addScriptFile() will no longer silently drop
 288   calls that use an invalid path (i.e., something other than an absolute path,
 289   protocol-relative URL, or full scheme URL), and will instead pass them to the
 290   client where they will likely 404. This usage was deprecated in 1.24.
 291 * Database::reportConnectionError, deprecated in 1.32, has been removed.
 292 * APIEditBeforeSave hook, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed. Please see
 293   EditFilterMergedContent hook for an alternative way to use this feature.
 294 * API module methods getDescription(), getParamDescription(), & getExamples(),
 295   all deprecated in 1.25 and ignored, have been removed.
 296 * The API module method getDescriptionMessage(), deprecated in 1.30, has been
 297   removed.
 298 * The JavaScript global variable wgLoadScript has been removed. Use
 299   mw.util.wikiScript( 'load' ) instead.
 300 * ResourceLoader no longer creates the 'mw.legacy' placeholder object. It has
 301   been unused since 1.16 and was deprecated in 1.22. To deprecate a property
 302   in JavaScript, use mw.log.deprecate() instead.
 303 * The 'user.groups' module, deprecated in 1.28, was removed.
 304   Use the 'user' module instead.
 305 * The ResourceLoaderContext::expandModuleNames method, deprecated in 1.33, was
 306   removed. Use ResourceLoader::expandModuleNames instead.
 307 * The ability to override User::$mRights has been removed. Use
 308   PermissionManager::addTemporaryUserRights() instead.
 309 * Previously, when iterating ResultWrapper with foreach() or a similar
 310   construct, the range of the index was 1..numRows. This has been fixed to be
 311   0..(numRows-1).
 312 * The ChangePasswordForm hook, deprecated in 1.27, has been removed. Use the
 313   AuthChangeFormFields hook or security levels instead.
 314 * WikiMap::getWikiIdFromDomain(), deprecated in 1.33, has been removed.
 315   Use WikiMap::getWikiIdFromDbDomain() instead.
 316 * The config variables $wgHtml5, $wgJsMimeType, and $wgXhtmlDefaultNamespace,
 317   which were deprecated and ignored by core since 1.22, are no longer set to any
 318   value, and SkinTemplate no longer emits a 'jsmimetype' key. Any extensions not
 319   updated since 2013 to cope with this deprecation may now break.
 320 * (T222637) Passing ResourceLoaderModule objects to ResourceLoader::register()
 321   or $wgResourceModules is no longer supported.
 322   Use the 'class' or 'factory' option of the array format instead.
 323 * The parameter $lang of the functions generateTOC and tocList in Linker and
 324   DummyLinker must be in type Language when present. Other types are
 325   deprecated since 1.33.
 326 * The static properties mw.Api.errors and mw.Api.warnings, deprecated in 1.29,
 327   have been removed.
 328 * ParserOption::getSpeculativeRevIdCallback(), deprecated in 1.28, has been
 329   removed.
 330 * The UploadVerification hook, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed. Instead,
 331   use the UploadVerifyFile hook.
 332 * UploadBase:: and UploadFromChunks::stashFileGetKey() and stashSession(),
 333   deprecated in 1.28, have been removed. Instead, please use the getFileKey()
 334   method on the response from doStashFile().
 335 * LBFactory::setDomainPrefix() and LoadBalancer::setDomainPrefix(), deprecated
 336   in 1.33, have been removed. Use setLocalDomainPrefix() instead.
 337 * IDatabase::implicitGroupby(), deprecated in 1.30, has been removed.
 338 * IDatabase::doneWrites(), deprecated in 1.31, has been removed.
 339   Use IDatabase::lastDoneWrites() instead.
 340 * Database::reportConnectionError(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed.
 341 * LoadBalancer::laggedSlaveUsed(), deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
 342   Use LoadBalancer::laggedReplicaUsed() instead.
 343 * Database::getProperty(), deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
 344 * IDatabase::getWikiId(), deprecated in 1.30, has been removed.
 345   Use IDatabase::getDomainID() instead.
 346 * (T191231) Support for using Oracle or MSSQL as database backends has been
 347   dropped.
 348 * MessageCache::destroyInstance() has been removed. Instead, call
 349   MediaWikiTestCase::resetServices().
 350 * SearchResult protected field $searchEngine is removed and no longer
 351   initialized after calling SearchResult::initFromTitle().
 352 * The UserIsBlockedFrom hook is only called if a block is found first, and
 353   should only be used to unblock a blocked user.
 354 * …
 355
 356 === Deprecations in 1.34 ===
 357 * The MWNamespace class is deprecated. Use NamespaceInfo.
 358 * ExtensionRegistry->load() is deprecated, as it breaks dependency checking.
 359   Instead, use ->queue().
 360 * User::isBlocked() is deprecated since it does not tell you if the user is
 361   blocked from editing a particular page. Use User::getBlock() or
 362   PermissionManager::isBlockedFrom() or PermissionManager::userCan() instead.
 363 * User::isLocallyBlockedProxy and User::inDnsBlacklist are deprecated and moved
 364   to the BlockManager as private helper methods.
 365 * User::isDnsBlacklisted is deprecated. Use BlockManager::isDnsBlacklisted
 366   instead.
 367 * The Config argument to ChangesListSpecialPage::checkStructuredFilterUiEnabled
 368   is deprecated. Pass only the User argument.
 369 * WatchedItem::getUser is deprecated. Use getUserIdentity.
 370 * Passing a Title as the first parameter to the getTimestampById method of
 371   RevisionStore is deprecated. Omit it, passing only the remaining parameters.
 372 * Title::getPreviousRevisionId and Title::getNextRevisionId are deprecated. Use
 373   RevisionLookup::getPreviousRevision and RevisionLookup::getNextRevision.
 374 * The Title parameter to RevisionLookup::getPreviousRevision and
 375   RevisionLookup::getNextRevision is deprecated and should be omitted.
 376 * MWHttpRequest::factory is deprecated. Use HttpRequestFactory.
 377 * The Http class is deprecated. For the request, get, and post methods, use
 378   HttpRequestFactory. For isValidURI, use MWHttpRequest::isValidURI.  For
 379   getProxy, use (string)$wgHTTPProxy. For createMultiClient, construct a
 380   MultiHttpClient directly.
 381 * Http::$httpEngine is deprecated and has no replacement. The default 'guzzle'
 382   engine will eventually be made the only engine for HTTP requests.
 383 * RepoGroup::singleton(), RepoGroup::destroySingleton(),
 384   RepoGroup::setSingleton(), wfFindFile(), and wfLocalFile() are all
 385   deprecated. Use MediaWikiServices instead.
 386 * The getSubjectPage, getTalkPage, and getOtherPage of Title are deprecated.
 387   Use NamespaceInfo's getSubjectPage, getTalkPage, and getAssociatedPage.
 388 * MWMessagePack class, no longer used, has been deprecated in 1.34.
 389 * The Block class is separated into DatabaseBlock (for blocks stored in the
 390   database), and SystemBlock (for temporary blocks created by the system).
 391   SystemBlock should be used when creating any temporary blocks. Block is
 392   a deprecated alias for DatabaseBlock.
 393 * Parser::$mConf is deprecated. It will be removed entirely in a later version.
 394   Some context can be found at T224165.
 395 * Constructing Parser directly is deprecated. Obtain one from ParserFactory.
 396 * Title::moveSubpages is deprecated. Use MovePage::moveSubpages or
 397   MovePage::moveSubpagesIfAllowed.
 398 * The MWNamespace class is deprecated. Use MediaWikiServices::getNamespaceInfo.
 399 * (T62260) Hard deprecate Language::getExtraUserToggles() method.
 400 * Language::viewPrevNext function is deprecated, use
 401   PrevNextNavigationRenderer::buildPrevNextNavigation instead
 402 * User::trackBlockWithCookie and DatabaseBlock::clearCookie are deprecated. Use
 403   BlockManager::trackBlockWithCookie and BlockManager::clearCookie instead.
 404 * DatabaseBlock::setCookie, DatabaseBlock::getCookieValue,
 405   DatabaseBlock::getIdFromCookieValue and AbstractBlock::shouldTrackWithCookie
 406   are moved to internal helper methods for BlockManager::trackBlockWithCookie.
 407 * ResourceLoaderContext::getConfig and ResourceLoaderContext::getLogger have
 408   been deprecated. Inside ResourceLoaderModule subclasses, use the local methods
 409   instead. Elsewhere, use the methods from the ResourceLoader class.
 410 * The Preprocessor_DOM implementation has been deprecated.  It will be
 411   removed in a future release.  Use the Preprocessor_Hash implementation
 412   instead.
 413 * Sanitizer::attributeWhitelist() and Sanitizer::setupAttributeWhitelist()
 414   have been deprecated; they will be made private in the future.
 415 * SearchResult::termMatches() method is deprecated. It was unreliable because
 416   only populated by few search engine implementations. Use
 417   SqlSearchResult::getTermMatches() if really needed.
 418 * SearchResult::getTextSnippet( $terms ) the $terms param is being deprecated
 419   and should no longer be passed. Search engine implemenations should be
 420   responsible for carrying relevant information needed for highlighting with
 421   their own SearchResultSet/SearchResult sub-classes.
 422 * SearchResultSet::free() method is deprecated.
 423 * SearchEngine::$searchTerms protected field is deprecated. Moved to
 424   SearchDatabase.
 425 * The use of the $terms param in the ShowSearchHit and ShowSearchHitTitle
 426   hooks is highly discouraged as it's only populated by SearchDatabase search
 427   engines.
 428 * Skin::escapeSearchLink() is deprecated. Use Skin::getSearchLink() or the skin
 429   template option 'searchaction' instead.
 430 * LoadBalancer::haveIndex() and LoadBalancer::isNonZeroLoad() have
 431   been deprecated.
 432 * FileBackend::getWikiId() has been deprecated.
 433   Use FileBackend::getDomainId() instead.
 434 * User::getRights() and User::$mRights have been deprecated. Use
 435   PermissionManager::getUserPermissions() instead.
 436 * The LocalisationCacheRecache hook no longer allows purging of message blobs
 437   to be prevented. Modifying the $purgeBlobs parameter now has no effect.
 438 * SVGMetadataExtractor::getMetadata has been deprecated. Instead, you should
 439   use SVGReader->getMetadata() directly.
 440 * The following public properties on AbstractBlock are deprecated: $mReason,
 441   $mTimestamp, $mExpiry, $mHideName. Use the getters/setters instead.
 442 * The following public properties on DatabaseBlock are deprecated: $mAuto,
 443   $mParentBlockId. To check for an autoblock use DatabaseBlock::getType; to
 444   check for the parent ID, use DatabaseBlock::getParentBlockId.
 445 * SearchEngine::userHighlightPrefs() is deprecated, simply stop passing
 446   $contextlines and $contextchars to the SearchHighlighter methods, they will
 447   use proper defaults defined in SearchHighlighter::DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LINES and
 448   DEFAULT_CONTEXT_CHARS.
 449 * SearchUpdate constructor: passing a string as the title param and or a boolean
 450   or a string as the content will produce a deprecation warning.
 451 * SearchEngine::getTextFromContent() is deprecated, use getTextForSearchIndex()
 452   directly from the Content object.
 453 * SearchEngine::textAlreadyUpdatedForIndex() is deprecated, given the
 454   deprecation above this method is no longer needed/called and should not be
 455   implemented by SearchEngine implementation.
 456 * IDatabase::bufferResults() has been deprecated. Use query batching instead.
 457 * MessageCache::singleton() is deprecated. Use
 458   MediaWikiServices::getMessageCache().
 459 * Constructing MovePage directly is deprecated. Use MovePageFactory.
 460 * TempFSFile::factory() has been deprecated. Use TempFSFileFactory instead.
 461
 462 === Other changes in 1.34 ===
 463 * …
 464
 465 == Compatibility ==
 466 MediaWiki 1.34 requires PHP 7.0.13 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
 467 supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.0.13 or later for long term
 468 support.
 469
 470 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
 471 but support for them is somewhat less mature.
 472
 473 The supported versions are:
 474
 475 * MySQL 5.5.8 or later
 476 * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
 477 * SQLite 3.8.0 or later
 478
 479 == Online documentation ==
 480 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 481 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 482 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 483
 484        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
 485
 486 == Mailing list ==
 487 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 488
 489        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 490
 491 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 492
 493        https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 494
 495 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 496 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 497
 498 == IRC help ==
 499 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.