= MediaWiki 1.34 = == MediaWiki 1.34.0-PRERELEASE == THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET MediaWiki 1.34 is an alpha-quality development branch, and is not recommended for use in production. == Upgrading notes for 1.34 == 1.34 has several database changes since 1.33, and will not work without schema updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site, many hours on a large site). Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading! See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11. Some specific notes for MediaWiki 1.34 upgrades are below: * … For notes on 1.33.x and older releases, see HISTORY. === Configuration changes for system administrators in 1.34 === ==== New configuration ==== * … ==== Changed configuration ==== * … ==== Removed configuration ==== * … === New user-facing features in 1.34 === * … === New developer features in 1.34 === * Language::formatTimePeriod now supports the new 'avoidhours' option to output strings like "5 days ago" instead of "5 days 13 hours ago". === External library changes in 1.34 === ==== New external libraries ==== * … ==== Changed external libraries ==== * Updated Mustache from 1.0.0 to v3.0.1. * Updated OOUI from v0.31.3 to v0.31.5. * Updated composer/semver from 1.4.2 to 1.5.0. * Updated composer/spdx-licenses from 1.4.0 to 1.5.1 (dev-only). * Updated mediawiki/codesniffer from 25.0.0 to 26.0.0 (dev-only). * Updated cssjanus/cssjanus from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0. * … ==== Removed external libraries ==== * … === Bug fixes in 1.34 === * (T222529) If a log entry or page revision is recorded in the database with an empty username, attempting to display it will log an error and return a "no username available" to the user instead of silently displaying nothing or invalid links. === Action API changes in 1.34 === * The 'recenteditcount' response property from action=query list=allusers, deprecated in 1.25, has been removed. === Action API internal changes in 1.34 === * … === Languages updated in 1.34 === MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages because of Phabricator reports. * (T152908) Added language support for N'Ko (nqo). === Breaking changes in 1.34 === * Preferences class, deprecated in 1.31, has been removed. * The following parts of code, deprecated in 1.32, were removed in favor of built-in PHP functions: * CryptRand class * CryptRand service * Functions of the MWCryptRand class: singleton(), wasStrong() and generate(). * Language::setCode, deprecated in 1.32, was removed. Use Language::factory to create a new Language object with a different language code. * MWNamespace::clearCaches() has been removed. So has the $rebuild parameter to MWNamespace::getCanonicalNamespaces(), which was deprecated since 1.31. Instead, reset services, such as by calling $this->overrideMwServices() (if your test extends MediaWikiTestCase). Services will generally not pick up configuration changes from after they were created, so you must reset services after any configuration change. Even if your code works now, it is likely to break in future versions as more code is moved to services. * The ill-defined "DatabaseOraclePostInit" hook has been removed. * PreferencesFormLegacy and PreferencesForm classes, deprecated in 1.32, have been removed. * ObjectFactory class, deprecated in 1.31, has been removed. * HWLDFWordAccumudlator class, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed. * XMPInfo, XMPReader and XMPValidate, deprecated in 1.32, have been removed. * The RedirectSpecialPage::execute method could sometimes return a Title object. This behavior was removed, and the method now matches the parent signature (SpecialPage::execute) which is to return HTML string or void. To obtain the destination title, use RedirectSpecialPage::getRedirect. * The 'recenteditcount' response property from action API action=query list=allusers, deprecated in 1.25, has been removed. * SearchEngine::userNamespaces(), SearchEngine::namespacesAsText(), SearchEngine::create(), SearchEngine::getSearchTypes() and SearchEngine::getNearMatch(), methods deprecated in 1.27, have been removed. * FileRepo::streamFile(), deprecated in 1.26, has been removed. * User::randomPassword() method, deprecated in 1.27, have been removed. * MWNamespace::canTalk(), deprecated in 1.30, have been removed. * Parser class property $mUniqPrefix, deprecated in 1.26, has been removed. * wfArrayFilter() and wfArrayFilterByKey(), deprecated in 1.32, have been removed. * wfMakeUrlIndexes() function, deprecated in 1.33, have been removed. * Method signatures in WatchedItemQueryServiceExtension have changed from taking User objects to taking UserIdentity objects. Extensions implementing this interface need to be changed accordingly. * User::getGroupPage() and ::makeGroupLinkHTML(), deprecated in 1.29, have been removed. Use UserGroupMembership::getGroupPage and ::getLink instead. * User::makeGroupLinkWiki(), deprecated in 1.29, has been removed. Use UserGroupMembership::getLink() instead. * SavepointPostgres, deprecated in 1.31, has been removed. * Output::sectionEditLinksEnabled(), ParserOutput::getEditSectionTokens, ::getTOCEnabled, ::setEditSectionTokens, ::setTOCEnabled, deprecated in 1.31, have been removed. * EditPage::safeUnicodeInput() and ::safeUnicodeOutput(), deprecated in 1.30, have been removed. * Four methods in OutputPage, deprecated in 1.32, have been removed. You should use OutputPage::showFatalError or throw a FatalError instead. The methods are ::showFileCopyError(), ::showFileRenameError(), ::showFileDeleteError(), and ::showFileNotFoundError(). * ApiBase::truncateArray(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed. * IcuCollation::getICUVersion(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed. Use PHP's INTL_ICU_VERSION constant directly. * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed. * ResourceLoaderStartUpModules::getStartupModules() and ::getLegacyModules(), both deprecated in 1.32, have been removed. * BaseTemplate::msgHtml() and QuickTemplate::msgHtml(), deprecated in 1.32, have been removed. Use ->msg() or ->getMsg() instead. * WatchAction::getUnwatchToken(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed. Instead, use WatchAction::getWatchToken() with action 'unwatch' directly. * Language::initEncoding(), ::recodeForEdit(), and recodeInput(), deprecated in 1.28, have been removed. * PageArchive::getTextFromRow(), ::listAllPages(), and ::getLastRevisionText(), deprecated in 1.32, have been removed. * OutputPage::getModuleScripts(), ParserOutput::getModuleScripts(), deprecated in 1.33, have been removed. * User::getPasswordValidity(), deprecated in 1.33, has been removed. * … === Deprecations in 1.34 === * The MWNamespace class is deprecated. Use NamespaceInfo. * ExtensionRegistry->load() is deprecated, as it breaks dependency checking. Instead, use ->queue(). * User::isBlocked() is deprecated since it does not tell you if the user is blocked from editing a particular page. Use User::getBlock() or PermissionManager::isBlockedFrom() or PermissionManager::userCan() instead. * User::isLocallyBlockedProxy and User::inDnsBlacklist are deprecated and moved to the BlockManager as private helper methods. * User::isDnsBlacklisted is deprecated. Use BlockManager::isDnsBlacklisted instead. * The Config argument to ChangesListSpecialPage::checkStructuredFilterUiEnabled is deprecated. Pass only the User argument. * WatchedItem::getUser is deprecated. Use getUserIdentity. * Passing a Title as the first parameter to the getTimestampById method of RevisionStore is deprecated. Omit it, passing only the remaining parameters. * Title::getPreviousRevisionId and Title::getNextRevisionId are deprecated. Use RevisionLookup::getPreviousRevision and RevisionLookup::getNextRevision. * The Title parameter to RevisionLookup::getPreviousRevision and RevisionLookup::getNextRevision is deprecated and should be omitted. * MWHttpRequest::factory is deprecated. Use HttpRequestFactory. * The Http class is deprecated. For the request, get, and post methods, use HttpRequestFactory. For isValidURI, use MWHttpRequest::isValidURI. For getProxy, use (string)$wgHTTPProxy. For createMultiClient, construct a MultiHttpClient directly. * Http::$httpEngine is deprecated and has no replacement. The default 'guzzle' engine will eventually be made the only engine for HTTP requests. * RepoGroup::singleton(), RepoGroup::destroySingleton(), RepoGroup::setSingleton(), wfFindFile(), and wfLocalFile() are all deprecated. Use MediaWikiServices instead. * The getSubjectPage, getTalkPage, and getOtherPage of Title are deprecated. Use NamespaceInfo's getSubjectPage, getTalkPage, and getAssociatedPage. * MWMessagePack class, no longer used, has been deprecated in 1.34. === Other changes in 1.34 === * … == Compatibility == MediaWiki 1.34 requires PHP 7.0.13 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.0.13 or later for long term support. MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. The supported versions are: * MySQL 5.5.8 or later * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later * SQLite 3.8.0 or later * Oracle 9.0.1 or later * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399) == Online documentation == Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain): https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation == Mailing list == A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes. == IRC help == There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.