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@@ -24,8 +24,16 @@ production.
 * $wgXhtmlDefaultNamespace is no longer used by core. Setting it will no longer change the
   xmlns used by MediaWiki. Reliance on this variable by extensions is deprecated.
 * $wgHandheldStyle was removed.
+* $wgHandheldForIPhone was removed.
 * $wgJsMimeType is no longer used by core. Most usage has been removed since
   HTML output is now exclusively HTML5.
+* $wgDBOracleDRCP added. True enables persistent connection with DRCP on Oracle.
+* $wgLogAutopatrol added to allow disabling logging of autopatrol edits in the logging table.
+  default for $wgLogAutopatrol is true.
+* The 'edit' right no longer allows for editing a user's own CSS and JS.
+* New rights 'editmyusercss' and 'editmyuserjs' restrict actions that were
+  formerly allowed by default. They have been added to the default for
+  $wgGroupPermissions['*'].
 
 === New features in 1.22 ===
 * (bug 44525) mediawiki.jqueryMsg can now parse (whitelisted) HTML elements and attributes.
@@ -86,6 +94,23 @@ production.
   HTTP caches when a page is changed.
 * Changed the patrolling system to always show the link for patrolling in case the
   current revision is patrollable. This also removed the usage of the rcid URI parameters.
+* Oracle DB backend now supports Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP).
+  Can be enabled by setting $wgDBOracleDRCP=true.
+  Requires Oracle DB 11gR1 or above, enabled DRCP inside the DB itself and a
+  propper connect string.
+  More about DRCP can be found at:
+  http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/11g/database-resident-connection-pool-11gr1.php
+* Add a new parameter $patrolFooterShown to hook ArticleViewFooter so the hook
+  handlers can take further action based on the status of the patrol footer
+* LinkCache singleton can now be altered or cleared, letting one to specify
+  another instance that does not rely on a database backend.
+* MediaWiki's PHPUnit tests can now use PHPUnit installed using composer --dev.
+* New user rights have been added to increase granularity in rights management
+  for extensions such as OAuth:
+** editmyusercss controls whether a user may edit their own CSS subpages.
+** editmyuserjs controls whether a user may edit their own JS subpages.
+* Add new hook AbortTalkPageEmailNotification, this will be used to determine
+  whether to send the regular talk page email notification
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.22 ===
 * Disable Special:PasswordReset when $wgEnableEmail is false. Previously one
@@ -115,6 +140,9 @@ production.
 * (bug 30213) JavaScript for search suggestions is now disabled when the API
   is disabled, and AJAX patrolling and watching are now disabled when use of
   the write API is not allowed.
+* (bug 48294) API: Fix chunk upload async mode.
+* (bug 46749) Broken files tracking category removed from pages if an image
+  with that name is uploaded.
 
 === API changes in 1.22 ===
 * (bug 46626) xmldoublequote parameter was removed. Because of a bug, the
@@ -141,6 +169,8 @@ production.
 * prop=info now adds the content model and page language of the title.
 * New upload log entries will now contain information on the relavent
   image (sha1 and timestamp).
+* (bug 49239) action=parse now can parse in preview mode.
+* (bug 49259) action=patrol now accepts revision ids.
 
 === Languages updated in 1.22===
 
@@ -148,6 +178,7 @@ 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 Bugzilla reports.
 
+* Batak Toba (bbc-latn) added.
 * (bug 46751) Made Buryat (Russia) (буряад) (bxr) fallback to Russian.
 
 === Other changes in 1.22 ===
@@ -184,6 +215,15 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   is_chrome, webkit_version, is_safari_win, is_safari, webkit_match, is_ff2,
   ff2_bugs, is_ff2_win, is_ff2_x11, opera95_bugs, opera7_bugs, opera6_bugs,
   is_opera_95, is_opera_preseven, is_opera, and ie6_bugs.
+* (bug 48276) MediaWiki will now flash a confirmation message upon successfully
+  editing a page.
+* (bug 40785) mediawiki.legacy.ajax has been marked as deprecated. The following
+  properties now emit mw.log.warn when accessed: sajax_debug, sajax_init_object,
+  sajax_do_call and wfSupportsAjax.
+* BREAKING CHANGE: meta keywords are no longer supported. A <meta name="keywords"
+  will no longer be output and OutputPage::addKeyword no longer exists.
+* Methods Title::userCanEditCssSubpage and Title::userCanEditJsSubpage,
+  deprecated since 1.19, have been removed.
 
 == Compatibility ==