mediawiki.api: Add parameter ajaxOptions to postWithToken()

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.23

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@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ MediaWiki 1.23 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
 production.
 
 === Configuration changes in 1.23 ===
+* Introduced $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey as a backwards-compatibility switch,
+  for using the old schema of the page_props table, in case the respective
+  schema update was not applied.
 * When $wgJobRunRate is higher that zero, jobs are now executed via an
   asynchronous HTTP request to a MediaWiki entry point. This may require
   increasing the number of server worker threads. $wgRunJobsAsync has been
@@ -36,6 +39,12 @@ production.
 * $wgPasswordSenderName has been removed and is no longer functional. To set a
   custom mailer name, the system message 'emailsender' should be modified
   (default: "{{SITENAME}}").
+* (bug 63269) Email notifications were not correctly handling the
+  [[MediaWiki:Helppage]] message being set to a full URL (the default).
+  If you customized [[MediaWiki:Enotif body]] (the text of email notifications),
+  you'll need to edit it locally to include the URL via the new variable
+  $HELPPAGE instead of the parser functions fullurl and canonicalurl; otherwise
+  you don't have to do anything.
 * $wgDBAhandler was removed as the only class using it was also removed
 * The 'max threads' setting was removed from $wgDBservers.
 * Support for AdminSettings.php has been completely removed. All configuration
@@ -199,6 +208,8 @@ production.
   no longer applies in such cases.
 * (bug 60960) Avoid doing file_exist() checks on data: URIs, as they cause
   warnings to be printed on Windows due to large path length.
+* (bug 48084) Fixed a bug in the installer that could cause $wgLogo to hold
+  the wrong path to the placeholder logo (skins/common/images/wiki.png).
 
 === Web API changes in 1.23 ===
 * (bug 54884) action=parse&prop=categories now indicates hidden and missing
@@ -267,6 +278,9 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * Support was added for Northern Luri (lrc).
 
 === Other changes in 1.23 ===
+* Added pp_sortkey column to page_props table, so pages can be efficiently
+  queried and sorted by property value (bug 58032).
+  See $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey if you want to postpone the schema change.
 * The rc_type field in the recentchanges table has been superseded by a new
   rc_source field.  The rc_source field is a string representation of the
   change type where rc_type was a numeric constant.  This field is not yet
@@ -283,14 +297,14 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * (bug 52812) Removed "Disable search suggestions" from Preference.
 * (bug 52809) Removed "Disable browser page caching" from Preference.
 * Three new modules intended for use by custom skins were added:
-  'skins.common.elements', 'skins.common.content', and 'skins.common.interface',
-  representing three levels of standard MediaWiki styling. Previously skin
-  creators wishing to use them had to refer to the file names of appropriate
-  files directly, which is now discouraged.
+  'mediawiki.skinning.elements', 'mediawiki.skinning.content', and
+  'mediawiki.skinning.interface', representing three levels of standard
+  MediaWiki styling. Previously skin creators wishing to use them had to refer
+  to the file names of appropriate files directly, which is now discouraged.
 * The modules 'skins.vector' and 'skins.monobook' have been renamed to
   'skins.vector.styles' and 'skins.monobook.styles', respectively,
   and their definition was changed not to include the common*.css files;
-  the two skins now load the 'skins.common.interface' module instead.
+  the two skins now load the 'mediawiki.skinning.interface' module instead.
 * A page_links_updated field has been added to the page table.
 * SpecialPage::getTitle has been deprecated in favor of
   SpecialPage::getPageTitle.
@@ -504,7 +518,7 @@ Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 
 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 
-For notes on 1.21.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
+For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 
 == Online documentation ==