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[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

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@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ production.
 * 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.
+* $wgSearchEverythingOnlyLoggedIn was removed as the 'searcheverything'
+  user option was removed. Use $wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault instead or
+  if you used to have $wgDefaultUserOptions['searcheverything'] = 1.
 
 === New features in 1.24 ===
 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
@@ -32,7 +35,11 @@ production.
 * (bug 49156) Added the mediawiki.cookie ResourceLoader module, which wraps
   jQuery.cookie so that getting/setting a cookie is syntactically and functionally
   similar to using the WebRequest#getCookie/WebResponse#setcookie methods.
-* (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1.
+* (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1. A new configuration option,
+  $wgIncludejQueryMigrate, also loads the jQuery Migrate hack to let extensions
+  and gadgets use the long-deprecated functions that were removed in jQuery 1.9.
+  This option is turned off by default, and will be removed in MediaWiki 1.25.
+* (bug 47076) jQuery UI upgraded from 1.8.24 to 1.9.2.
 * Changes to content typography (fonts, etc.). See
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh for further information.
 * WikitextContent will now render redirects with the expected "redirect"
@@ -40,13 +47,21 @@ production.
   can probably be changed to no longer special-case redirects.
 * Header font set to a serif font stack. See
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh for further information.
-* (bug 63903) Thumbnails without an explicit size specification are
-  now resized to a square bounding box. This gives better results for
-  non-landscape thumbnails.
 * (bug 65567) Added a new hook, "BeforeHttpsRedirect", to allow cancellation of the HTTP
   to HTTPS redirect due to forceHTTPS cookie, userRequires, etc.  This is only for page views,
   since this hook doesn't affect UserLogin, OAuth, CentralAuth, etc.
   ATTENTION: This hook is likely to be removed soon due to overall design of the system.
+* (bug 17367) It is now possible to add pages to your watchlist from
+  Special:UnwatchedPages without reloading the special page.
+* New methods setVolatile and isVolatile are added to PPFrame, so that
+  extensions such as Cite.php can mark that their output is volatile and
+  shouldn't be cached.
+* (bug 52817) Advanced search options are now saved on the search page itself, rather
+  than in a dedicated pane in the preferences panel.
+* (bug 44591) The dropdown actions menu (little triangle next to page tabs) in
+  the Vector skin has gained a label that should make it more discoverable.
+* MWCryptHKDF added for fast, cryptographically secure random number generation
+  that won't deplete openssl's entropy pool.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
@@ -84,6 +99,10 @@ production.
   specified.
 * action=logevents has a new parameter, lenamespace, to allow filtering by
   namespace.
+* action=expandtemplates has a new parameter, prop, and a new output format.
+  The old format is still used if prop isn't provided, but this is deprecated.
+* meta=userinfo can now return the count of unread pages on the watchlist.
+* list=watchlist can now filter by unread status.
 
 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
 
@@ -108,6 +127,16 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   core to their own respective repositories. See also
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Modern and
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:CologneBlue.
+* BREAKING CHANGE: Skins built for MediaWiki 1.15 and earlier that do not use
+  the "headelement" template key are no longer supported. Setting
+  $useHeadElement = false; is no longer supported and will not cause old keys
+  like "headlinks", "skinnameclass", etc. to be defined.
+* The deprecated 'SpecialVersionExtensionTypes' hook was removed.
+* (bug 63891) Add 'X-Robots-Tag: noindex' header in action=render pages.
+* SpecialPage no longer supports the syntax for invoking wfSpecial*() functions.
+  All special pages should subclass SpecialPage and implement the execute() method.
+* (bug 63755) The deprecated constants RC_MOVE and RC_MOVE_OVER_REDIRECT were
+  removed.
 
 ==== Renamed classes ====
 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression