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@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ production.
   1000 for the latter) are now hard-coded.
 * $wgDebugDumpSqlLength was removed (deprecated in 1.24).
 * $wgDebugDBTransactions was removed (deprecated in 1.20).
-* $wgRemoteUploadTarget (added in 1.26) removed, replaced by $wgForeignUploadTargets
 * $wgUseXVO has been removed, as it provides functionality only used by
   custom Wikimedia patches against Squid 2.x that probably noone uses in
   production anymore. There is now $wgUseKeyHeader that provides similar
@@ -25,6 +24,26 @@ production.
 * $wgScriptExtension (and support for '.php5' entry points) was removed. See the
   deprecation notice in the release notes for version 1.25 for advice on how to
   preserve support for '.php5' entry points via URL rewriting.
+* Password handling via the User object has been deprecated and partially
+  removed, pending the future introduction of AuthManager. In particular:
+** expirePassword(), getPasswordExpireDate(), resetPasswordExpiration(), and
+   getPasswordExpired() have been removed. They were unused outside of core.
+** The mPassword, mNewpassword, mNewpassTime, and mPasswordExpires fields are
+   now private and will be removed in the future.
+** The getPassword() and getTemporaryPassword() methods now throw
+   BadMethodCallException and will be removed in the future.
+** The ability to pass 'password' and 'newpassword' to createNew() has been
+   removed. The only users of it seem to have been using it to set invalid
+   passwords, and so shouldn't be greatly affected.
+** setPassword(), setInternalPassword(), and setNewpassword() have been
+   deprecated, pending the introduction of AuthManager.
+** User::randomPassword() is deprecated in favor of a new method
+   PasswordFactory::generateRandomPasswordString()
+** User::getPasswordFactory() is deprecated, callers should just create a
+   PasswordFactory themselves.
+** A new constructor, User::newSystemUser(), has been added to simplify the
+   creation of passwordless "system" users for logged actions.
+* $wgMaxSquidPurgeTitles was removed.
 
 === New features in 1.27 ===
 * $wgDataCenterId and $wgDataCenterRoles where added, which will serve as
@@ -41,12 +60,8 @@ production.
 * $wgCdnMaxageLagged was added, which limits the CDN cache TTL
   when any load balancer uses a DB that is lagged beyond the 'max lag'
   setting in the relevant section of $wgLBFactoryConf.
-* Added several JavaScript libraries for uploading files to MediaWiki
-  from the client-side. See documentation for mw.Upload and its
-  subclasses for more information.
-* Added OOUI dialogs and layout for file upload interfaces. See
-  documentation for mw.Upload.Dialog, mw.Upload.BookletLayout and its
-  subclasses for more information.
+* User::newSystemUser() may be used to simplify the creation of passwordless
+  "system" users for logged actions from scripts and extensions.
 
 ==== External libraries ====
 
@@ -62,6 +77,7 @@ production.
   "was-deleted" warning.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.27 ===
+* ApiQueryORM removed.
 
 === Languages updated in 1.27 ===