Merge "Update Parser to use NamespaceInfo"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.33

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.33 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.33
index 1d18932..09fd35e 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.33
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.33
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
 
-MediaWiki 1.33 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
-production.
+MediaWiki 1.33 is a pre-release testing branch, and is not recommended for use
+in production.
 
 == Upgrading notes for 1.33 ==
 1.33 has several database changes since 1.32, and will not work without schema
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Some specific notes for MediaWiki 1.33 upgrades are below:
 For notes on 1.32.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 
 === Configuration changes for system administrators in 1.33 ===
+
 ==== New configuration ====
 * $wgEnablePartialBlocks – This enables the Partial Blocks feature, which gives
   accounts with block permissions the ability to block users, IPs, and IP ranges
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ For notes on 1.32.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
   associated with this entry in the patrol log.
 
 === External library changes in 1.33 ===
+
 ==== New external libraries ====
 * Added wikimedia/password-blacklist 0.1.4.
 * Added guzzlehttp/guzzle 6.3.3.
@@ -357,6 +359,15 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
 * MessageBlobStore::getBlob(), deprecated in 1.27, has been removed.
   Use ::getBlobs() instead.
 * The .background-size() LESS mixin, deprecated in 1.27, has been removed.
+* MWNamespace::clearCaches() has been removed.  So has the $rebuild parameter
+  to MWNamespace::getCanonicalNamespaces(), which was deprecated since 1.31.
+  Instead, create a new NamespaceInfo, such as by calling
+  resetServiceForTesting( 'NamespaceInfo' ) on a MediaWikiServices.
+  For classes that inherit from MediaWikiTestCase and used setMwGlobals() to
+  modify a variable that affects namespaces, caches will automatically be
+  reset and any calls to MWNamespace::clearCaches() can be removed entirely.
+* ReadOnlyMode::clearCache() and ConfiguredReadOnlyMode::clearCache() have been
+  removed. Use MediaWikiTestCase::overrideMwServices() instead.
 
 === Deprecations in 1.33 ===
 * The configuration option $wgUseESI has been deprecated, and is expected
@@ -425,6 +436,7 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
 * Block::isValid is deprecated, since it is no longer needed in core.
 * Calling Maintenance::hasArg() as well as Maintenance::getArg() with no
   parameter has been deprecated. Please pass the argument number 0.
+* The MWNamespace class is deprecated.  Use MediaWikiServices::getNamespaceInfo.
 
 === Other changes in 1.33 ===
 * (T201747) Html::openElement() warns if given an element name with a space