==== Changed external libraries ====
* Updated OOUI from v0.29.2 to v0.30.2.
* Updated OOjs Router from pre-release to v0.2.0.
-* Updated wikimedia/xmp-reader from 0.6.0 to 0.6.1.
+* Updated wikimedia/xmp-reader from 0.6.0 to 0.6.2.
* Updated wikimedia/scoped-callback from 2.0.0 to 3.0.0.
* Updated wikimedia/ip-set from 1.2.0 to 2.0.1.
* The deprecated IPSet\IPSet alias was removed, Wikimedia\IPSet must be
=== Bug fixes in 1.33 ===
* (T164211) Special:UserRights could sometimes fail with a
"conflict detected" error when there weren't any conflicts.
+* (T215566) Unable to determine if the database exists
+ during a fresh installation.
=== Action API changes in 1.33 ===
* (T198913) Added 'ApiOptions' hook.
* The mw.language.specialCharacters property from the
'mediawiki.language.specialCharacters' module has been deprecated.
Use require( 'mediawiki.language.specialCharacters' ) instead.
+* ChangeTags::purgeTagUsageCache() has been deprecated, and is expected to be
+ removed in a future release.
=== Other changes in 1.33 ===
* (T201747) Html::openElement() warns if given an element name with a space
in it.
== Compatibility ==
-MediaWiki 1.33 requires PHP 7.0.0 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
-supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.0.0 or later for long term
+MediaWiki 1.33 requires PHP 7.0.13 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
+supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.0.13 or later for long term
support.
MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,