INSTALL/RELEASE-NOTES-1.34: Add required PHP extensions

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@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ For notes on 1.33.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 * $wgDebugPrintHttpHeaders - The default of including HTTP headers in the
   debug log channel is no longer configurable. The debug log itself remains
   configurable via $wgDebugLogFile.
+* $wgMsgCacheExpiry - The MessageCache uses 24 hours as the expiry for values
+  stored in WANObjectCache. This is no longer configurable.
 * $wgPasswordSalt – This setting, used for migrating exceptionally old, insecure
   password setups and deprecated since 1.24, is now removed.
 * $wgDBOracleDRCP - If you must use persistent connections, set DBO_PERSISTENT
@@ -88,6 +90,10 @@ For notes on 1.33.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
   ([[Special:NewSection/Test]] redirects to creating a new section in "Test").
   Otherwise, it displays a basic interface to allow the end user to specify
   the target manually.
+* (T220447) Special:Contributions/newbies has been removed for performance and
+  usefulness reasons. Use Special:RecentChanges?userExpLevel=newcomer instead.
+* Special:NewFiles/newbies has been removed for performance and usefulness
+  reasons. Use Special:RecentChanges?userExpLevel=newcomer&namespace=6 instead.
 
 === New developer features in 1.34 ===
 * The ImgAuthModifyHeaders hook was added to img_auth.php to allow modification
@@ -98,6 +104,10 @@ For notes on 1.33.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
   to add fields to Special:Mute.
 * (T100896) Skin authors can define custom OOUI themes using OOUIThemePaths.
   See <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI/Themes> for details.
+* (T229035) The GetUserBlock hook was added. Use this instead of
+  GetBlockedStatus.
+* ObjectFactory is available as a service. When used as a service, the object
+  specs can now specify needed DI services.
 
 === External library changes in 1.34 ===
 
@@ -347,6 +357,8 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
   MediaWikiTestCase::resetServices().
 * SearchResult protected field $searchEngine is removed and no longer
   initialized after calling SearchResult::initFromTitle().
+* The UserIsBlockedFrom hook is only called if a block is found first, and
+  should only be used to unblock a blocked user.
 * …
 
 === Deprecations in 1.34 ===
@@ -423,6 +435,8 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
   engines.
 * Skin::escapeSearchLink() is deprecated. Use Skin::getSearchLink() or the skin
   template option 'searchaction' instead.
+* Skin::getRevisionId() and Skin::isRevisionCurrent() have been deprecated.
+  Use OutputPage::getRevisionId() and OutputPage::isRevisionCurrent() instead.
 * LoadBalancer::haveIndex() and LoadBalancer::isNonZeroLoad() have
   been deprecated.
 * FileBackend::getWikiId() has been deprecated.
@@ -453,6 +467,12 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
 * MessageCache::singleton() is deprecated. Use
   MediaWikiServices::getMessageCache().
 * Constructing MovePage directly is deprecated. Use MovePageFactory.
+* TempFSFile::factory() has been deprecated. Use TempFSFileFactory instead.
+* wfIsBadImage() is deprecated. Use the BadFileLookup service instead.
+* Building a new SearchResult is hard-deprecated, always call
+  SearchResult::newFromTitle(). This class is being refactored into an abstract
+  class. If you extend this class please be sure to override all its methods
+  or extend RevisionSearchResult.
 
 === Other changes in 1.34 ===
 * …
@@ -460,7 +480,14 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
 == Compatibility ==
 MediaWiki 1.34 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.
+support. It also requires the following PHP extensions:
+
+* ctype
+* fileinfo
+* iconv
+* json
+* mbstring
+* xml
 
 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
 but support for them is somewhat less mature.