Add optional serialization_type and hmac_key param values to RESTBagOStuff

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.34

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.34 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.34
index 508ba08..e98af0a 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.34
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.34
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ $wgPasswordPolicy['policies']['default']['PasswordNotInLargeBlacklist'] = false;
 * Introduced $wgVerifyMimeTypeIE to allow disabling the MSIE 6/7 file type
   detection heuristic on upload, which is more conservative than the checks
   that were changed above.
+* $wgExternalDiffEngine — Setting this to a string value of 'wikidiff',
+  'wikidiff2', or 'wikidiff3' will no longer work. This legacy behaviour was
+  deprecated in MediaWiki 1.27, 1.32, and 1.27, respectively.
 * $wgSkipSkin — Setting this instead of $wgSkipSkins, deprecated in 1.23, is now
   hard-deprecated.
 * $wgLocalInterwiki — Setting this instead of $wgLocalInterwikis, deprecated in
@@ -126,6 +129,9 @@ $wgPasswordPolicy['policies']['default']['PasswordNotInLargeBlacklist'] = false;
 * (T222388) API modules can now be specified as an ObjectFactory spec,
   allowing the construction of modules that require services to be injected
   in their constructor.
+* (T117736) The function signature of SpecialContributions::getForm::filters
+  has changed. It now expects definitions of additional filter fields as array
+  rather than string.
 
 === External library changes in 1.34 ===
 
@@ -147,6 +153,7 @@ $wgPasswordPolicy['policies']['default']['PasswordNotInLargeBlacklist'] = false;
 * Updated wikimedia/timestamp from 2.2.0 to 3.0.0.
 * Updated wikimedia/xmp-reader from 0.6.2 to 0.6.3.
 * Updated mediawiki/mediawiki-phan-config from 0.6.0 to 0.6.1 (dev-only).
+* Updated wikimedia/avro from 1.8.0 to 1.9.0 (dev-only).
 * …
 
 ==== Removed external libraries ====
@@ -451,6 +458,8 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
 * User::setNewpassword(), deprecated in 1.27 has been removed.
 * The ObjectCache::getMainWANInstance and ObjectCache::getMainStashInstance
   functions, deprecated since 1.28, have been removed.
+* Language::$dataCache has been removed (without prior deprecation, for
+  practical reasons). Use MediaWikiServices instead to get a LocalisationCache.
 
 === Deprecations in 1.34 ===
 * The MWNamespace class is deprecated. Use NamespaceInfo.
@@ -572,6 +581,8 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
 * Specifying a SpecialPage object for the list of special pages (either through
   the SpecialPage_initList hook or by adding to $wgSpecialPages) is now
   deprecated.
+* WebInstaller::getInfoBox(), getWarningBox() and getErrorBox() are deprecated.
+  Use Html::errorBox() or Html::warningBox() instead.
 * Use of ActorMigration with 'ar_user', 'img_user', 'oi_user', 'fa_user',
   'rc_user', 'log_user', and 'ipb_by' is deprecated. Queries should be adjusted
   to use the corresponding actor fields directly. Note that use with
@@ -592,14 +603,20 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
   $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['blockemail'] = true;
 * ApiQueryBase::showHiddenUsersAddBlockInfo() is deprecated. Use
   ApiQueryBlockInfoTrait instead.
+* PasswordReset is now a service, its direct instantiation is deprecated.
+* RESTBagOStuff users should specify either "JSON" or "PHP" serialization type.
+* Language::getLocalisationCache() is deprecated. Use MediaWikiServices
+  instead.
 
 === Other changes in 1.34 ===
+* Added option to specify "Various authors" as author in extension credits using
+  "..." as the only author name. If the "author" array contains more than one
+  entry and "..." is one of the entries in the array, "..." will be parsed as
+  "others" (version-poweredby-others i18n message) like previously.
 * …
 
 == Compatibility ==
-MediaWiki 1.34 requires PHP 7.2.0 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
-supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.2.0 or later for long term
-support. It also requires the following PHP extensions:
+MediaWiki 1.34 requires PHP 7.2.0 or later, and the following PHP extensions:
 
 * ctype
 * dom