Merge "Make DBAccessBase use DBConnRef, rename $wiki, and hide getLoadBalancer()"

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

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.34 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.34
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@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ For notes on 1.33.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 
 === Configuration changes for system administrators in 1.34 ===
 
+In an effort to enforce best practices for passwords, MediaWiki will now warn
+users, and suggest that they change their password, if it is in the list of
+100,000 commonly used passwords that are considered bad passwords. If you want
+to disable this for your users, please add the following to your local settings:
+
+$wgPasswordPolicy['policies']['default']['PasswordNotInLargeBlacklist'] = false;
+
 ==== New configuration ====
 * $wgAllowExternalReqID (T201409) - This configuration setting controls whether
   Mediawiki accepts the request ID set by the incoming request via the
@@ -66,12 +73,14 @@ For notes on 1.33.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
   which was deprecated in 1.30, no longer works. Instead, $wgProxyList should be
   an array with IP addresses as the values, or a string path to a file
   containing one IP address per line.
+* $wgCookieSetOnAutoblock and $wgCookieSetOnIpBlock are now enabled by default.
 * …
 
 ==== Removed configuration ====
 * $wgWikiDiff2MovedParagraphDetectionCutoff — If you still want a custom change
   size threshold, please specify in php.ini, using the configuration variable
   wikidiff2.moved_paragraph_detection_cutoff.
+* $wgUseESI - This experimental setting, deprecated in 1.33, is now removed.
 * $wgDebugPrintHttpHeaders - The default of including HTTP headers in the
   debug log channel is no longer configurable. The debug log itself remains
   configurable via $wgDebugLogFile.
@@ -109,6 +118,9 @@ For notes on 1.33.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
   GetBlockedStatus.
 * ObjectFactory is available as a service. When used as a service, the object
   specs can now specify needed DI services.
+* (T222388) Special pages can now be specified as an ObjectFactory spec,
+  allowing the construction of special pages that require services to be
+  injected in their constructor.
 
 === External library changes in 1.34 ===
 
@@ -117,7 +129,8 @@ For notes on 1.33.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 
 ==== Changed external libraries ====
 * Updated Mustache from 1.0.0 to v3.0.1.
-* Updated OOUI from v0.31.3 to v0.33.4.
+* Updated OOUI from v0.31.3 to v0.34.0.
+* Updated OOjs from v2.2.2 to v3.0.0.
 * Updated composer/semver from 1.4.2 to 1.5.0.
 * Updated composer/spdx-licenses from 1.4.0 to 1.5.1 (dev-only).
 * Updated mediawiki/codesniffer from 25.0.0 to 26.0.0 (dev-only).
@@ -360,6 +373,8 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
   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.
+* Parameters for index.php from PATH_INFO, such as the title, are no longer
+  written to $_GET.
 * …
 
 === Deprecations in 1.34 ===
@@ -416,6 +431,8 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
 * ResourceLoaderContext::getConfig and ResourceLoaderContext::getLogger have
   been deprecated. Inside ResourceLoaderModule subclasses, use the local methods
   instead. Elsewhere, use the methods from the ResourceLoader class.
+* The 'jquery.accessKeyLabel' module has been deprecated. This jQuery
+  plugin is now ships as part of the 'mediawiki.util' module bundle.
 * The Profiler::setTemplated and Profiler::getTemplated methods have been
   deprecated. Use Profiler::setAllowOutput and Profiler::getAllowOutput
   instead.
@@ -478,6 +495,10 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
   class. If you extend this class please be sure to override all its methods
   or extend RevisionSearchResult.
 * Skin::getSkinNameMessages() is deprecated and no longer used.
+* The mediawiki.RegExp module is deprecated; use mw.util.escapeRegExp() instead.
+* Specifying a SpecialPage object for the list of special pages (either through
+  the SpecialPage_initList hook or by adding to $wgSpecialPages) is now
+  deprecated.
 
 === Other changes in 1.34 ===
 * …