1 = MediaWiki release notes =
3 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
4 setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
10 MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
13 === Configuration changes in 1.19 ===
14 * $wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups (deprecated in 1.13) has been removed
15 * $wgInputEncoding and $wgOutputEncoding (deprecated in 1.5) have now been removed
16 * $wgAllowUserSkin (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
17 * $wgExtraRandompageSQL (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
18 * LogReader and LogViewer classes (deprecated in 1.14) have now been removed
20 === New features in 1.19 ===
21 * (bug 28916) A way to to toggle mw.config legacy globals settings from
22 LocalSettings.php has been created by introducing $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals.
23 * (bug 28503) Support for ircs:// URL protocols
25 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
26 * (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
27 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
28 file description page for multi-paged documents.
29 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
31 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
32 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
33 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
34 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
35 the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
36 * (bug 28960) Added more messages to Special:EmailUser.
37 * (bug 23002) Imagelinks table not updated after imagemove.
39 === API changes in 1.19 ===
40 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
41 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
43 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
45 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
46 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
47 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
49 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
53 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
55 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
56 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
57 DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
59 The supported versions are:
62 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
67 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
70 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
71 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
72 due to database schema changes.
74 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
75 new database fields are filled with data.
77 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
78 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
79 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
81 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
83 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
85 == Online documentation ==
87 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
88 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
89 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
91 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
95 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
97 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
99 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
101 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
103 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
104 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
108 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.