* $wgUseETag, to enable/disable sending of HTTP ETag headers
(default: disabled)
+* $wgLegalTitleChars now includes '+' by default for better compatibility
+ with importing data dumps from Wikipedia
+* $wgDefaultUserOptions now includes all default option settings instead
+ of only overrides.
== Major new features ==
== Upgrading ==
-Several changes to the database have been made from 1.6:
-
-* A new "langlinks" table tracks interlanguage links
-* A new "filearchive" table stores information on deleted files
-* A new "querycache_info" table stores information on query page updates
+Some minor database changes have been made since 1.7:
+* new fields and indexes on ipblocks
+* index change on recentchanges
+Several changes from 1.5 and 1.6 do require updates to be run on upgrade.
To ensure that these tables are filled with data, run refreshLinks.php after
the upgrade.
normally and that special pages continue to function, etc. and correct errors
and quirks which reveal themselves.
+== Upgrading from 1.7 wikis ==
+
+$wgDefaultUserOptions now contains all the defaults, not only overrides.
+If you're setting this as a complete array(), you may need to change it
+to set only specific items as recommended in DefaultSettings.php.
+
+
== Upgrading from 1.6 wikis ==
$wgLocalTZoffset was in hours, it is now using minutes.