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=== Configuration changes in 1.17 ===
-* DatabaseFunctions.php that was needed for compatibility with pre-1.3 extensions
- has been removed.
-
+* DatabaseFunctions.php that was needed for compatibility with pre-1.3
+ extensions has been removed.
+
=== New features in 1.17 ===
* (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via
User:<name>/common.css and /common.js (if user css/js is enabled)
-* (bug 22748) Add anchors on Special:ListGroupRights
+* (bug 22748) Add anchors on Special:ListGroupRights
* (bug 21981) Add parameter 'showfilename' to <gallery> to automatically apply
the names of the individual files within the gallery
* (bug 12797) Add $wgGalleryOptions for adjusting of default gallery display
changes list
=== Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
-* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive without
- updating DB
+* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive
+ without updating database
* (bug 22666) Submitting user block form with an invalid user name no longer
throws an error
* (bugs 22665 and 22667) User '0' can now be unblocked and have its block
* (bug 15810) Blocked admins can no longer block/unblock other users
* (bug 22876) Avoid possible PHP Notice if $wgDefaultUserOptions is not
correctly set
-* (bug 14952) Page titles are renormalized after html entities are removed so that
- links with non-NFC character references work correctly.
+* (bug 14952) Page titles are renormalized after html entities are removed so
+ that links with non-NFC character references work correctly.
* (bug 22991) wgUserGroups JavaScript variable now reports * group for
anonymous users instead of null.
* (bug 22627) Remove PHP notice when deleting a page only hidden users edited.
-* (bug 21520) Anonymous previews now also gives a warning about not being
+* (bug 21520) Anonymous previews now also gives a warning about not being
logged in (anonpreviewwarning).
* (bug 22935) image/x-ms-bmp mime type added for BMP files
* (bug 23024) Special:ListFiles now escapes file names correctly
* (bug 22868) don't list infinite block expiry date as "now" in API logevents
* (bug 22290) prop=revisions now outputs "comment" field even when comment
is empty, for consistency with list=recentchanges
-
+
=== Languages updated in 1.17 ===
== Compatibility ==
-MediaWiki 1.17 requires PHP 5.1 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
+MediaWiki 1.17 requires PHP 5.1 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer
+supported.
MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.