RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

   1 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
   2 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.24 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
  12 * The server's canonical hostname is available as $wgServerName, which is
  13   exposed in both mw.config and ApiQuerySiteInfo.
  14
  15 === New features in 1.24 ===
  16 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
  17   WhatLinksHere entries.
  18 * Added a new hook, "ContentGetParserOutput", to customize parser output for
  19   a given content object.
  20 * Deprecated the hook "ShowRawCssJs", use "ContentGetParserOutput" instead.
  21 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
  22 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
  23   fields in the form.
  24 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
  25   fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
  26   have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
  27 * Added a new hook, "SidebarBeforeOutput", to allow to edit the structure of
  28   the sidebar just before its display.
  29 * (bug 49156) Added the mediawiki.cookie ResourceLoader module, which wraps
  30   jQuery.cookie so that getting/setting a cookie is syntactically and functionally
  31   similar to using the WebRequest#getCookie/WebResponse#setcookie methods.
  32
  33 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
  34 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  35   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  36   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  37   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  38   claimed it would.
  39 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
  40   which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
  41 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
  42   follow redirects to their target pages.
  43 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
  44
  45 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  46 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
  47   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
  48
  49 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  50
  51 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  52 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  53 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  54
  55 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  56 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  57 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  58 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  59   were removed as they were unused.
  60 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  61   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  62   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  63
  64 ==== Renamed classes ====
  65 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  66 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  67 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  68 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  69 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  70 * MediaWiki_I18N to MediaWikiI18N
  71 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
  72 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
  73 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
  74 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
  75 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
  76 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
  77 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
  78 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
  79 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
  80 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
  81 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
  82 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
  83 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
  84 * WebInstaller_Complete to WebInstallerComplete
  85 * WebInstaller_Copying to WebInstallerCopying
  86 * WebInstaller_DBConnect to WebInstallerDBConnect
  87 * WebInstaller_DBSettings to WebInstallerDBSettings
  88 * WebInstaller_Document to WebInstallerDocument
  89 * WebInstaller_ExistingWiki to WebInstallerExistingWiki
  90 * WebInstaller_Install to WebInstallerInstall
  91 * WebInstaller_Language to WebInstallerLanguage
  92 * WebInstaller_Name to WebInstallerName
  93 * WebInstaller_Options to WebInstallerOptions
  94 * WebInstaller_Readme to WebInstallerReadme
  95 * WebInstaller_ReleaseNotes to WebInstallerReleaseNotes
  96 * WebInstaller_Restart to WebInstallerRestart
  97 * WebInstaller_Upgrade to WebInstallerUpgrade
  98 * WebInstaller_UpgradeDoc to WebInstallerUpgradeDoc
  99 * WebInstaller_Welcome to WebInstallerWelcome
 100
 101 ==== Removed classes ====
 102 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
 103 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
 104
 105 == Compatibility ==
 106
 107 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
 108
 109 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 110 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 111 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 112
 113 The supported versions are:
 114
 115 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 116 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 117 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 118 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 119 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 120
 121 == Upgrading ==
 122
 123 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
 124 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 125 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 126 many hours on a large site).
 127
 128 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 129 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 130 due to database schema changes.
 131
 132 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 133 new database fields are filled with data.
 134
 135 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 136 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 137 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 138
 139 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 140
 141 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 142
 143 For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 144
 145 == Online documentation ==
 146
 147 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 148 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 149 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 150
 151         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 152
 153 == Mailing list ==
 154
 155 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 156
 157         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 158
 159 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 160
 161         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 162
 163 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 164 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 165
 166 == IRC help ==
 167
 168 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.