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
  28 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
  29 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  30   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  31   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  32   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  33   claimed it would.
  34 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
  35   which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
  36 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
  37   follow redirects to their target pages.
  38 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
  39
  40 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  41 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
  42   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
  43
  44 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  45
  46 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  47 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  48 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  49
  50 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  51 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  52 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  53 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  54   were removed as they were unused.
  55 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  56   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  57   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  58
  59 ==== Renamed classes ====
  60 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  61 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  62 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  63 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  64 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  65 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
  66 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
  67 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
  68 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
  69 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
  70 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
  71 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
  72 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
  73 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
  74 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
  75 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
  76 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
  77 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
  78
  79 == Compatibility ==
  80
  81 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
  82
  83 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  84 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  85 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  86
  87 The supported versions are:
  88
  89 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  90 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  91 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  92 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  93 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
  94
  95 == Upgrading ==
  96
  97 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
  98 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  99 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 100 many hours on a large site).
 101
 102 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 103 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 104 due to database schema changes.
 105
 106 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 107 new database fields are filled with data.
 108
 109 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 110 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 111 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 112
 113 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 114
 115 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 116
 117 For notes on 1.21.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 118
 119 == Online documentation ==
 120
 121 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 122 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 123 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 124
 125         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 126
 127 == Mailing list ==
 128
 129 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 130
 131         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 132
 133 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 134
 135         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 136
 137 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 138 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 139
 140 == IRC help ==
 141
 142 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.