* Default value of $wgMaxShellMemory has been tripled (it's now 300 MB).
=== New features in 1.22 ===
+* You can now install extensions using Composer.
+ See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Composer
* (bug 44525) mediawiki.jqueryMsg can now parse (whitelisted) HTML elements and attributes.
* (bug 33454) Language::sprintfDate now has a timezone parameter, and supports
the "eIOPTZ" formatting characters.
* The 'UnwatchArticle' and 'WatchArticle' hooks now support a Status object
instead of just a boolean return value to abort the hook.
* Added a hook, SpecialWatchlistGetNonRevisionTypes, to allow extensions
- with custom recentchanges entries to hook into the Watchlist without
+ with custom recentchanges entries to hook into the Watchlist without
clobbering each other.
* A hidden, empty input field was added to the edit form, and any edit that fills
it in will be rejected. This prevents against the simplest form of spambots.
* (bug 45288) Support mysqli PHP extension
* (bug 55818) BREAKING CHANGE: Removed undocumented 'Debug' hook in wfDebug.
This resolves an infinite loop when using $wgDebugFunctionEntry = true.
+* (bug 56707) Correct tooltip of "Next n results" on query special pages.
=== API changes in 1.22 ===
* (bug 25553) The JSON output formatter now leaves forward slashes unescaped
* (bug 46751) Made Buryat (Russia) (буряад) (bxr) fallback to Russian.
=== Other changes in 1.22 ===
-* The rc_type field in the recentchanges table has been superseded by a new
- rc_source field. The rc_source field is a string representation of the
- change type where rc_type was a numeric constant. This field is not yet
- queried but will be in a future point release of 1.22.
-** Utilize update.php to create and populate this new field. On larger wiki's
- which do not wish to update recentchanges table in one large update please
- review the sql and comments in maintenance/archives/patch-rc_source.sql.
-** The rc_type field of recentchanges will be deprecated in a future point
- release.
* BREAKING CHANGE: Implementation of MediaWiki's JS and JSON value encoding
has changed:
** MediaWiki no longer supports PHP installations in which the native JSON
changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
=== Other changes in 1.23 ===
+* The rc_type field in the recentchanges table has been superseded by a new
+ rc_source field. The rc_source field is a string representation of the
+ change type where rc_type was a numeric constant. This field is not yet
+ queried but will be in a future point release of 1.22.
+** Utilize update.php to create and populate this new field. On larger wiki's
+ which do not wish to update recentchanges table in one large update please
+ review the sql and comments in maintenance/archives/patch-rc_source.sql.
+** The rc_type field of recentchanges will be deprecated in a future point
+ release.
* The global variable $wgArticle has been removed after a lengthy deprecation
* mediawiki.util: mw.util.wikiGetlink has been renamed to getUrl. (The old name still
works, but is deprecated.)