From d4c148423924d38198c65cd00cf6ab6e1295459b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brion Vibber Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 07:50:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] a little info; needs more work --- RELEASE-NOTES | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 4de38e31da..6382a73734 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can. -== MediaWiki 1.6 pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha == +== MediaWiki 1.6.0 == -Misc work going on..... +MediaWiki is moving to a quarterly snapshot release cycle; roughly every +three months, the current Big things to note: * MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported. @@ -16,6 +17,29 @@ Big things to note: * New protection (bug 1735), preferences and userlogin designs * Category system is always enabled. + +== Upgrading == + +Several changes to the database have been made from 1.5; these are relatively +minor but do require that the update process be run before the new code will +work properly: + +* A new "templatelinks" table tracks template inclusions. +* A new "externallinks" table tracks URL links; this can be used by a + mass spam-cleanup tool in the SpamBlacklist extension. +* A new "jobs" table stores a queue of pages to update in the background; this + is used to update links in including pages when templates are edited. + +To ensure that these tables are filled with data, run refreshLinks.php after +the upgrade. + + +If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database +changes are made. + +See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions. + + == Changes since 1.5 == * please fill in for the last couple weeks -- 2.20.1