a little relase notes lovin'

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index aa2f834..806623f 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 
 * $wgUseETag, to enable/disable sending of HTTP ETag headers
   (default: disabled)
 
 * $wgUseETag, to enable/disable sending of HTTP ETag headers
   (default: disabled)

+* $wgLegalTitleChars now includes '+' by default for better compatibility
+  with importing data dumps from Wikipedia
+* $wgDefaultUserOptions now includes all default option settings instead
+  of only overrides.

 
 
 == Major new features ==
 
 
 == Major new features ==


@@ -336,12 +340,11 @@ At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 
 == Upgrading ==
 
 
 == Upgrading ==
 

-Several changes to the database have been made from 1.6:
-
-* A new "langlinks" table tracks interlanguage links
-* A new "filearchive" table stores information on deleted files
-* A new "querycache_info" table stores information on query page updates
+Some minor database changes have been made since 1.7:
+* new fields and indexes on ipblocks
+* index change on recentchanges

 
 

+Several changes from 1.5 and 1.6 do require updates to be run on upgrade.

 To ensure that these tables are filled with data, run refreshLinks.php after
 the upgrade.
 
 To ensure that these tables are filled with data, run refreshLinks.php after
 the upgrade.
 

diff --git a/UPGRADE b/UPGRADE
index 9f595c0..9862dc8 100644 (file)
--- a/UPGRADE
+++ b/UPGRADE
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ procedure, and especially after upgrading; check that page views and edits work
 normally and that special pages continue to function, etc. and correct errors
 and quirks which reveal themselves.
 
 normally and that special pages continue to function, etc. and correct errors
 and quirks which reveal themselves.
 

+== Upgrading from 1.7 wikis ==
+
+$wgDefaultUserOptions now contains all the defaults, not only overrides.
+If you're setting this as a complete array(), you may need to change it
+to set only specific items as recommended in DefaultSettings.php.
+
+

 == Upgrading from 1.6 wikis ==
 
 $wgLocalTZoffset was in hours, it is now using minutes.
 == Upgrading from 1.6 wikis ==
 
 $wgLocalTZoffset was in hours, it is now using minutes.