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
  85 ==== Removed classes ====
  86 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
  87 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
  88
  89 == Compatibility ==
  90
  91 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
  92
  93 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  94 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  95 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  96
  97 The supported versions are:
  98
  99 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 100 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 101 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 102 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 103 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 104
 105 == Upgrading ==
 106
 107 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
 108 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 109 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 110 many hours on a large site).
 111
 112 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 113 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 114 due to database schema changes.
 115
 116 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 117 new database fields are filled with data.
 118
 119 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 120 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 121 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 122
 123 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 124
 125 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 126
 127 For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 128
 129 == Online documentation ==
 130
 131 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 132 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 133 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 134
 135         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 136
 137 == Mailing list ==
 138
 139 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 140
 141         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 142
 143 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 144
 145         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 146
 147 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 148 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 149
 150 == IRC help ==
 151
 152 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.