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 * Introduced $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey as a backwards-compatibility switch,
  15   for using the old schema of the page_props table, in case the respective
  16   schema update was not applied.
  17
  18 === New features in 1.24 ===
  19 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
  20   WhatLinksHere entries.
  21 * Added a new hook, "ContentGetParserOutput", to customize parser output for
  22   a given content object.
  23 * Deprecated the hook "ShowRawCssJs", use "ContentGetParserOutput" instead.
  24 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
  25 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
  26   fields in the form.
  27 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
  28   fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
  29   have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
  30 * Added a new hook, "SidebarBeforeOutput", to allow to edit the structure of
  31   the sidebar just before its display.
  32 * (bug 49156) Added the mediawiki.cookie ResourceLoader module, which wraps
  33   jQuery.cookie so that getting/setting a cookie is syntactically and functionally
  34   similar to using the WebRequest#getCookie/WebResponse#setcookie methods.
  35 * (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1.
  36 * Changes to content typography (fonts, etc.). See
  37   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh for further information.
  38
  39 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
  40 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
  41   rather than content language (same as copyright notice for editing interface).
  42 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  43   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  44   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  45   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  46   claimed it would.
  47 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
  48   which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
  49 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
  50   follow redirects to their target pages.
  51 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
  52
  53 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  54 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
  55   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
  56 * action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap returns a new "protorel"
  57   field which is true iff protocol-relative urls can be used to access
  58   a particular interwiki map entry.
  59
  60 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  61
  62 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  63 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  64 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  65
  66 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  67 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  68 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  69 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  70   were removed as they were unused.
  71 * (bug 65477) User::pingLimiter() now has an additional profile point varying
  72   by action being used.
  73 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  74   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  75   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  76 * Added pp_sortkey column to page_props table, so pages can be efficiently
  77   queried and sorted by property value (bug 58032).
  78   See $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey if you want to postpone the schema change.
  79
  80 ==== Renamed classes ====
  81 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  82 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  83 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  84 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  85 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  86 * MediaWiki_I18N to MediaWikiI18N
  87 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
  88 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
  89 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
  90 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
  91 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
  92 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
  93 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
  94 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
  95 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
  96 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
  97 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
  98 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
  99 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
 100 * WebInstaller_Complete to WebInstallerComplete
 101 * WebInstaller_Copying to WebInstallerCopying
 102 * WebInstaller_DBConnect to WebInstallerDBConnect
 103 * WebInstaller_DBSettings to WebInstallerDBSettings
 104 * WebInstaller_Document to WebInstallerDocument
 105 * WebInstaller_ExistingWiki to WebInstallerExistingWiki
 106 * WebInstaller_Install to WebInstallerInstall
 107 * WebInstaller_Language to WebInstallerLanguage
 108 * WebInstaller_Name to WebInstallerName
 109 * WebInstaller_Options to WebInstallerOptions
 110 * WebInstaller_Readme to WebInstallerReadme
 111 * WebInstaller_ReleaseNotes to WebInstallerReleaseNotes
 112 * WebInstaller_Restart to WebInstallerRestart
 113 * WebInstaller_Upgrade to WebInstallerUpgrade
 114 * WebInstaller_UpgradeDoc to WebInstallerUpgradeDoc
 115 * WebInstaller_Welcome to WebInstallerWelcome
 116
 117 ==== Removed classes ====
 118 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
 119 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
 120
 121 == Compatibility ==
 122
 123 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
 124
 125 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 126 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 127 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 128
 129 The supported versions are:
 130
 131 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 132 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 133 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 134 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 135 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 136
 137 == Upgrading ==
 138
 139 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
 140 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 141 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 142 many hours on a large site).
 143
 144 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 145 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 146 due to database schema changes.
 147
 148 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 149 new database fields are filled with data.
 150
 151 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 152 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 153 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 154
 155 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 156
 157 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 158
 159 For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 160
 161 == Online documentation ==
 162
 163 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 164 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 165 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 166
 167         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 168
 169 == Mailing list ==
 170
 171 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 172
 173         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 174
 175 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 176
 177         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 178
 179 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 180 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 181
 182 == IRC help ==
 183
 184 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.