Merge "Add IDatabase::getScopedLockAndFlush() method"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.27

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
index b48d0b6..35ce6c2 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ production.
    MediaWiki\Session\SessionProvider.
 ** The User cannot be loaded from session until after Setup.php completes.
    Attempts to do so will be ignored and the User will remain unloaded.
+** CSRF tokens may be fetched from the MediaWiki\Session\Session, which uses
+   the MediaWiki\Session\Token class.
 * MediaWiki will now auto-create users as necessary, removing the need for
   extensions to do so. An 'autocreateaccount' right is added to allow
   auto-creation when 'createaccount' is not granted to all users.
@@ -88,11 +90,15 @@ production.
 * Most cookie-handling methods in User are deprecated.
 * $wgAllowAsyncCopyUploads and $CopyUploadAsyncTimeout were removed. This was an
   experimental feature that has never worked.
+* Login and createaccount tokens now vary by timestamp.
+* LoginForm::getLoginToken() and LoginForm::getCreateaccountToken()
+  return a MediaWiki\Session\Token, and tokens must be checked using that
+  class's methods.
+* $wgEnotifUseJobQ was removed and the job queue is always used.
 
 === New features in 1.27 ===
-* $wgDataCenterId and $wgDataCenterRoles where added, which will serve as
-  basic configuration settings needed for multi-datacenter setups.
-  $wgDataCenterUpdateStickTTL was also added.
+* $wgDataCenterUpdateStickTTL was also added. This decides how long a user
+  sticks to the primary DC (via cookies) after they make changes to the site.
 * Added a new hook, 'UserMailerTransformContent', to transform the contents
   of an email. This is similar to the EmailUser hook but applies to all mail
   sent via UserMailer.