From: Brad Jorsch Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:02:11 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Move non-API release notes out of the API section X-Git-Tag: 1.31.0-rc.0~17450 X-Git-Url: http://git.cyclocoop.org/%24image?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aee059a254143474f3959887bbb162f93e06dc2f;p=lhc%2Fweb%2Fwiklou.git Move non-API release notes out of the API section The API section is for the web API, not for generic internal APIs. Change-Id: I02561fb1c1a6dff756b87720153ab332ed67475a --- diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.23 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.23 index 8dd9923c55..30835518a8 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.23 +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.23 @@ -82,16 +82,54 @@ production. categories. * action=query&meta=filerepoinfo now returns additional information for each repo. -* EditPage::spamPage() was deprecated since 1.17 and has been removed. * action=parse&prop=languageshtml was deprecated in 1.18 and will be removed in MediaWiki 1.24. * action=parse now has disabletoc flag to disable table of contents in output. -* SpecialRecentChanges::feedSetup() was removed. * (bug 25702) list=allcategories, list=allimages, list=alllinks, list=allpages, list=deletedrevs and list=filearchive did not handle case-sensitivity properly for all parameters. * ApiQueryBase::titlePartToKey allows an extra parameter that indicates the namespace in order to properly capitalize the title part. + +=== Languages updated in 1.23 === + +MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated +regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as +changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports. + +* Support was added for Northern Luri (lrc) + +=== Other changes in 1.23 === +* The rc_type field in the recentchanges table has been superseded by a new + rc_source field. The rc_source field is a string representation of the + change type where rc_type was a numeric constant. This field is not yet + queried but will be in a future point release of 1.22. +** Utilize update.php to create and populate this new field. On larger wiki's + which do not wish to update recentchanges table in one large update please + review the sql and comments in maintenance/archives/patch-rc_source.sql. +** The rc_type field of recentchanges will be deprecated in a future point + release. +* The global variable $wgArticle has been removed after a lengthy deprecation. +* The global functions addButton and insertTags (for mw.toolbar.addButton and + mw.toolbar.insertTags) now emits mw.log.warn when accessed. +* User::getPageRenderingHash() was deprecated since 1.17 and has been removed. +* The ExpandTemplates extension has been moved into MediaWiki core. +* (bug 52812) Removed "Disable search suggestions" from Preference. +* (bug 52809) Removed "Disable browser page caching" from Preference. +* Three new modules intended for use by custom skins were added: + 'skins.common.elements', 'skins.common.content', and 'skins.common.interface', + representing three levels of standard MediaWiki styling. Previously skin + creators wishing to use them had to refer to the file names of appropriate + files directly, which is now discouraged. +* The modules 'skins.vector' and 'skins.monobook' have been renamed to + 'skins.vector.styles' and 'skins.monobook.styles', respectively, + and their definition was changed not to include the common*.css files; + the two skins now load the 'skins.common.interface' module instead. +* A page_links_updated field has been added to the page table. +* SpecialPage::getTitle has been deprecated in favor of + SpecialPage::getPageTitle. +* EditPage::spamPage() was deprecated since 1.17 and has been removed. +* SpecialRecentChanges::feedSetup() was removed. * Removed classes: - TitleDependency - TitleListDependency @@ -138,44 +176,6 @@ production. - WikiPage::useParserCache() (deprecated in 1.18) - WikiPage::viewUpdates() (deprecated in 1.18) -=== Languages updated in 1.23 === - -MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated -regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as -changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports. - -* Support was added for Northern Luri (lrc) - -=== Other changes in 1.23 === -* The rc_type field in the recentchanges table has been superseded by a new - rc_source field. The rc_source field is a string representation of the - change type where rc_type was a numeric constant. This field is not yet - queried but will be in a future point release of 1.22. -** Utilize update.php to create and populate this new field. On larger wiki's - which do not wish to update recentchanges table in one large update please - review the sql and comments in maintenance/archives/patch-rc_source.sql. -** The rc_type field of recentchanges will be deprecated in a future point - release. -* The global variable $wgArticle has been removed after a lengthy deprecation. -* The global functions addButton and insertTags (for mw.toolbar.addButton and - mw.toolbar.insertTags) now emits mw.log.warn when accessed. -* User::getPageRenderingHash() was deprecated since 1.17 and has been removed. -* The ExpandTemplates extension has been moved into MediaWiki core. -* (bug 52812) Removed "Disable search suggestions" from Preference. -* (bug 52809) Removed "Disable browser page caching" from Preference. -* Three new modules intended for use by custom skins were added: - 'skins.common.elements', 'skins.common.content', and 'skins.common.interface', - representing three levels of standard MediaWiki styling. Previously skin - creators wishing to use them had to refer to the file names of appropriate - files directly, which is now discouraged. -* The modules 'skins.vector' and 'skins.monobook' have been renamed to - 'skins.vector.styles' and 'skins.monobook.styles', respectively, - and their definition was changed not to include the common*.css files; - the two skins now load the 'skins.common.interface' module instead. -* A page_links_updated field has been added to the page table. -* SpecialPage::getTitle has been deprecated in favor of - SpecialPage::getPageTitle. - == Compatibility == MediaWiki 1.23 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.