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