From 8944bb03d4518b11488520ec22d38b8f2ce8e3e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nikita Rana Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:36:44 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] HISTORY: Add MediaWiki 1.5 post-release change notes Add MediaWiki 1.5 post-release change notes, sourced from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.5 Bug: T213714 Change-Id: I6c29cca7903df3f9f718aa13512c500c5fced63c --- HISTORY | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY index e87facd303..7895316cd2 100644 --- a/HISTORY +++ b/HISTORY @@ -16487,6 +16487,39 @@ place on the development trunk and will appear in the next quarterly release. Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can [[Download from SVN|obtain it from source control]]. +=== What's new in 1.6 === + +'''User interface:''' +* The account creation form has been separated from the user login form. +* Page protection/unprotection uses a new, expanded form + +'''Templates:''' +* Categories and "what links here" now update as expected when adding or +removing links in a template. +* Template parameters can now have default values, as {{{name|default +value}}} + +'''Uploads:''' +* Optional support for rasterizing SVG images to PNG for inline display + +'''Feeds:''' +* Feed generation upgraded to Atom 1.0 +* Diffs in RSS and Atom feeds are now colored for improved readability. + +'''Database:''' +* MySQL 3.23.x support dropped; 4.0 or later required +* Experimental support for Unicode mode of MySQL 4.1/5.0 (moderately tested) +* Experimental Oracle support (not well tested!) + +'''Anti-spam extension support:''' +* [[meta:SpamBlacklist extension|SpamBlacklist extension]] now has support for +automated cleanup. +* Support for a [[meta:ConfirmEdit extension|captcha extension]] to restrict +automated spam edits. + +Numerous bug fixes and other behind-the-scenes changes have been made; see the +file HISTORY for a complete change list. + == Changes since 1.5 == * (bug 2885) More PHP 5.1 fixes: skin, search, log, undelete @@ -17231,39 +17264,6 @@ fully support the editing toolbar, but was found to be too confusing. * (bug 2139) Show page title in subtitle when viewing "read only" page * (bug 5452) Update language name for Cree -=== What's new in 1.6 === - -'''User interface:''' -* The account creation form has been separated from the user login form. -* Page protection/unprotection uses a new, expanded form - -'''Templates:''' -* Categories and "what links here" now update as expected when adding or -removing links in a template. -* Template parameters can now have default values, as {{{name|default -value}}} - -'''Uploads:''' -* Optional support for rasterizing SVG images to PNG for inline display - -'''Feeds:''' -* Feed generation upgraded to Atom 1.0 -* Diffs in RSS and Atom feeds are now colored for improved readability. - -'''Database:''' -* MySQL 3.23.x support dropped; 4.0 or later required -* Experimental support for Unicode mode of MySQL 4.1/5.0 (moderately tested) -* Experimental Oracle support (not well tested!) - -'''Anti-spam extension support:''' -* [[meta:SpamBlacklist extension|SpamBlacklist extension]] now has support for -automated cleanup. -* Support for a [[meta:ConfirmEdit extension|captcha extension]] to restrict -automated spam edits. - -Numerous bug fixes and other behind-the-scenes changes have been made; see the -file HISTORY for a complete change list. - == Compatibility == Older PHP 4.2 and 4.1 releases are no longer supported; PHP 4 users must @@ -17302,7 +17302,11 @@ Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not produce recommended on live sites. (This must be set for MathML to display properly in Mozilla.) ----- + += MediaWiki 1.5 = + +== MediaWiki 1.5.9 == +* (bug 3359) Add hooks on completion of file upload == MediaWiki 1.5.8 == -- 2.20.1