RELEASE-NOTES

   1 = MediaWiki release notes =
   2
   3 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
   4 setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.
   5
   6
   7 *** COMMITTERS! Before 1.4 release, make sure 1.3.x release notes are
   8 *** up to date in the file HISTORY. Don't put 1.3 updates here please.
   9
  10 == MediaWiki 1.4 PRE-ALPHA ==
  11
  12 Major changes from 1.3.x:
  13 * (?) Support for table prefixes for better sharing with other web apps
  14 * (?) PostgreSQL support
  15 * Optional article validation voting features
  16 * 'Recentchanges Patrol' to mark new edits that haven't yet been viewed
  17 * Support for faster C++ diff module (WikiDiff extension)
  18 * More scary link caching modes
  19 * Old manually maintained log pages replaced with searchable Special:Log
  20 * Skins system more modular: templates and CSS are now in /skins/
  21 * New user preference for limitting the image size for images on image description
  22   pages
  23 * Error pages no more offer edit / talk / watch links (bug #502)
  24 * Allow user to preview article on first edit (bug #530)
  25 * New dark background skin named Amethyst (thanks Sorwena and Sorkhiri)
  26 * [[RFC 1234]] will now make an internal link (bug #479)
  27 * PhpTal skins shown bogus 'What links here' etc on special pages (bug #511)
  28 * Experimental code to manage user and group rights (Special:Userlevels)
  29 * UI language switching
  30 * Traditional/Simplified Chinese conversion
  31 * ... and more!
  32
  33 === Caveats ===
  34
  35 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
  36 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
  37 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
  38 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
  39 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
  40
  41 The new 'MonoBook' skin is not compatible with PHP 5 due to bugs in the
  42 underlying PHPTAL library. It will be automatically disabled when running
  43 on PHP5; the older look and feel will be used instead.
  44
  45
  46 For notes on 1.3.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  47
  48
  49 === Online documentation ===
  50
  51 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
  52 built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
  53 License:
  54
  55   http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
  56
  57
  58 === Mailing list ===
  59
  60 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
  61 wikitech-l list:
  62
  63   http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
  64
  65
  66 === IRC help ===
  67
  68 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net