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 == MediaWiki 1.10 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET.
   9
  10 MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
  11 quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
  12 "ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.
  13
  14 Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
  15 from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature development happen
  16 will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.
  17
  18 Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
  19 it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
  20
  21 == Configuration changes ==
  22
  23 == Major new features ==
  24
  25 == Changes since 1.9 ==
  26
  27 * (bug 7292) Fix site statistics when moving pages in/out of content namespaces
  28 * (bug 6937) Introduce "statistics-footer" message, appended to Special:Statistics
  29 * (bug 8531) Correct local name of Lingála (patch by Raymond)
  30 * (bug 6638) List block flags in block log entries
  31 * New script maintenance/language/checkExtensioni18n.php used to check i18n
  32   progress in the extension repository.
  33 * Running maintenance/parserTests.php with '--record' option, will now automaticly
  34   tries to create its database tables.
  35 * Made the PLURAL: parser function return singular on -1 per default.
  36 * Fixed up the AjaxSearch
  37 * (bugs 5051, 5376) Tooltips and accesskeys no longer require JavaScript
  38 * Added SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec hook before SkinTemplate::outputPage()
  39   starts page output (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2007-January/028554.html)
  40 * Fix SpecialVersion->formatCredits input. Version and Url parameters should be null
  41   to be treated properly with isset.
  42 * Branch page_restrictions column out into its own table, also creating a "cascading protection"
  43    feature, which automagically disallows edits to pages transcluded into a page protected with
  44    this new option. Various other code tidiness fixes and refactoring in the log messages of
  45    branches/werdna/restrictions-separation.
  46 * The minimum permissions needed to edit a page in each namespace can
  47   now be customized via the $wgNamespaceProtection array.  By default,
  48   editing pages in the MediaWiki namespace requires "editinterface"
  49   permissions, just as before.
  50 * (bug 8567) Added hook RawPageViewBeforeOutput just before the text is blown out in action=raw,
  51              so extensions might influence the output.
  52 * Correct tooltip accesskey hint for Opera on the Macintosh (it uses Shift-Esc-, not Ctrl-).
  53 * (bug 3446) Add user preference to hide page content below diffs, can be overridden by adding
  54              diffonly=1 or diffonly=0 to the URL of the diff page
  55 * (bug 8002) Math should render left-to-right even in right-to-left wikis
  56 * Pass e-mail and real name fields to AuthPlugin::addUser, as additional
  57   optional fields, which may be considered useful at registration time.
  58 * Fixed Postgres upgrade script.
  59 * (bug 8613) Fix error when viewing "Recent Changes" and using Postgres.
  60 * Initialise site_stats table at upgrade time if data was missing
  61 * (bug 7250) Updated Unicode normalization tables to Unicode 5.0
  62 * Add 'purge' privilege to replace the hardcoded check for login state in
  63   determining whether action=purge can be done via GET. Switching the
  64   permission on for anons can be helpful for benchmarking.
  65 * Unmaintained Oracle support files have been removed.
  66
  67
  68 == Languages updated ==
  69
  70 * Belarusian (be)
  71 * Finnish (fi)
  72 * French (fr)
  73 * German (de)
  74 * Hebrew (he)
  75 * Indonesian (id)
  76 * Lithuanian (lt)
  77 * Swedish (sv)
  78
  79 == Compatibility ==
  80
  81 MediaWiki 1.10 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  82
  83 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  84 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  85 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  86
  87 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  88 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  89
  90
  91 == Upgrading ==
  92
  93 Some minor database changes have been made since 1.7:
  94 * new fields and indexes on ipblocks
  95 * index change on recentchanges
  96
  97 Several changes from 1.5 and 1.6 do require updates to be run on upgrade.
  98 To ensure that these tables are filled with data, run refreshLinks.php after
  99 the upgrade.
 100
 101 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 102 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 103 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 104
 105 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 106
 107
 108
 109 === Caveats ===
 110
 111 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 112 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 113 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 114 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 115 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 116
 117
 118 For notes on 1.9.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 119
 120
 121 === Online documentation ===
 122
 123 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 124 built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 125 License:
 126
 127   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 128
 129
 130 === Mailing list ===
 131
 132 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 133 wikitech-l list:
 134
 135   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 136
 137 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 138
 139   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 140
 141 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 142 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 143
 144
 145 === IRC help ===
 146
 147 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net