RELEASE-NOTES-1.19

   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 1.19 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
  11 production.
  12
  13 === Configuration changes in 1.19 ===
  14 * $wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups (deprecated in 1.13) has been removed
  15 * $wgInputEncoding and $wgOutputEncoding (deprecated in 1.5) have now been removed
  16 * $wgAllowUserSkin (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  17 * $wgExtraRandompageSQL (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  18 * LogReader and LogViewer classes (deprecated in 1.14) have now been removed
  19
  20 === New features in 1.19 ===
  21 * (bug 28916) A way to to toggle mw.config legacy globals settings from
  22   LocalSettings.php has been created by introducing $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals.
  23 * (bug 28503) Support for ircs:// URL protocols
  24
  25 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  26 * (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
  27 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  28 file description page for multi-paged documents.
  29 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  30 used in Tiff files.
  31 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  32 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  33 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
  34 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  35   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  36 * (bug 28960) Added more messages to Special:EmailUser.
  37
  38 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  39 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
  40 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
  41
  42 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  43
  44 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  45 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  46 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  47
  48 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
  49
  50 == Compatibility ==
  51
  52 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  53
  54 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  55 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  56 DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  57
  58 The supported versions are:
  59
  60 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  61 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  62 * SQLite 3
  63
  64 == Upgrading ==
  65
  66 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
  67 updates.
  68
  69 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  70 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  71 due to database schema changes.
  72
  73 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  74 new database fields are filled with data.
  75
  76 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  77 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  78 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  79
  80 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  81
  82 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  83
  84 == Online documentation ==
  85
  86 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  87 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  88 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  89
  90         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
  91
  92 == Mailing list ==
  93
  94 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
  95
  96         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
  97
  98 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
  99
 100         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 101
 102 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 103 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 104
 105 == IRC help ==
 106
 107 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.