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 * (bug 26033) Added $wgArticleCountMethod to select the method to use to say
  20   whether a page is an article or not. $wgUseCommaCount is now deprecated.
  21
  22 === New features in 1.19 ===
  23 * (bug 28916) A way to to toggle mw.config legacy globals settings from
  24   LocalSettings.php has been created by introducing $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals.
  25 * (bug 28503) Support for ircs:// URL protocols
  26 * (bug 26033) It is now possible to count all non-redirect pages in content
  27   namespaces as articles
  28 * Images can now be embedded in an XML dump stream using backupDump.php
  29   --include-files and can be imported using importDump.php --uploads;
  30   furthermore, it can import files from the filesystem using --image-base-path
  31 * Three new hooks in Special:Undelete, 'UndeleteForm::showHistory',
  32   'UndeleteForm::showRevision' and 'UndeleteForm::undelete', so that extensions
  33   may override the usage of PageArchive class and replace it with their own
  34   class that extends PageArchive.
  35 * (bug 28915) Implement QUnit test suite for MediaWiki JavaScript.
  36   Also built-in support for distribution through a TestSwarm instance.
  37 * (bug 29036) For cascade-protected pages, the mw-textarea-cprotected class is
  38   added to the textarea on the edit form.
  39 * mw.util.getScript has been implemented (like wfScript in GlobalFunctions.php)
  40
  41 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  42 * (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
  43 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  44   file description page for multi-paged documents.
  45 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  46   used in Tiff files.
  47 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  48 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  49 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
  50 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  51   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  52 * (bug 23002) Imagelinks table not updated after imagemove.
  53 * (bug 27864) Transcluding {{Special:Prefix}} with empty prefix now lists all
  54   pages.
  55 * (bug 18803) JPEG2000 images can no longer be uploaded as JPEG image.
  56 * (bug 11868) If using links to count articles, the checking will now be based
  57   on the real presence of an internal link instead of the "[[" string
  58 * (bug 28287) The "your changes" box for edit conflicts is now read-only.
  59 * (bug 28940) When making a thumb of an SVG, and only specifying the height
  60   make the width be the max SVG size, not the natrual width of the SVG.
  61 * (bug 1780) Uploading files with non-ascii characters are now forbidden on
  62   Windows.
  63 * (bug 23464) File: prefixes are now chopped off during uploading.
  64 * (bug 28174) Message config-logo-help amended to not explicitly assume any
  65   LTR/RTL screen layout.
  66 * (bug 28992) Revision numbers in the patrol log are transformed in the user
  67   language.
  68 * (bug 27073) ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles should be dynamically appended to
  69   the document if it doesn't exist.
  70 * (bug 27023) After dom ready event, using mediawiki.loader.using will
  71   call callback too early.
  72 * (bug 4330) External URLs without custom title should be treated as LTR,
  73   also in RTL text.
  74 * (bug 29055) Make don't send email on minor edits preference apply to
  75   changes to talk page in addition to watchlist edits.
  76 * (bug 29071) mediawiki.action.watch.ajax.js should pass uselang to API.
  77 * (bug 28272) Special:Allmessages should have only one "Go" button
  78
  79 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  80 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch now requires POST and token.
  81 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
  82 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
  83 * (bug 27593) API: add error message when sha1/sha1base36 is invalid
  84 * (bug 28578) API's parse module should not silently override invalid
  85   title inputs
  86 * (bug 20699) API watchlist should list log-events
  87 * (bug 29070) Add token to action=watch
  88
  89 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  90
  91 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  92 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  93 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  94
  95 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
  96 * (bug 29031) When translating block log entries, indefinite, infinite, and
  97   infinity are now considered the same.
  98
  99 == Compatibility ==
 100
 101 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 102
 103 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 104 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
 105 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
 106
 107 The supported versions are:
 108
 109 * MySQL 4.0 or later
 110 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 111 * SQLite 3
 112 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 113
 114 == Upgrading ==
 115
 116 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
 117 updates.
 118
 119 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 120 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 121 due to database schema changes.
 122
 123 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 124 new database fields are filled with data.
 125
 126 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 127 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 128 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 129
 130 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 131
 132 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 133
 134 == Online documentation ==
 135
 136 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 137 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 138 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 139
 140         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 141
 142 == Mailing list ==
 143
 144 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 145
 146         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 147
 148 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 149
 150         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 151
 152 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 153 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 154
 155 == IRC help ==
 156
 157 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.