Merge "Handle redirects during prefix search exact match"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.25

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
index b649c2b..c1b600d 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ production.
 * (bug 72951) The UserGetLanguageObject hook may be passed any IContextSource
   for its $context parameter. Formerly it was documented as receiving a
   RequestContext specifically.
 * (bug 72951) The UserGetLanguageObject hook may be passed any IContextSource
   for its $context parameter. Formerly it was documented as receiving a
   RequestContext specifically.

+* Profiling was restructured and $wgProfiler now requires an 'output' parameter.
+  See StartProfiler.sample for details.
+* $wgMangleFlashPolicy was added to make MediaWiki's mangling of anything that
+  might be a flash policy directive configurable.
+* ApiOpenSearch now supports XML output. The OpenSearchXml extension should no
+  longer be used. If extracts and page images are desired, the TextExtracts and
+  PageImages extensions are required.
+* $wgOpenSearchTemplate is deprecated in favor of $wgOpenSearchTemplates.

 
 === New features in 1.25 ===
 * (bug 62861) Updated plural rules to CLDR 26. Includes incompatible changes
 
 === New features in 1.25 ===
 * (bug 62861) Updated plural rules to CLDR 26. Includes incompatible changes


@@ -47,6 +55,10 @@ production.
   User::matchEditToken will reject any older tokens.
 * The debug logging internals have been overhauled, and are now using the
   PSR-3 interfaces.
   User::matchEditToken will reject any older tokens.
 * The debug logging internals have been overhauled, and are now using the
   PSR-3 interfaces.

+* Update CSSJanus to v1.1.1.
+* Added a hook, "ApiOpenSearchSuggest", to allow extensions to provide extracts
+  and images for ApiOpenSearch output. The semantics are identical to the
+  "OpenSearchXml" hook provided by the OpenSearchXml extension.

 
 === Bug fixes in 1.25 ===
 * (bug 71003) No additional code will be generated to try to load CSS-embedded
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.25 ===
 * (bug 71003) No additional code will be generated to try to load CSS-embedded


@@ -93,6 +105,19 @@ production.
 * If the user has the 'deletedhistory' right, action=query's revids parameter
   will now recognize deleted revids.
 * prop=revisions may be used as a generator, generating revids.
 * If the user has the 'deletedhistory' right, action=query's revids parameter
   will now recognize deleted revids.
 * prop=revisions may be used as a generator, generating revids.

+* (bug 66776) format=json results will no longer be corrupted when
+  $wgMangleFlashPolicy is in effect. format=php results will cleanly return an
+  error instead of returning invalid serialized data.
+* Generators may now return data for the generated pages when used with
+  action=query.
+* Query page data for generator=search and generator=prefixsearch will now
+  include an "index" field, which may be used by the client for sorting the
+  search results.
+* ApiOpenSearch now supports XML output.
+* ApiOpenSearch will now output descriptions and URLs as array indexes 2 and 3
+  in JSON format.
+* (bug T76051) list=tags will now continue correctly.
+* (bug T76052) list=tags can now indicate whether a tag is defined.

 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
 * ApiHelp has been rewritten to support i18n and paginated HTML output.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
 * ApiHelp has been rewritten to support i18n and paginated HTML output.


@@ -122,6 +147,8 @@ production.
   revisions as "good" if the user has the 'deletedhistory' right. New methods
   ApiPageSet::getLiveRevisionIDs() and ApiPageSet::getDeletedRevisionIDs() are
   provided to access just the live or just the deleted revids.
   revisions as "good" if the user has the 'deletedhistory' right. New methods
   ApiPageSet::getLiveRevisionIDs() and ApiPageSet::getDeletedRevisionIDs() are
   provided to access just the live or just the deleted revids.

+* Added ApiPageSet::setGeneratorData() and ApiPageSet::populateGeneratorData()
+  to allow generators to include data in the action=query result.

 * The following methods have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
   release:
   * ApiBase::getDescription
 * The following methods have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
   release:
   * ApiBase::getDescription


@@ -150,6 +177,9 @@ MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 
 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 

+* (bug 64440) Kazakh (kk) wikis should no longer forcefully reset the user's
+  interface language to kk where unexpected.
+

 === Other changes in 1.25 ===
 * The skin autodiscovery mechanism, deprecated in MediaWiki 1.23, has been
   removed. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_autodiscovery for
 === Other changes in 1.25 ===
 * The skin autodiscovery mechanism, deprecated in MediaWiki 1.23, has been
   removed. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_autodiscovery for


@@ -182,6 +212,14 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/xml/export-0.10.xsd>.
 * MWFunction::call() and MWFunction::callArray() were removed, having being
   deprecated in 1.22.
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/xml/export-0.10.xsd>.
 * MWFunction::call() and MWFunction::callArray() were removed, having being
   deprecated in 1.22.

+* Deprecated the getInternalLinkAttributes, getInternalLinkAttributesObj,
+  and getInternalLinkAttributes methods in Linker, and removed
+  getExternalLinkAttributes method, which was deprecated in MediaWiki 1.18.
+* Removed Sites class, which was deprecated in 1.21 and replaced by SiteSQLStore.
+* The mw.api.getToken() method now uses action=query?meta=tokens. This will now
+  fail for custom tokens registered only via the deprecated ApiTokensGetTokenTypes
+  hook. The ApiQueryTokensRegisterTypes hook should be used for this to work.
+* Added wgRelevantArticleId to the client-side config, for use on special pages.

 
 == Compatibility ==
 
 
 == Compatibility ==
 


@@ -222,7 +260,7 @@ Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 
 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 
 
 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 

-For notes on 1.23.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
+For notes on 1.24.x and older releases, see HISTORY.

 
 == Online documentation ==
 
 
 == Online documentation ==