the SQL query. The ActorMigration class may also be used to get feature-flagged
information needed to access actor-related fields during the migration
period.
+* The CLI installer (maintenance/install.php) learned to detect and include
+ extensions. Pass --with-extensions to enable that feature.
=== External library changes in 1.31 ===
* StripState::merge()
* The "free" class is now only applied to unbracketed URLs in wikitext. Links
written using square brackets will get the class "text" not "free".
+* OpenSearch::getOpenSearchTemplate(), deprecated in 1.25, has been removed. You
+ can use ApiOpenSearch::getOpenSearchTemplate() instead.
+* The global function wfBaseConvert, deprecated in 1.27, has been removed. Use
+ Wikimedia\base_convert() directly.
== Compatibility ==
MediaWiki 1.31 requires PHP 5.5.9 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is supported,