and talk pages are now watched by them by default.
* $wgLBFactoryConf: Class names have had underscores removed. The configuration
should be updated if LBFactory_Simple or LBFactory_Multi is configured.
-* $wgPasswordSenderName has been deprecated. To set a custom mailer name,
- the system message 'emailsender' should be modified (default: "{{SITENAME}}").
+* $wgPasswordSenderName has been removed and is no longer functional. To set a
+ custom mailer name, the system message 'emailsender' should be modified
+ (default: "{{SITENAME}}").
* $wgDBAhandler was removed as the only class using it was also removed
* The 'max threads' setting was removed from $wgDBservers.
* Support for AdminSettings.php has been completely removed. All configuration
belongs in LocalSettings.php.
-* Special:ProtectedPages shows now a table. The timestamp, the reason and
- the protecting user is also shown.
+* $wgSkipSkin, which has been replaceable by $wgSkipSkins since 2005 (r9249), is
+ now formally deprecated.
+* Removed deprecated $wgDisabledActions as it is hardly used anywhere.
=== New features in 1.23 ===
* ResourceLoader can utilize the Web Storage API to cache modules client-side.
multiple sites.
* Added jquery.throttle-debounce ResourceLoader module to limit the number of
callbacks for frequently occurring events.
+* Special:ProtectedPages shows now a table. The timestamp, the reason and
+ the protecting user is also shown.
+* Added experimental support for using Microsoft SQL Server as the database
+ backend.
+** Added new Microsoft SQL Server-specific configuration variable
+ $wgDBWindowsAuthentication, which makes the web server authenticate against
+ the database server using Integrated Windows Authentication instead of
+ $wgDBuser/$wgDBpassword.
+* HTMLForm 'select', 'selectandother', 'selectorother', 'multiselect', and
+ 'radio' fields can now use message keys as labels via the 'options-messages'
+ parameter, which overrides the 'options' parameter.
+* Admins can expire users users passwords manually, or on a schedule using the
+ $wgPasswordExpirationDays configuration setting.
+* Add new hook SendWatchlistEmailNotification, this will be used to determine
+ whether to send a watchlist email notification.
=== Bug fixes in 1.23 ===
* (bug 41759) The "updated since last visit" markers (on history pages, recent
* (bug 60543) Special:PrefixIndex forgot stripprefix=1 for "Next page" link
* (bug 29762) Undoing an already-undone edit will now display an appropriate
message instead of leading the user to make a null edit.
+* (bug 52659) mediawiki.notification: Notification area remained visible when
+ empty and thus was stealing pointer events from links on the page.
=== Web API changes in 1.23 ===
* (bug 54884) action=parse&prop=categories now indicates hidden and missing
* (bug 58627) Provide language names on action=parse&prop=langlinks.
* Deprecated llurl= in favour of llprop=url for action=query&prop=langlinks.
* Added llprop=langname and llprop=autonym for action=query&prop=langlinks.
+* prop=redirects is added, to return redirects to the pages in the query.
+* list=allredirects is added, to list all redirects pointing to a namespace.
=== Languages updated in 1.23 ===
* Thumbnails that keep failing to render in thumb.php will be rate-limited
againt further render attempts for 1 hour. $wgAttemptFailureEpoch can be
altered to reset all rate-limited thumbnails at once.
+* (bug 56572) Builds of the OOjs and OOjs UI libraries are now available.
+* mw.loader.go and mw.loader.version have been removed.
+* (bug 52815) Preference "Enable simplified search bar (Vector skin only)"
+ was removed.
+* A user_password_expires column has been added to the user table. The User
+ object expects this column to exist. Use update.php to create this new field.
+* The jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was deprecated in favor of the
+ jquery.throttle-debounce module. It will be removed in MediaWiki 1.24.
==== Removed classes ====
* FakeMemCachedClient (deprecated in 1.18)
MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
-Oracle.
+Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
The supported versions are:
* PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
* SQLite 3.3.7 or later
* Oracle 9.0.1 or later
+* Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
== Upgrading ==