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
  29 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  30 * (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
  31 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  32 file description page for multi-paged documents.
  33 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  34 used in Tiff files.
  35 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  36 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  37 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
  38 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  39   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  40 * (bug 23002) Imagelinks table not updated after imagemove.
  41 * (bug 27864) Transcluding {{Special:Prefix}} with empty prefix now lists all
  42   pages.
  43 * (bug 18803) JPEG2000 images can no longer be uploaded as JPEG image.
  44 * (bug 11868) If using links to count articles, the checking will now be based
  45   on the real presence of an internal link instead of the "[[" string
  46 * (bug 28287) The "your changes" box for edit conflicts is now read-only.
  47
  48 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  49 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
  50 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
  51
  52 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  53
  54 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  55 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  56 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  57
  58 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
  59
  60 == Compatibility ==
  61
  62 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  63
  64 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  65 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  66 DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  67
  68 The supported versions are:
  69
  70 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  71 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  72 * SQLite 3
  73
  74 == Upgrading ==
  75
  76 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
  77 updates.
  78
  79 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  80 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  81 due to database schema changes.
  82
  83 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  84 new database fields are filled with data.
  85
  86 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  87 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  88 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  89
  90 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  91
  92 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  93
  94 == Online documentation ==
  95
  96 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  97 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  98 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  99
 100         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 101
 102 == Mailing list ==
 103
 104 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 105
 106         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 107
 108 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 109
 110         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 111
 112 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 113 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 114
 115 == IRC help ==
 116
 117 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.