this. Was used when mwEmbed was going to be an extension.
* $wgDebugJavaScript if we want to enable fresh debug javascript
* $wgPhpCliPath Path to php-cli for spinning up background php processes
-
* (bug 18222) $wgMinimalPasswordLength default is now 1
* $wgSessionHandler can be used to configure session.save_handler
* $wgLocalFileRepo/$wgForeignFileRepos now have a 'fileMode' parameter to
* $wgHtml5 outputs an HTML 5 doctype instead of XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
* $wgSpecialVersionExtended shows the extended version information besides
PHP and database version.
+* $wgSecondaryGoNamespaces allows an arry of namespaces to be checked when the
+ GO button is pressed, in addition to the main namespace.
+* (bug 19907) $wgCrossSiteAJAXdomains and $wgCrossSiteAJAXdomainsRegex added
+ to control which external domains may access the API via cross-site AJAX.
+* $wgMaintenanceScripts for extensions to add their scripts to the default list
=== New features in 1.16 ===
task, to limit resource usage when the cache for a heavily-viewed article is
invalidated. Requires an external daemon.
* Leading > is now syntax for <blockquote>.
-* (bug 19576) Moved id attribues from anchors accompanying section headers to
- the section headers themselves, removing the redundant anchor elements.
+* (bug 19576) Moved the id attribues from the anchors accompanying section
+ headers to the <span class="mw-headline"> elements within the section headers,
+ removing the redundant anchor elements.
* Parser::setFunctionTagHook now can be used to add a new tag which is parsed at
preprocesor level.
* Added $wgShowArchiveThumbnails, allowing sysadmins to disable thumbnail
thumbnails to be stored in a separate location to the source images.
* If config/ directory is not executable, the command to make it executable
now asks the user to cd to the correct directory
-* Add experimental new external authentication framework, ExternalAuth.
+* Add experimental new external authentication framework, ExternalAuth
+* (bug 14201) Set $wgDBadminuser/$wgDBadminpassword during setup
+* (bug 18768) Remove AdminSettings requirements. Maintenance environment
+ will still load it if it exists, but it's not required for anything
+* Added $wgSecondaryGoNamespaces, allowing an array of namespaces to be checked
+ when the Go button is pressed in addition to the main namespace.
+* (bug 19900) The "listgrouprights-key" message is now wrapped in a div with
+ class "mw-listgrouprights-key"
+* (bug 471) Allow RSS feeds for watchlist, using an opt-in security token
+* (bug 10812) Interwiki links can have names and descriptions, fetched from
+ message 'interwiki-desc-PREFIX', not really used anywhere yet though
+* (bug 9691) Add type (signup or login) parameter to AuthPlugin::ModifyUITemplate()
+* (bug 14454) "Member of group(s)" in Special:Preferences causes language difficulties
+* (bug 16697) Unicode combining characters are difficult to edit in some browsers
+* Parser test supports uploading results to remote CodeReview instance
+* (bug 20013) Added CSS class "mw-version-ext-version" is wrapped on the
+ extension version in Special:Version
+* (bug 20014) Added CSS class "mw-listgrouprights-right-name" is wrapped on the
+ right name in Special:ListGroupRights
+* The description message in $wgExtensionCredits can be an array with parameters
+* (bug 12920) New CoreParserFunction {{nse:...}} as an url-friendly equivalent
+ to {{ns:...}}
+* (bug 16322) Allow maintenance scripts to accept DB user/pass over input or params
+* (bug 18566) Maintenance script to un/protect pages
+* (bug 671) The HTML <abbr> tag is now permitted.
+* RecentChanges now has a legend to explain what the Nmb! flags mean, and the
+ flags have tooltips.
=== Bug fixes in 1.16 ===
* (bug 17139) ts_resortTable inconsistent trimming makes date sorting fragile
* (bug 19445) Change oldimage table to use ON UPDATE CASCADE for FK to image table.
* (bug 14080) Short notation links to subpages didn't work in edit summaries
+* (bug 17374) Special:Export no longer exports multiple copies of pages
+* (bug 19818) Edits to user CSS/JS subpages can now be marked as patrolled by
+ users who can't edit them
+* (bug 15745) The edit summary link parser now handles mismatched brackets
+ better
+* (bug 19839) Comments in log items are no more double escaped
+* (bug 18161) Fix inconsistent separators in watchlist link toolbars with
+ "enhanced recent changes"
+* (bug 19857) maintenance/deleteRevision.php on last revision no longer breaks
+ target page
+* (bug 16877) Moving a page over a redirect no longer leaves an orphan entry in
+ the recentchanges table
+* (bug 16009) Limit selection forms based on Pager now links to the correct page
+ when using long urls
+* The display of the language list on the preferences is more comply with the
+ BCP 47 standards.
+* (bug 19849) Custom X-Vary-Options header now disabled unless $wgUseXVO is set
+* (bug 19301) Duplicates entries in $wgAddGroups, $wgRemoveGroups,
+ $wgGroupsAddToSelf and $wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf are no more displayed on
+ Special:ListGroupRights
+* (bug 18799) Special:Userlogin now handles correctly the returnto parameter
+ to not link back to Special:Userlogout when user's language isn't the same as
+ content's language
+* (bug 19479) Show proper error message when unable to connect to PostgreSQL
+ database with username/password in MediaWiki's setup
+* (bugs 18407, 18409) Special:Upload is now listed on Special:Specialpages only
+ if uploads are enabled and the user can access it
+* (bug 17988) Spaces before [[Category:]] links are no longer ignored
+* (bug 19392) Favicon, apple-touch-icon links matching the defaults are no
+ longer sent
+* (bug 19957) All known-failing tests now marked disabled; added --run-disabled
+ option to parser test suite to run disabled tests if desired.
+* (bug 16311) Make recent change flags (n/m/b) <abbr>s instead of <span>s
+* (bug 15680) Split the edit tip message of user CSS/JS subpage into
+ "usercssyoucanpreview" and "userjsyoucanpreview" respectively.
+* (bug 12110) Split the rights for editing users' CSS/JS subpage from
+ "editusercssjs" into "editusercss" and edituserjs" respectively.
+* (bug 19394) RecentChanges feed URLs for log items with no revisions
+ (eg Newuser, Userrights) are no longer broken
+* (bug 17395) Remote file descriptions use user language ($wgLang), not wiki
+ language ($wgContLang)
+* (bug 11867) Lock error on redirect table when running orphans.php
+* (bug 18930) initStats.php now refreshes active users count
+* (bug 18699) Using the nosummary URL option no longer triggers the "You have
+ not provided a summary" warning for those who activated it in their
+ preferences
+* (bug 18855) commandLine.inc and Maintenance.php are now properly included
+ using the full path
== API changes in 1.16 ==
* (bug 18720) Add anchor field to action=parse&prop=sections output
* (bug 19423) The initial file description page used caption in user lang
rather than UI lang
-* Added snippet field to list=search output
* (bug 17809) Add number of users in user groups to meta=siteinfo
* (bug 18533) Add readonly reason to readonly exception
* (bug 19528) Added XSLT parameter to API queries in format=xml
parameter in action=edit
* (bug 19090) Added watchlist parameter, deprecated watch and unwatch
parameter in action=edit
+* Added fields to list=search output: size, wordcount, timestamp, snippet
+* Where supported by backend, list=search adds a 'searchinfo' element with
+ optional info: 'totalhits' count and 'suggestion' alternate query term
+* (bug 19907) $wgCrossSiteAJAXdomains added to allow specified (or all)
+ external domains to access api.php via AJAX, if the browser supports the
+ Access-Control-Allow-Origin HTTP header
+* (bug 19004) Added support for tags to the API.
=== Languages updated in 1.16 ===
* (bug 19286) Correct commafying function in Polish (pl)
* (bug 19441) Updated date formatting for Lithuanian
* (bug 19630) Added ÄäÇçĞğŇňÖöŞşÜüÝýŽž to Turkmen (tk) linktrail
+* (bug 19949) New linktrail for Greek (el)
+* (bug 19809) Korean (North Korea) (ko-kp) (new)
+* (bug 19968) Fixed "Project talk" namespace name for Maltese (mt)
== Compatibility ==