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 * Removed SkinTemplateSetupPageCss hook; use BeforePageDisplay instead.
  15 * (bug 27132) movefile right granted by default to registered users.
  16 * Default cookie lifetime ($wgCookieExpiration) is increased to 180 days.
  17
  18 === New features in 1.19 ===
  19 * (bug 19838) Possibility to get all interwiki prefixes if the interwiki
  20   cache is used.
  21 * $wgDnsBlacklistUrls now accepts an array with url and key as the
  22   elements to work with DNSBLs that require keys, such as
  23   Project Honeypot.
  24 * (bug 30022) Add support for custom loadScript sources to ResourceLoader.
  25 * (bug 19052) Unicode space separator characters (Zs) now terminates external
  26   links and images links.
  27 * (bug 30160) Add public method to mw.loader to get module names from registry.
  28 * (bug 15558) Parameters to special pages included in wikitext can now be passed
  29   as with templates.
  30 * Installer now issues a warning if mod_security is present.
  31 * (bug 29455) Add support for a filter callback function in jQuery byteLimit
  32   plugin.
  33 * Extensions can now participate in the extraction of titles from url paths
  34 * Added two new GetLocalURL hooks to better serve extensions working on a
  35   limited type of titles.
  36 * Added a --no-updates flag to importDump.php that skips updating the links
  37   tables.
  38 * Most presentational html attributes like valign are now converted to inline
  39   css style rules. These attributes were removed from html5 and so we clean
  40   them up when $wgHtml5 is enabled. This can be disabled using
  41   $wgCleanupPresentationalAttributes.
  42 * Magic words (time and number-formatting ones, plus DIRECTIONMARK, but not
  43   NAMESPACE) now depend on the page content language instead of the site
  44   language. In theory this sets the right magic words in system messages,
  45   although they are not used there.
  46 * (bug 30451) Add page_props to RefreshLinks::deleteLinksFromNonexistent
  47
  48 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  49 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
  50   $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
  51   until the second was introduced in 1.17.
  52 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages.
  53 * (bug 27894) Move 'editondblclick' event listener down from body to
  54   div#bodyContent.
  55 * (bug 30172) The check for posix_isatty() in maintenance scripts did not detect
  56   when the function exists but is disabled. Introduced
  57   Maintenance::posix_isatty().
  58 * (bug 30264) Changed installer-generated LocalSettings.php to use
  59   require_once() instead require() for included extensions.
  60 * Do not convert text in the user interface language to another script.
  61 * (bug 26283) Previewing user JS/CSS pages doesn't load other user JS/CSS pages
  62 * (bug 11374) Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
  63 * (bug 26486) ResourceLoader modules with paths to nonexistent files cause PHP
  64   warnings/notices to be thrown.
  65
  66 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  67 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
  68 * (bug 29748) Add API search prefix support.
  69 * (bug 29684) Set forgotten parameter types in ApiQueryIWLinks.
  70 * (bug 29685) do not output NULL parentid with list=deletedrevs&drprop=parentid.
  71 * siprop=interwikimap and siprop=languages can use silanguagecode to have
  72   a best effort language name translation. Use CLDR extension for best result.
  73 * (bug 30230) action=expandtemplates should not silently override invalid title
  74   inputs.
  75 * (bug 18634) Create API to fetch MediaWiki's language fallback tree structure.
  76 * (bug 26885) Allow show/hide of account blocks, temporary blocks and single IP
  77   address blocks for list=blocks.
  78
  79 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  80
  81 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  82 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  83 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  84
  85 * Kichwa (qug) (new).
  86 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
  87 * (bug 30217) Make pt-br a fallback of pt
  88
  89 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
  90 * jquery.mwPrototypes module was renamed to jquery.mwExtension.
  91 * The maintenance script populateSha1.php was renamed to the more concise
  92   populateImageSha1.php
  93 * The Client-IP header is no longer checked for when trying to resolve a client's
  94   real IP address.
  95
  96 == Compatibility ==
  97
  98 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  99
 100 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 101 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
 102 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
 103
 104 The supported versions are:
 105
 106 * MySQL 4.0 or later
 107 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 108 * SQLite 3
 109 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 110
 111 == Upgrading ==
 112
 113 1.19 has several database changes since 1.18, and will not work without schema
 114 updates.
 115
 116 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 117 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 118 due to database schema changes.
 119
 120 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 121 new database fields are filled with data.
 122
 123 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 124 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 125 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 126
 127 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 128
 129 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 130
 131 == Online documentation ==
 132
 133 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 134 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 135 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 136
 137         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 138
 139 == Mailing list ==
 140
 141 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 142
 143         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 144
 145 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 146
 147         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 148
 149 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 150 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 151
 152 == IRC help ==
 153
 154 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.