Merge "Support empty DB names in LoadBalancer more fully"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.25

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
index 7137d57..7a088cf 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ production.
   validity must be checked by passing the user-supplied token to
   User::matchEditToken rather than by testing for equality with a
   newly-generated token.
+* (bug 72951) The UserGetLanguageObject hook may be passed any IContextSource
+  for its $context parameter. Formerly it was documented as receiving a
+  RequestContext specifically.
 
 === New features in 1.25 ===
 * (bug 62861) Updated plural rules to CLDR 26. Includes incompatible changes
@@ -82,6 +85,15 @@ production.
   when a batch of pages is complete.
 * Pretty-printed HTML output now has nicer formatting and (if available)
   better syntax highlighting.
+* Deprecated list=deletedrevs in favor of newly-added prop=deletedrevisions and
+  list=alldeletedrevisions.
+* prop=revisions will gracefully continue when given too many revids or titles,
+  rather than just ignoring the extras.
+* prop=revisions will no longer die if rvcontentformat doesn't match a
+  revision's content model; it will instead warn and omit the content.
+* If the user has the 'deletedhistory' right, action=query's revids parameter
+  will now recognize deleted revids.
+* prop=revisions may be used as a generator, generating revids.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
 * ApiHelp has been rewritten to support i18n and paginated HTML output.
@@ -106,6 +118,11 @@ production.
   has been removed.
 * ApiFormatBase now always buffers. Output is done when
   ApiFormatBase::closePrinter is called.
+* Much of the logic in ApiQueryRevisions has been split into ApiQueryRevisionsBase.
+* The 'revids' parameter supplied by ApiPageSet will now count deleted
+  revisions as "good" if the user has the 'deletedhistory' right. New methods
+  ApiPageSet::getLiveRevisionIDs() and ApiPageSet::getDeletedRevisionIDs() are
+  provided to access just the live or just the deleted revids.
 * The following methods have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
   release:
   * ApiBase::getDescription
@@ -124,6 +141,9 @@ production.
   * ApiMain::reallyMakeHelpMsg
   * ApiMain::makeHelpMsgHeader
   * ApiQueryImageInfo::getPropertyDescriptions
+* The following classes have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
+  release:
+  * ApiQueryDeletedrevs
 
 === Languages updated in 1.25 ===
 
@@ -156,6 +176,11 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * The "temp" zone of the upload respository is now considered private. If it
   already exists (such as under the images/ directory), please make sure that
   the directory is not web readable (e.g. via a .htaccess file).
+* BREAKING CHANGE: In the XML dump format used by Special:Export and
+  dumpBackup.php, the <model> and <format> tags now apprear before the <text>
+  tag, instead of after the <text> and <sha1> tags.
+  The new schema version is 0.10, the new schema URI is
+  <https://www.mediawiki.org/xml/export-0.10.xsd>.
 
 == Compatibility ==