= MediaWiki release notes =
-Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
-setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
+Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
+have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
== MediaWiki 1.21 ==
=== Configuration changes in 1.21 ===
* (bug 29374) $wgVectorUseSimpleSearch is now enabled by default.
-* Deprecated $wgAllowRealName is removed. Use $wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'realname' instead
+* Deprecated $wgAllowRealName is removed. Use $wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'realname'
+ instead.
=== New features in 1.21 ===
* (bug 40353) SpecialDoubleRedirect should support interwiki redirects.
* (bug 40352) fixDoubleRedirects.php should support interwiki redirects.
* (bug 9237) SpecialBrokenRedirect should not list interwiki redirects.
-* (bug 34960) Drop unused fields rc_moved_to_ns and rc_moved_to_title from recentchanges table.
+* (bug 34960) Drop unused fields rc_moved_to_ns and rc_moved_to_title from
+ recentchanges table.
* (bug 32951) Do not register internal externals with absolute protocol,
when server has relative protocol.
=== API changes in 1.21 ===
-* (bug 35693) ApiQueryImageInfo now suppresses errors when unserializing metadata.
+* (bug 35693) ApiQueryImageInfo now suppresses errors when unserializing
+ metadata.
=== Languages updated in 1.21 ===
== Compatibility ==
-MediaWiki 1.21 requires PHP 5.3.2. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
+MediaWiki 1.21 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
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 IBM