1 = MediaWiki release notes =
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.
8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET.
10 MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
11 quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
12 "ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.
14 Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
15 from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature developments
16 will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.
18 Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
19 it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
21 == Configuration changes since 1.10 ==
23 == New features since 1.10 ==
25 * (bug 8868) Separate "blocked" message for autoblocks
26 * Adding expiry of block to block messages
27 * Bulk mail options ($wgEnotifImpersonal, $wgEnotifUseJobQ) for large sites
28 * Links to redirect pages in categories are wrapped in
29 <span class="redirect-in-category"></span>
30 * Introduced 'ImageOpenShowImageInlineBefore' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for
32 * (bug 9628) Show warnings about slave lag on Special:Contributions,
34 * (bug 8818) Expose "wpDestFile" as parameter $1 to "uploaddisabledtext"
35 * (bug 9886) Give a sample stub link in stub threshold label in preferences
37 == Bugfixes since 1.10 ==
39 * (bug 9712) Use Arabic comma in date/time formats for Arabic and Farsi
40 * (bug 9670) Follow redirects when render edit section links to transcluded
42 * (bug 6204) Fix incorrect unindentation with $wgMaxTocLevel
43 * (bug 3431) Suppress "next page" link in Special:Search at end of results
44 * Don't show unblock form if the user doesn't have permission to use it
45 (cosmetic change, no vulnerabilities existed)
46 * Subtitle success message when unblocking a block ID instead of a pseudo link
47 like [[User:#123|#123]]
48 * Use the standard HTTP fetch functions when retrieving remote wiki pages
49 through transwiki, so we can take advantage of cURL goodies if available
50 * Disable custom user javascript in Special:Preferences, to avoid the risk
51 of a compromised script sniffing passwords etc.
52 * (bug 9854, 3770) Clip overflow text in gallery boxes for visual cleanliness
53 instead of letting it flow outside the box or trigger ugly scroll bars.
54 * Tooltips for print version and permalink
55 * Links to the MediaWiki namespace for system messages having their default
56 values are no longer shown as nonexistent (e.g., in red)
57 * Special:Ipblocklist differentiates between empty list and no search results.
58 * (bug 5375) profiling does not respect read-only mode.
59 * (bug 7070) monobook/user.gif has antialias artifacts
60 * (bug 9123) Safer way when applying $wgLocalTZoffset
61 * (bug 9896) Documentation for $wgSquidServers and X-FORWARDED-FOR
62 * (bug 9417) Uploading new versions of images when using Postgres no longer
64 * (bug 9908) Using tsearch2 with Postgres 8.1 no longer gives an error.
65 * (bug 1438) Fix for diff table layout on very wide lines.
66 Diff style rules have been broken out to common/diff.css,
67 and the dupes removed from the default skin files.
68 Skins can still override the default rules.
69 * (bug 1229) Balance columns in diff display evenly
70 * Right-align diff line numbers in RTL language display
71 * (bug 9332) Fix instructions in tests/README
72 * (bug 9813) Reject usernames containing '#' to avoid silent truncation
73 of fragments during the normalisation process
75 == MediaWiki API changes since 1.10 ==
77 (For ongoing development discussion, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API)
79 * New properties: links, templates, images, langlinks, categories, external links
80 * Breaking Change: imagelinks renamed into imageusage (il->iu)
81 * Bug fix: incorrect generator behavior in some cases
82 * JSON format allows an optional callback function to wrap the result.
83 * Login module disabled until a more secure solution can be implemented
84 * (bug 9938) Querying by revision identifier returns the most recent revision
85 for the corresponding page, rather than the requested revision
86 * (bug 8772) Filter page revision queries by user
87 * (bug 9927) User contributions queries do not accept IP addresses
88 * Watchlist feed now reports a proper feed item when the user is not logged in
89 * Watchlist feed date bug fixed - automatically shows one last day
90 * Watchlist feed now allows to specify number of hours to monitor
92 == Maintenance script changes since 1.10 ==
94 * Add support for wgMaxTocLevel option in parserTests
95 * (bug 6823) dumpHTML: explicitly disable article view counter
97 == Languages updated since 1.10 ==
120 * Chinese (PRC) (zh-cn)
121 * Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-tw)
126 MediaWiki 1.11 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
128 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
129 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
130 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
132 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
133 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
138 1.11 has several database changes since 1.10, and will not work without schema
141 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
142 new database fields are filled with data.
144 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
145 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
146 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
148 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
152 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
153 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
154 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
155 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
156 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
159 For notes on 1.10.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
162 === Online documentation ===
164 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
165 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
166 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
169 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
174 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
177 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
179 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
181 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
183 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
184 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
189 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net