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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 1.15 ==
7
8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
9
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.
13
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.
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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
20
21 === Configuration changes in 1.15 ===
22
23 * Added $wgNewPasswordExpiry, to specify an expiry time (in seconds) to
24 temporary passwords
25 * Added $wgUseTwoButtonsSearchForm to choose the Search form behavior/look
26 * Added $wgNoFollowDomainExceptions to allow exempting particular domain names
27 from rel="nofollow" on external links
28
29 === New features in 1.15 ===
30
31 * (bug 2242) Add an expiry time to temporary passwords
32 * (bug 9947) Add PROTECTIONLEVEL parser function to return the protection level
33 for the current page for a given action
34 * (bug 17002) Add &minor= and &summary= as parameters in the url when editing,
35 to automatically add a summary or a minor edit.
36 * (bug 16852) padleft and padright now accept multiletter pad characters
37 * When using 'UserCreateForm' hook to add new checkboxes into
38 Special:UserLogin/signup, the messages can now contain HTML to allow
39 hyperlinking to the site's Terms of Service page, for example
40 * Add new hook 'UserLoadFromDatabase' that is called while loading a user
41 from the database.
42 * (bug 17045) Options on the block form are prefilled with the options of the
43 existing block when modifying an existing block.
44 * (bug 17055) "(show/hide)" links to Special:RevisionDelete now use a CSS class
45 rather than hardcoded HTML tags
46 * Added new hook 'WantedPages::getSQL' into SpecialWantedpages.php to allow
47 extensions to alter the SQL query which is used to get the list of wanted
48 pages
49 * (bugs 16957/16969) Add show/hide to preferences for RC patrol options on
50 specialpages
51 * (bug 11443) Auto-noindex user/user talk pages for blocked user
52 * (bug 11644) Add $wgMaxRedirects variable to control how many redirects are
53 recursed through until the "destination" page is reached.
54 * Add $wgInvalidRedirectTargets variable to prevent redirects to certain
55 special pages.
56 * Use HTML5 rel attributes for some links, where appropriate
57 * Added optional alternative Search form look - Go button & Advanced search
58 link instead of Go button & Search button
59 * (bug 2314) Add links to user custom CSS and JS to Special:Preferences
60 * More helpful error message on raw page access if PHP_SELF isn't set
61 * (bug 13040) Gender switch in user preferences
62 * (bug 13040) {{GENDER:}} magic word for interface messages
63 * (bug 3301) Optionally sort user list according to account creation time
64 * Remote description pages for foreign file repos are now fetched in the
65 content language.
66 * (bug 17180) If $wgUseFileCache is enabled, $wgShowIPinHeader is automatically
67 set to false.
68 * (bug 16604) Mark non-patrolled edits in feeds with "!"
69 * (bug 16604) Show title/rev in IRC for patrol log
70 * (bug 16854) Whether a page is being parsed as a preview or section preview
71 can now be determined and set with ParserOptions.
72 * Wrap message 'confirmemail_pending' into a div with CSS classes "error" and
73 "mw-confirmemail-pending"
74 * Local redirects to foreign images are now displayed on the ImagePage when
75 viewing on the local wiki.
76 * (bug 8249) The magic words for namespaces and pagenames can now be used as
77 parser functions to return the desired namespace or normalized title/title part
78 for a given title.
79 * Styled #mw-data-after-content in cologneblue.css to match the rest of the font (bug 17110)
80 * (bug 7556) Time zone names in signatures lack i18n
81 * (bug 3311) Automatic category redirects
82 * (bug 17236) Suppress 'watch user page link' for IP range blocks
83 * Wrap message 'searchresulttext' (Special:Search) into a div with
84 class "mw-searchresult"
85 * (bug 15283) Interwiki imports can now fetch included templates
86 * Treat svn:// URLs as external links by default
87 * New function to convert namespace text for display (only applies on wiki with
88 LanguageConverter class)
89 * (bug 17379) Contributions-title is now parsed for magic words.
90
91 === Bug fixes in 1.15 ===
92 * (bug 16968) Special:Upload no longer throws useless warnings.
93 * (bug 17000) Special:RevisionDelete now checks if the database is locked
94 before trying to delete the edit.
95 * (bug 16852) padleft and padright now handle multibyte characters correctly
96 * (bug 17010) maintenance/namespaceDupes.php now add the suffix recursively if
97 the destination page exists
98 * (bug 17035) Special:Upload now fails gracefully if PHP's file_uploads has
99 been disabled
100 * Fixing the caching issue by using -{T|xxx}- syntax (only applies on wiki with
101 LanguageConverter class)
102 * Improving the efficiency by using -{A|xxx}- syntax (only applies on wiki with
103 LanguageConverter class)
104 * (bug 17054) Added more descriptive errors in Special:RevisionDelete
105 * (bug 11527) Diff on page with one revision shows "Next" link to same diff
106 * (bug 8065) Fix summary forcing for new pages
107 * (bug 10569) redirects to Special:Mypage and Special:Mytalk are no longer
108 allowed by default. Change $wgInvalidRedirectTargets to re-enable.
109 * (bug 3043) Feed links of given page are now preceded by standard feed icon
110 * (bug 17150) escapeLike now escapes literal \ properly
111 * Inconsistent use of sysop, admin, administrator in system messages changed
112 to 'administrator'
113 * (bug 14423) Check block flag validity for block logging
114 * DB transaction and slave-lag avoidance tweaks for Email Notifications
115 * (bug 17104) Removed [Mark as patrolled] link for already patrolled revisions
116 * (bug 17106) Added 'redirect=no' and 'mw-redirect' class to redirects at
117 "user contributions"
118 * Rollback links on new pages removed from "user contributions"
119 * (bug 15811) Re-upload form tweaks: license fields removed, destination locked,
120 comment label uses better message
121 * Whole HTML validation ($wgValidateAllHtml) now works with external tidy
122 * Parser tests no longer fail when $wgExternalLinkTarget is set in LocalSettings
123 * (bug 15391) catch DBQueryErrors on external storage insertion. This avoids error
124 messages on save were the edit in fact is saved.
125 * (bug 17184) Remove duplicate "z" accesskey in MonoBook
126 * Parser tests no longer fail when $wgAlwaysUseTidy is set in LocalSettings.php
127 * Removed redundant dupe warnings on reupload for the same title. Dupe warnings
128 for identical files at different titles are still given.
129 * Add 'change tagging' facility, where changes can be tagged internally with
130 certain designations, which are displayed on various summaries of changes, and
131 the entries can be styled with CSS.
132 * (bug 17207) Fix regression breaking category page display on PHP 5.1
133 * Categoryfinder utility class no longer fails on invalid input or gives wrong
134 results for category names that include pseudo-namespaces
135 * (bug 17252) Galician numbering format
136 * (bug 17146) Fix for UTF-8 and short word search for some possible MySQL configs
137 * (bug 7480) Internationalize database error message
138 * (bug 16555) Number of links to mediawiki.org scaled back on post-installation
139 * (bug 14938) Removing a section no longer leaves excess whitespace
140 * (bug 17304) Fixed fatal error when thumbnails couldn't be generated for file
141 history
142 * (bug 17283) Remove double URL escaping in show/hide links for log entries
143 and RevisionDeleteForm::__construct
144 * (bug 17105) Numeric table sorting broken
145 * (bug 17231) Transcluding special pages on wikis using language conversion no
146 longer affects the page title
147 * (bug 6702) Default system messages updated/improved
148
149 == API changes in 1.15 ==
150 * (bug 16858) Revamped list=deletedrevs to make listing deleted contributions
151 and listing all deleted pages possible
152 * (bug 16844) Added clcategories parameter to prop=categories
153 * (bug 17025) Add "fileextension" parameter to meta=siteinfo&siprop=
154 * (bug 17048) Show the 'new' flag in list=usercontribs for the revision that
155 created the page, even if it's not the top revision
156 * (bug 17069) Added ucshow=patrolled|!patrolled to list=usercontribs
157 * action=delete respects $wgDeleteRevisionsLimit and the bigdelete user right
158 * (bug 15949) Add undo functionality to action=edit
159 * (bug 16483) Kill filesort in ApiQueryBacklinks caused by missing parentheses.
160 Building query properly now using makeList()
161 * (bug 17182) Fix pretty printer so URLs with parentheses in them are
162 autolinked correctly
163 * (bug 17224) Added siprop=rightsinfo to meta=siteinfo
164 * (bug 17239) Added prop=displaytitle to action=parse
165 * (bug 17317) Added watch parameter to action=protect
166 * (bug 17007) Added export and exportnowrap parameters to action=query
167 * (bug 17326) BREAKING CHANGE: Changed output format for iiprop=metadata
168 * (bug 17355) Added auwitheditsonly parameter to list=allusers
169 * (bug 17007) Added action=import
170 * BREAKING CHANGE: Removed rctitles parameter from list=recentchanges because of
171 performance concerns
172 * Listing (semi-)deleted revisions and log entries as well in prop=revisions and
173 list=logevents
174 * (bug 11430) BREAKING CHANGE: Modules may return fewer results than the limit and still
175 set a query-continue in some cases
176
177 === Languages updated in 1.15 ===
178
179 MediaWiki supports over 300 languages. Many localisations are updated
180 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
181 changes to languages because of MediaZilla reports.
182
183 * Austrian German (de-at) (new)
184 * Swiss Standard German (de-ch) (new)
185 * Literary Chinese (lzh) (new)
186 * Võro (vro) (renamed from fiu-vro)
187 * (bug 17151) Add magic word alias for #redirect for Vietnamese
188 * (bug 17288) Messages improved for default language (English)
189 * (bug 12937) Update native name for Afar
190
191 == Compatibility ==
192
193 MediaWiki 1.15 requires PHP 5 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
194
195 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
196 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
197 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
198
199 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
200 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
201
202
203 == Upgrading ==
204
205 1.15 has several database changes since 1.14, and will not work without schema
206 updates.
207
208 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons reposito-
209 ry, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
210 database schema changes.
211
212 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
213 new database fields are filled with data.
214
215 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
216 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
217 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
218
219 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
220
221
222 === Caveats ===
223
224 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
225 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
226 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
227 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
228 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
229
230 For notes on 1.14.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
231
232
233 === Online documentation ===
234
235 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
236 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
237 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
238 the public domain) :
239
240 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
241
242
243 === Mailing list ===
244
245 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
246 wikitech-l list:
247
248 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
249
250 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
251
252 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
253
254 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
255 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
256
257
258 === IRC help ===
259
260 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net