RELEASE-NOTES

   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 1.11 ==
   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.
  17
  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 since 1.10 ==
  22
  23
  24 == New features since 1.10 ==
  25
  26 * (bug 8868) Separate "blocked" message for autoblocks
  27 * Adding expiry of block to block messages
  28 * Bulk mail options ($wgEnotifImpersonal, $wgEnotifUseJobQ) for large sites
  29 * Links to redirect pages in categories are wrapped in <span
  30   class="redirect-in-category"></span>
  31
  32 == Bugfixes since 1.10 ==
  33
  34 * (bug 9712) Use Arabic comma in date/time formats for Arabic and Farsi
  35 * (bug 9670) Follow redirects when render edit section links to transcluded
  36   templates.
  37 * (bug 6204) Fix incorrect unindentation with $wgMaxTocLevel
  38 * (bug 3431) Suppress "next page" link in Special:Search at end of results
  39 * Don't show unblock form if the user doesn't have permission to use it
  40   (cosmetic change, no vulnerabilities existed)
  41 * Subtitle success message when unblocking a block ID instead of a pseudo link
  42   like [[User:#123|#123]]
  43 * Use the standard HTTP fetch functions when retrieving remote wiki pages
  44   through transwiki, so we can take advantage of cURL goodies if available
  45 * Disable custom user javascript in Special:Preferences, to avoid the risk
  46   of a compromised script sniffing passwords etc.
  47 * (bug 9854, 3770) Clip overflow text in gallery boxes for visual cleanliness
  48   instead of letting it flow outside the box or trigger ugly scroll bars.
  49 * Tooltips for print version and permalink
  50 * Links to the MediaWiki namespace for system messages having their default
  51   values are no longer shown as nonexistent (e.g., in red)
  52 * Special:Ipblocklist differentiates between empty list and no search results.
  53 * (bug 5375) profiling does not respect read-only mode.
  54 * (bug 7070) monobook/user.gif has antialias artifacts
  55 * (bug 9877) Fix Catalan translation of rev-deleted-text-view
  56 * (bug 9123) Safer way when applying $wgLocalTZoffset
  57 * (bug 9896) Documentation for $wgSquidServers and X-FORWARDED-FOR
  58 * (bug 9417) Uploading new versions of images when using Postgres no longer
  59   throws warnings.
  60 * (bug 9908) Using tsearch2 with Postgres 8.1 no longer gives an error.
  61 * (bug 1438) Fix for diff table layout on very wide lines.
  62   Diff style rules have been broken out to common/diff.css,
  63   and the dupes removed from the default skin files.
  64   Skins can still override the default rules.
  65 * (bug 1229) Balance columns in diff display evenly
  66
  67
  68 == MediaWiki API changes since 1.10 ==
  69
  70 For the current progress and discussion, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/API
  71
  72 * New properties: links, templates, images, langlinks, categories, external links
  73 * Breaking Change: imagelinks renamed into imageusage (il->iu)
  74 * Bug fix: incorrect generator behavior in some cases
  75
  76
  77 == Maintenance script changes since 1.10 ==
  78
  79 * Add support for wgMaxTocLevel option in parserTests
  80 * (bug 6823) dumpHTML: explicitly disable article view counter
  81
  82 == Languages updated since 1.10 ==
  83
  84 * Arabic (ar)
  85 * German (de)
  86 * Spanish (es)
  87 * Farsi (fa)
  88 * Finnish (fi)
  89 * French (fr)
  90 * Hebrew (he)
  91 * Indonesian (id)
  92 * Italian (it)
  93 * Japanese (ja)
  94 * Kabyle (kab)
  95 * Kazakh (kk)
  96 * Kurdish (ku)
  97 * Lithuanian (lt)
  98 * Norwegian (no)
  99 * Polish (pl)
 100 * Russian (ru)
 101 * Somali (so)
 102 * Sundanese (su)
 103 * Swedish (sv)
 104 * Chinese (PRC) (zh-cn)
 105 * Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-tw)
 106 * Cantonese (zh-yue)
 107
 108 == Compatibility ==
 109
 110 MediaWiki 1.11 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 111
 112 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 113 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 114 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 115
 116 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 117 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 118
 119
 120 == Upgrading ==
 121
 122 1.11 has several database changes since 1.10, and will not work without schema
 123 updates.
 124
 125 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 126 new database fields are filled with data.
 127
 128 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 129 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 130 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 131
 132 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 133
 134 === Caveats ===
 135
 136 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 137 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 138 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 139 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 140 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 141
 142
 143 For notes on 1.10.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 144
 145
 146 === Online documentation ===
 147
 148 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 149 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 150 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 151 the public domain) :
 152
 153   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 154
 155
 156 === Mailing list ===
 157
 158 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 159 wikitech-l list:
 160
 161   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 162
 163 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 164
 165   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 166
 167 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 168 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 169
 170
 171 === IRC help ===
 172
 173 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net