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 1.6 pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha ==
   7
   8 Misc work going on.....
   9
  10 == Changes since 1.5 ==
  11
  12 * please fill in for the last couple weeks
  13 * Rearranged Special:Movepage form to reduce confusion between destination
  14   title and reason input boxes
  15 * (bug 2527) Always set destination filename when new file is selected
  16 * (bug 3056) MySQL 3 compatibility fix: USE INDEX instead of FORCE INDEX
  17 * PHP 4.1 compatibility fix: don't use new_link parameter to mysql_connect
  18   if running prior to 4.2.0 as it causes the call to fail
  19 * (bug 3117) Fix display of upload size and type with tidy on
  20 * (bug 3076) Support MacBinary-encoded uploads from IE/Mac
  21 * (bug 2323) Remove "last" tabindex from history page
  22
  23
  24 === Caveats ===
  25
  26 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
  27 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
  28 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
  29 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
  30 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
  31
  32
  33 For notes on 1.5.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  34
  35
  36 === Online documentation ===
  37
  38 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
  39 built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
  40 License:
  41
  42   http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
  43
  44
  45 === Mailing list ===
  46
  47 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
  48 wikitech-l list:
  49
  50   http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
  51
  52 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
  53   http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
  54
  55 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
  56 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
  57
  58
  59 === IRC help ===
  60
  61 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net