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 1.14 ==
   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 in 1.14 ===
  22
  23 * $wgExemptFromUserRobotsControl is an array of namespaces to be exempt from
  24   the effect of the new __INDEX__/__NOINDEX__ magic words.  (Default: null, ex-
  25   empt all content namespaces.)
  26
  27 === New features in 1.14 ===
  28
  29 * (bug 8068) New __INDEX__ and __NOINDEX__ magic words allow user control of
  30   search engine indexing on a per-article basis.
  31 * Added SpecialMovepageBeforeMove hook to allow extensions to interfere with
  32   page moves (useful for blacklist-type extensions, for example)
  33
  34 === Bug fixes in 1.14 ===
  35
  36 * (bug 14907) DatabasePostgres::fieldType now defined.
  37 * (bug 14659) Passing the default limit param to Special:Recentchanges no more
  38   falls back to the user option
  39
  40 === API changes in 1.14 ===
  41
  42 * Registration time of users registered before the DB field was created is now
  43   shown as empty instead of the current time.
  44 * API search now falls back to fulltext search by default when using Lucene
  45   or other engine which doesn't support a separate title search function.
  46   This means you can use API search on Wikipedia without explicitly adding
  47   &srwhat=text to the query.
  48
  49
  50 === Languages updated in 1.14 ===
  51
  52 MediaWiki supports over 300 languages. Many localisations are updated
  53 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed.
  54
  55 (no changes yet)
  56
  57 == Compatibility ==
  58
  59 MediaWiki 1.14 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  60
  61 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  62 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  63 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  64
  65 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  66 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  67
  68
  69 == Upgrading ==
  70
  71 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
  72 make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
  73 database schema changes.
  74
  75 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  76 new database fields are filled with data.
  77
  78 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  79 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  80 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  81
  82 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  83
  84
  85 === Caveats ===
  86
  87 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
  88 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
  89 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
  90 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
  91 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
  92
  93 For notes on 1.13.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  94
  95
  96 === Online documentation ===
  97
  98 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
  99 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 100 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 101 the public domain) :
 102
 103   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 104
 105
 106 === Mailing list ===
 107
 108 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 109 wikitech-l list:
 110
 111   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 112
 113 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 114
 115   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 116
 117 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 118 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 119
 120
 121 === IRC help ===
 122
 123 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net