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
   7
   8 **** THIS FILE IS NOT UP TO DATE *****
   9 **** BEFORE 1.4 RELEASE, BE SURE TO FIX IT *****
  10
  11 == Version 1.3.1, 2004-08-?? ==
  12
  13 Changes from 1.3.0:
  14 * Watchlist parameters now work with register_globals off
  15 * Fixed parsing of ''italics'' and '''bold''' mark-up (again)
  16 * Special:Allpages display is more sensible on smaller wikis
  17 * Fixed XHTML parsing error in classic skins
  18 * Moved pages update watchlist correctly
  19 * Fixed rebuildall.php on case-sensitive Unix filesystems
  20
  21
  22 == Version 1.3.0, 2004-08-11 ==
  23
  24 Look & layout:
  25 * New default layout 'MonoBook' (available on PHP4 only currently)
  26 * Print stylesheet now built-in to every page
  27 * More or less correct XHTML 1.0 (served as text/html by default)
  28
  29 Wiki features:
  30 * Image captions can now include links and other basic formatting
  31 * Image bounding box can be specified instead of width, e.g. as
  32   100x100px, making the image not wider than 100px and not higher
  33   than 100px, keeping aspect ratio.
  34 * Templates have been expanded with parameters, and separated from
  35   the MediaWiki: localization scheme.
  36 * Categories more or less work
  37 * added a special page for listing users with sysop rights.
  38
  39 Editing:
  40 * Automatic merging of edit conflicts that don't directly interfere
  41 * Edit summaries can now include basic formatting and links
  42
  43 Metadata and output:
  44 * Linked Creative Commons copyright metadata (optional)
  45 * RSS 2.0 & Atom 0.3 feeds for Recent Changes, New Pages
  46
  47 Optional modules:
  48 * WikiHiero hieroglyphic module can be added (separate download)
  49 * Timeline module can be added (separate download).
  50   Requires ploticus.
  51 * TeX now has an experimental MathML output mode (incomplete!)
  52
  53 Installation and upgrading:
  54 * The old install.php and update.php have been removed. In-place
  55   installation introduced in 1.2 is now the standard installation
  56   and upgrade method, see INSTALL and UPGRADE for directions.
  57
  58 Database:
  59 * The links table has been changed to use a cur_id for l_from.
  60   The link tables must be converted on upgrade, which may entail
  61   some downtime.
  62
  63 Code and compatibility:
  64 * Should now run clean with error reporting set to E_ALL.
  65 * register_globals hack from 1.2 has been replaced with safer code
  66 * Bundled PHPTAL 0.7.0 from http://phptal.sourceforge.net/
  67   (with some patches)
  68 * Most image-related code moved to Image.php
  69 * More fixes for PHP 4.1.2 (thanks to Asheesh Laroia)
  70 * URL encoding fix for anchors
  71 * All languages now available in UTF-8 mode
  72 * Various other fixes
  73
  74 === Caveats ===
  75
  76 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
  77 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
  78 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
  79 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
  80 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
  81
  82 The new 'MonoBook' skin is not compatible with PHP 5 due to bugs in the
  83 underlying PHPTAL library. It will be automatically disabled when running
  84 on PHP5; the older look and feel will be used instead.
  85
  86
  87 For notes on 1.2.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  88
  89
  90 === Online documentation ===
  91
  92 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
  93 built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
  94 License:
  95
  96   http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
  97
  98
  99 === Mailing list ===
 100
 101 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 102 wikitech-l list:
 103
 104   http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 105
 106
 107 === IRC help ===
 108
 109 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net