RELEASE-NOTES-1.19

   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 1.19 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
  11 production.
  12
  13 === Configuration changes in 1.19 ===
  14 * Removed SkinTemplateSetupPageCss hook; use BeforePageDisplay instead.
  15
  16 === New features in 1.19 ===
  17 * (bug 19838) Possibility to get all interwiki prefixes if the interwiki
  18   cache is used.
  19 * $wgDnsBlacklistUrls now accepts an array with url and key as the
  20   elements to work with DNSBLs that require keys, such as
  21   Project Honeypot.
  22 * (bug 30022) Add support for custom loadScript sources to ResourceLoader.
  23 * (bug 19052) Unicode space separator characters (Zs) now terminates external
  24   links and images links.
  25
  26 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  27 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
  28   $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
  29   until the second was introduced in 1.17.
  30 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages
  31 * (bug 13766) Change table of content syntax to be semantically correct
  32 * (bug 11270 & bug 11555) Make editsection link more understandable by positioning it next to the header.
  33
  34 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  35 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
  36 * (bug 29748) Add API search prefix support.
  37 * (bug 29684) Set forgotten parameter types in ApiQueryIWLinks.
  38 * (bug 29685) do not output NULL parentid with list=deletedrevs&drprop=parentid.
  39 * siprop=interwikimap and siprop=languages can use silanguagecode to have
  40   a best effort language name translation. Use CLDR extension for best result.
  41
  42 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  43
  44 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  45 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  46 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  47
  48 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
  49
  50 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
  51
  52 == Compatibility ==
  53
  54 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  55
  56 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  57 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  58 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
  59
  60 The supported versions are:
  61
  62 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  63 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  64 * SQLite 3
  65 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  66
  67 == Upgrading ==
  68
  69 1.19 has several database changes since 1.18, and will not work without schema
  70 updates.
  71
  72 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  73 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  74 due to database schema changes.
  75
  76 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  77 new database fields are filled with data.
  78
  79 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  80 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  81 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  82
  83 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  84
  85 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  86
  87 == Online documentation ==
  88
  89 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  90 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  91 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  92
  93         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
  94
  95 == Mailing list ==
  96
  97 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
  98
  99         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 100
 101 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 102
 103         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 104
 105 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 106 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 107
 108 == IRC help ==
 109
 110 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.