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 * $wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups (deprecated in 1.13) has been removed
  15 * $wgInputEncoding and $wgOutputEncoding (deprecated in 1.5) have now been removed
  16 * $wgAllowUserSkin (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  17 * $wgExtraRandompageSQL (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  18 * LogReader and LogViewer classes (deprecated in 1.14) have now been removed
  19 * (bug 26033) Added $wgArticleCountMethod to select the method to use to say
  20   whether a page is an article or not. $wgUseCommaCount is now deprecated.
  21
  22 === New features in 1.19 ===
  23 * (bug 28916) A way to to toggle mw.config legacy globals settings from
  24   LocalSettings.php has been created by introducing $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals.
  25 * (bug 28503) Support for ircs:// URL protocols
  26 * (bug 26033) It is now possible to count all non-redirect pages in content
  27   namespaces as articles
  28
  29 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  30 * (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
  31 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  32 file description page for multi-paged documents.
  33 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  34 used in Tiff files.
  35 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  36 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  37 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
  38 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  39   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  40 * (bug 23002) Imagelinks table not updated after imagemove.
  41 * (bug 27864) Transcluding {{Special:Prefix}} with empty prefix now lists all
  42   pages.
  43 * (bug 18803) JPEG2000 images can no longer be uploaded as JPEG image.
  44 * (bug 11868) If using links to count articles, the checking will now be based
  45   on the real presence of an internal link instead of the "[[" string
  46 * (bug 28287) The "your changes" box for edit conflicts is now read-only.
  47 * (bug 28940) When making a thumb of an SVG, and only specifying the height
  48   make the width be the max SVG size, not the natrual width of the SVG.
  49
  50 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  51 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
  52 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
  53
  54 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  55
  56 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  57 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  58 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  59
  60 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
  61
  62 == Compatibility ==
  63
  64 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  65
  66 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  67 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  68 DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  69
  70 The supported versions are:
  71
  72 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  73 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  74 * SQLite 3
  75
  76 == Upgrading ==
  77
  78 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
  79 updates.
  80
  81 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  82 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  83 due to database schema changes.
  84
  85 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  86 new database fields are filled with data.
  87
  88 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  89 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  90 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  91
  92 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  93
  94 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  95
  96 == Online documentation ==
  97
  98 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  99 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 100 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 101
 102         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 103
 104 == Mailing list ==
 105
 106 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 107
 108         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 109
 110 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 111
 112         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 113
 114 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 115 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 116
 117 == IRC help ==
 118
 119 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.