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 * Images can now be embedded in an XML dump stream using backupDump.php
  29   --include-files and can be imported using importDump.php --uploads;
  30   furthermore, it can import files from the filesystem using --image-base-path
  31 * Three new hooks in Special:Undelete, 'UndeleteForm::showHistory',
  32   'UndeleteForm::showRevision' and 'UndeleteForm::undelete', so that extensions
  33   may override the usage of PageArchive class and replace it with their own
  34   class that extends PageArchive.
  35 * (bug 28915) Implement QUnit test suite for MediaWiki JavaScript.
  36   Also built-in support for distribution through a TestSwarm instance.
  37
  38 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  39 * (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
  40 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  41   file description page for multi-paged documents.
  42 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  43   used in Tiff files.
  44 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  45 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  46 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
  47 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  48   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  49 * (bug 23002) Imagelinks table not updated after imagemove.
  50 * (bug 27864) Transcluding {{Special:Prefix}} with empty prefix now lists all
  51   pages.
  52 * (bug 18803) JPEG2000 images can no longer be uploaded as JPEG image.
  53 * (bug 11868) If using links to count articles, the checking will now be based
  54   on the real presence of an internal link instead of the "[[" string
  55 * (bug 28287) The "your changes" box for edit conflicts is now read-only.
  56 * (bug 28940) When making a thumb of an SVG, and only specifying the height
  57   make the width be the max SVG size, not the natrual width of the SVG.
  58 * (bug 1780) Uploading files with non-ascii characters are now forbidden on
  59   Windows.
  60 * (bug 23464) File: prefixes are now chopped off during uploading.
  61 * (bug 28174) Message config-logo-help amended to not explicitly assume any
  62   LTR/RTL screen layout.
  63 * (bug 28992) Revision numbers in the patrol log are transformed in the user
  64   language.
  65 * (bug 27073) ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles should be dynamically appended to
  66   the document if it doesn't exist.
  67 * (bug 27023) After dom ready event, using mediawiki.loader.using will
  68   call callback too early.
  69
  70 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  71 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
  72 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
  73 * (bug 27593) API: add error message when sha1/sha1base36 is invalid
  74
  75 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  76
  77 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  78 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  79 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  80
  81 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
  82
  83 == Compatibility ==
  84
  85 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  86
  87 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  88 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  89 DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  90
  91 The supported versions are:
  92
  93 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  94 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  95 * SQLite 3
  96
  97 == Upgrading ==
  98
  99 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
 100 updates.
 101
 102 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 103 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 104 due to database schema changes.
 105
 106 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 107 new database fields are filled with data.
 108
 109 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 110 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 111 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 112
 113 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 114
 115 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 116
 117 == Online documentation ==
 118
 119 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 120 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 121 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 122
 123         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 124
 125 == Mailing list ==
 126
 127 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 128
 129         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 130
 131 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 132
 133         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 134
 135 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 136 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 137
 138 == IRC help ==
 139
 140 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.