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
  33 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  34 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
  35 * (bug 29748) Add API search prefix support.
  36 * (bug 29684) Set forgotten parameter types in ApiQueryIWLinks.
  37 * (bug 29685) do not output NULL parentid with list=deletedrevs&drprop=parentid.
  38 * siprop=interwikimap and siprop=languages can use silanguagecode to have
  39   a best effort language name translation. Use CLDR extension for best result.
  40
  41 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  42
  43 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  44 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  45 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  46
  47 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
  48
  49 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
  50
  51 == Compatibility ==
  52
  53 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  54
  55 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  56 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  57 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
  58
  59 The supported versions are:
  60
  61 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  62 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  63 * SQLite 3
  64 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  65
  66 == Upgrading ==
  67
  68 1.19 has several database changes since 1.18, and will not work without schema
  69 updates.
  70
  71 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  72 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  73 due to 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 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  85
  86 == Online documentation ==
  87
  88 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  89 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  90 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  91
  92         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
  93
  94 == Mailing list ==
  95
  96 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
  97
  98         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
  99
 100 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 101
 102         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 103
 104 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 105 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 106
 107 == IRC help ==
 108
 109 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.