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
  20 === New features in 1.19 ===
  21 * (bug 28916) A way to to toggle mw.config legacy globals settings from
  22   LocalSettings.php has been created by introducing $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals.
  23
  24 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  25 * (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
  26 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  27 file description page for multi-paged documents.
  28 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  29 used in Tiff files.
  30 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  31 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  32 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
  33 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  34   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  35
  36 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  37 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
  38
  39 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  40
  41 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  42 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  43 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  44
  45 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
  46
  47 == Compatibility ==
  48
  49 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  50
  51 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  52 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  53 DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  54
  55 The supported versions are:
  56
  57 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  58 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  59 * SQLite 3
  60
  61 == Upgrading ==
  62
  63 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
  64 updates.
  65
  66 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  67 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  68 due to database schema changes.
  69
  70 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  71 new database fields are filled with data.
  72
  73 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  74 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  75 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  76
  77 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  78
  79 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  80
  81 == Online documentation ==
  82
  83 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  84 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  85 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  86
  87         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
  88
  89 == Mailing list ==
  90
  91 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
  92
  93         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
  94
  95 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
  96
  97         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
  98
  99 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 100 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 101
 102 == IRC help ==
 103
 104 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.