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 * (bug 27132) movefile right granted by default to registered users.
  16 * Default cookie lifetime ($wgCookieExpiration) is increased to 180 days.
  17
  18 === New features in 1.19 ===
  19 * (bug 19838) Possibility to get all interwiki prefixes if the interwiki
  20   cache is used.
  21 * $wgDnsBlacklistUrls now accepts an array with url and key as the
  22   elements to work with DNSBLs that require keys, such as
  23   Project Honeypot.
  24 * (bug 30022) Add support for custom loadScript sources to ResourceLoader.
  25 * (bug 19052) Unicode space separator characters (Zs) now terminates external
  26   links and images links.
  27 * (bug 30160) Add public method to mw.loader to get module names from registry.
  28 * (bug 15558) Parameters to special pages included in wikitext can now be passed
  29   as with templates.
  30 * Installer now issues a warning if mod_security is present.
  31 * (bug 29455) Add support for a filter callback function in jQuery byteLimit plugin.
  32 * Extensions can now participate in the extraction of titles from url paths
  33 * Added two new GetLocalURL hooks to better serve extensions working on a limited
  34   type of titles.
  35 * Added a --no-updates flag to importDump.php that skips updating the links tables.
  36
  37 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  38 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
  39   $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
  40   until the second was introduced in 1.17.
  41 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages.
  42 * (bug 27894) Move 'editondblclick' event listener down from body to
  43   div#bodyContent.
  44 * (bug 30172) The check for posix_isatty() in maintenance scripts did not detect
  45   when the function exists but is disabled. Introduced Maintenance::posix_isatty()
  46 * (bug 30264) Changed installer-generated LocalSettings.php to use require_once()
  47   instead require() for included extensions.
  48 * Do not convert text in the user interface language to another script.
  49 * (bug 26283) Previewing user JS/CSS pages doesn't load other user JS/CSS pages
  50 * (bug 11374) Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
  51
  52 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  53 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
  54 * (bug 29748) Add API search prefix support.
  55 * (bug 29684) Set forgotten parameter types in ApiQueryIWLinks.
  56 * (bug 29685) do not output NULL parentid with list=deletedrevs&drprop=parentid.
  57 * siprop=interwikimap and siprop=languages can use silanguagecode to have
  58   a best effort language name translation. Use CLDR extension for best result.
  59 * (bug 30230) action=expandtemplates should not silently override invalid title inputs
  60 * (bug 18634) Create API to fetch MediaWiki's language fallback tree structure
  61 * (bug 26885) Allow show/hide of account blocks, temporary blocks and single IP blocks
  62   for list=blocks
  63
  64 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  65
  66 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  67 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  68 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  69
  70 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
  71
  72 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
  73 * jquery.mwPrototypes module was renamed to jquery.mwExtension.
  74 * The maintenance script populateSha1.php was renamed to the more concise
  75   populateImageSha1.php
  76
  77 == Compatibility ==
  78
  79 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  80
  81 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  82 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  83 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
  84
  85 The supported versions are:
  86
  87 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  88 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  89 * SQLite 3
  90 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  91
  92 == Upgrading ==
  93
  94 1.19 has several database changes since 1.18, and will not work without schema
  95 updates.
  96
  97 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  98 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  99 due to database schema changes.
 100
 101 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 102 new database fields are filled with data.
 103
 104 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 105 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 106 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 107
 108 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 109
 110 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 111
 112 == Online documentation ==
 113
 114 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 115 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 116 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 117
 118         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 119
 120 == Mailing list ==
 121
 122 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 123
 124         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 125
 126 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 127
 128         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 129
 130 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 131 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 132
 133 == IRC help ==
 134
 135 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.