RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

   1 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
   2 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.24 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
  12 * The server's canonical hostname is available as $wgServerName, which is
  13   exposed in both mw.config and ApiQuerySiteInfo.
  14
  15 === New features in 1.24 ===
  16 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
  17   WhatLinksHere entries.
  18 * Added a new hook, "ContentGetParserOutput", to customize parser output for
  19   a given content object.
  20 * Deprecated the hook "ShowRawCssJs", use "ContentGetParserOutput" instead.
  21 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
  22 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
  23   fields in the form.
  24 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
  25   fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
  26   have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
  27 * Added a new hook, "SidebarBeforeOutput", to allow to edit the structure of
  28   the sidebar just before its display.
  29 * (bug 49156) Added the mediawiki.cookie ResourceLoader module, which wraps
  30   jQuery.cookie so that getting/setting a cookie is syntactically and functionally
  31   similar to using the WebRequest#getCookie/WebResponse#setcookie methods.
  32 * (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1.
  33
  34 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
  35 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
  36   rather than content language (same as copyright notice for editing interface).
  37 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  38   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  39   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  40   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  41   claimed it would.
  42 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
  43   which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
  44 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
  45   follow redirects to their target pages.
  46 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
  47
  48 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  49 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
  50   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
  51
  52 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  53
  54 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  55 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  56 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  57
  58 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  59 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  60 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  61 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  62   were removed as they were unused.
  63 * (bug 65477) User::pingLimiter() now has an additional profile point varying
  64   by action being used.
  65 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  66   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  67   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  68
  69 ==== Renamed classes ====
  70 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  71 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  72 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  73 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  74 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  75 * MediaWiki_I18N to MediaWikiI18N
  76 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
  77 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
  78 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
  79 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
  80 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
  81 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
  82 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
  83 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
  84 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
  85 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
  86 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
  87 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
  88 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
  89 * WebInstaller_Complete to WebInstallerComplete
  90 * WebInstaller_Copying to WebInstallerCopying
  91 * WebInstaller_DBConnect to WebInstallerDBConnect
  92 * WebInstaller_DBSettings to WebInstallerDBSettings
  93 * WebInstaller_Document to WebInstallerDocument
  94 * WebInstaller_ExistingWiki to WebInstallerExistingWiki
  95 * WebInstaller_Install to WebInstallerInstall
  96 * WebInstaller_Language to WebInstallerLanguage
  97 * WebInstaller_Name to WebInstallerName
  98 * WebInstaller_Options to WebInstallerOptions
  99 * WebInstaller_Readme to WebInstallerReadme
 100 * WebInstaller_ReleaseNotes to WebInstallerReleaseNotes
 101 * WebInstaller_Restart to WebInstallerRestart
 102 * WebInstaller_Upgrade to WebInstallerUpgrade
 103 * WebInstaller_UpgradeDoc to WebInstallerUpgradeDoc
 104 * WebInstaller_Welcome to WebInstallerWelcome
 105
 106 ==== Removed classes ====
 107 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
 108 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
 109
 110 == Compatibility ==
 111
 112 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
 113
 114 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 115 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 116 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 117
 118 The supported versions are:
 119
 120 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 121 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 122 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 123 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 124 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 125
 126 == Upgrading ==
 127
 128 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
 129 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 130 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 131 many hours on a large site).
 132
 133 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 134 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 135 due to database schema changes.
 136
 137 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 138 new database fields are filled with data.
 139
 140 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 141 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 142 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 143
 144 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 145
 146 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 147
 148 For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 149
 150 == Online documentation ==
 151
 152 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 153 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 154 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 155
 156         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 157
 158 == Mailing list ==
 159
 160 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 161
 162         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 163
 164 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 165
 166         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 167
 168 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 169 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 170
 171 == IRC help ==
 172
 173 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.