RELEASE-NOTES-1.25

   1 Security reminder: If you have PHP's register_globals option set, you must
   2 turn it off. MediaWiki will not work with it enabled.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.25 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.25 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.25 ===
  12
  13 === New features in 1.25 ===
  14
  15 === Bug fixes in 1.25 ===
  16
  17 === Web API changes in 1.25 ===
  18
  19 === Languages updated in 1.25 ===
  20
  21 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  22 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  23 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  24
  25 === Other changes in 1.25 ===
  26 * The skin autodiscovery mechanism, deprecated in MediaWiki 1.23, has been
  27   removed. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_autodiscovery for
  28   migration guide for creators and users of custom skins that relied on it.
  29
  30 == Compatibility ==
  31
  32 MediaWiki 1.25 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later. There is experimental support for
  33 HHVM 3.3.0.
  34
  35 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  36 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  37 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  38
  39 The supported versions are:
  40
  41 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  42 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  43 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  44 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  45 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
  46
  47 == Upgrading ==
  48
  49 1.25 has several database changes since 1.24, and will not work without schema
  50 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  51 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  52 many hours on a large site).
  53
  54 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  55 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  56 due to database schema changes.
  57
  58 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  59 new database fields are filled with data.
  60
  61 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
  62 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
  63 with MediaWiki 1.21.
  64
  65 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  66
  67 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  68
  69 For notes on 1.23.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  70
  71 == Online documentation ==
  72
  73 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  74 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  75 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  76
  77         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
  78
  79 == Mailing list ==
  80
  81 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
  82
  83         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
  84
  85 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
  86
  87         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
  88
  89 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
  90 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
  91
  92 == IRC help ==
  93
  94 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.