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@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
 setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.
 
 
+== MediaWiki 1.5 beta 1 ==
+
+June 26, 2005
+
+MediaWiki 1.5 beta 1 is a preview release, pretty much feature complete,
+of the new 1.5 release series. There are several known and likely a number
+of unknown bugs; it is not recommended to use this release in a production
+environment but would be recommended for testing in mind of an upcoming
+deployment.
+
+A number of significant changes have been made since the alpha releases,
+including database changes and a reworking of the user permissions settings.
+See the file UPGRADE for details of upgrading and changing your prior
+configuration settings for the new system.
+
+
+
 == MediaWiki 1.5 alpha 2 ==
 
 June 3, 2005
@@ -299,6 +316,8 @@ Various bugfixes, small features, and a few experimental things:
   rather than to "".
 * (bug 1120) Updated the Czech translation
 * A new magic word, {{SCRIPTPATH}}, returns $wgScriptPath
+* A new magic word, {{SERVERNAME}}, returns $wgServerName
+* A new magic word, {{NUMBEROFFILES}}, returns the number of rows in the image table
 * Special:Imagelist displays titles with " " instead of "_"
 * Less gratuitous munging of content sample in delete summary
 * badaccess/badaccesstext to supercede sysop*, developer* messages
@@ -317,6 +336,33 @@ Various bugfixes, small features, and a few experimental things:
   "Show preview" and "Show changes"
 * Special:Statistics now supports action=raw, useful for bots designed to
   harwest e.g. article counts from multiple wikis.
+* The copyright confirmation box at Special:Upload is now turned off by default
+  and can be turned back on by setting $wgCopyrightAffirmation to a true value.
+* Restored prior text for password reminder button and e-mail, replacing
+  the factually inaccurate text that was there.
+* (bug 2178) Fix temp dir check again
+* (bug 2488) Format 'deletedtext' message as wikitext
+* (bug 750) Keep line endings consistent in LocalSettings.php
+* (bug 1577) Add 'printable version' tab in MonoBook for people who don't
+  realize you can just hit print to get a nicely formatted printable page.
+* Trim whitespace from option values to weather line-ending corruption problems
+* Fixed a typo in the Romanian language file (NS_MESIA => NS_MEDIA)
+* (bug 2504) Updated the Finnish translation
+* (bug 2506, 2512) Updated the Nynorsk translation
+* (bug 996) Replace $wgWhitelistEdit with 'edit' permission; fixup UPGRADE
+  documentation about edit and read whitelists.
+* (bug 2515) Fix incremental link table update
+* Removed some wikipedia-specifica from LanguageXx.php's
+* (bug 2496) Allow MediaWiki:edithelppage to point to external page
+* Added a versionRequired() function to OutputPage, useful for extension
+  writers that want to control what version of MediaWiki their extension
+  can be used with.
+* Serialized user objects now checked for versioning
+* Fix for interwiki link regression
+* Printable link shorter in monobook
+* Experimental Latin-1-and-replication-friendly upgrader script
+* (bug 2520) Don't show enotif options when disabled
+
 
 === Caveats ===