* The FailFunction "error handling" method has now been removed
* $wgAdditionalMailParams added to allow setting extra options to mail() calls.
* $wgSecureLogin & $wgSecureLoginStickHTTPS to optionaly login using HTTPS
+* (bug 25728) Added $wgPasswordSenderName to allow customise the name associed
+ with $wgPasswordSender
=== New features in 1.17 ===
* (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via
* (bug 24007) Diff pages now mention the number of users having edited
intermediate revisions
* Added new hook GetIP
-* (bug 16574) Allow administrators to temporarily disable the account creation
- limit for IP addresses: [[MediaWiki:Ratelimit-excluded-ips]]
* Special:Version now displays whether a SQLite database supports full-text
search.
* TS_ISO_8691_BASIC was added as a time format, which is used by ResourceLoader
* (bug 20627) Installer should be in languages other than English
* Support for metadata in SVG files (title, description).
* Special:Search: Add CSS classes to 'none found' and 'create link' messages
+* Add CSS classes (including namespace and pagename) to the enhanced recent
+ changes/watchlist entries
=== Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive
* (bug 16902) Installer spews warnings when exec() and dl() are not available
* (bug 19129) Only show MyISAM/InnoDB when supported
* (bug 17762) Only show other e-mail options when e-mail is globally enabled
+* Cache multiple sizes of InstantCommons thumbnails
+* (bug 25488) Disallowing anonymous users to read pages no longer throws error
+ on discussion pages with vector as default skin
+* (bug 24833) Files name in includes/diff/ are now less confusing
+* (bug 25713) SpecialPage::resolveAlias() now normalise spaces to underscores
+* (bug 25829) Special:Mypage and Special:Mytalk now forward oldid, diff and dir
+ parameters
+* (bug 25175) HTML file cache now honor $wgCacheDirectory if
+ $wgFileCacheDirectory is not set
+* (bug 13353) Diff3 version checks were too strict, did not detect working diff3
=== API changes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent.
* The HTML of diff output markers has changed. Hyphens are now minus signs,
empty markers are now filled with non-breaking-space characters
* (bug 25741) Add more data to list=search's srprop
+* (bug 25760) counter property still reported by the API when
+ $wgDisableCounters enabled
=== Languages updated in 1.17 ===