Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
+=== New installer in 1.17 ===
+MediaWiki 1.17 is shipping with a completely redesigned installer to fix
+a lot of outstanding bugs, cleanup the code quality, and make it easier to
+use. Notably, you can now run upgrades from the web without having to move
+LocalSettings.php. The specific bugs are listed below in the general notes.
+
=== Configuration changes in 1.17 ===
* DatabaseFunctions.php that was needed for compatibility with pre-1.3
extensions has been removed.
available as input for other configuration items, either.
* Remove $wgRemoteUploads. It was not well supported and superseded by
$wgUploadNavigationUrl.
-* $wgUpgradeKey allows unlocking the web installer for upgrades without having
- to move LocalSettings.php
+* (bug 198) $wgUpgradeKey allows unlocking the web installer for upgrades
+ without having to move LocalSettings.php
* 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
* Use hreflang to specify canonical and alternate links, search engine friendly
when a wiki has multiple variant languages.
* (bug 19593) Specifying --server in now works for all maintenance scripts
+* Now rebuildtextindex.php warns if SQLite doesn't support full-text search.
+* (bug 10541) Front/backend separation of installation/upgrade code
+* (bug 10596) Allow installer to enable extensions already in extensions folder
+* (bug 17394) Make installer check for latest version against MediaWiki.org
+* (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
$wgSMTP without PEAR mail package
* (bug 19633) When possible, Upscale small SVGs when creating thumbnails.
* (bug 25725) Unwanted linebreaks in diffs.
+* (bug 11013) Database driver detection needs rewriting for robustness
+* (bug 13409) Installer prompts could use clarification--now has help boxes
+* (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.
* Added iiprop=parsedcomment to prop=imageinfo, similar to prop=revisions
* Added rvparse to parse revisions. For performance reasons if this option is
used, rvlimit is enforced to 1.
-* If a action=parse request provides an oldid that is actually the current revision
- id, try the parser cache, and save it to it if necessary
+* (bug 25748) If a action=parse request provides an oldid that is actually the
+ current revision id, try the parser cache, and save it to it if necessary
* (bug 25463) Export header should not be shown if no pages were requested, to
reduce confusion
* (bug 25648) API discovery information has been added as RSD link in page
* 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 ===
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