Optional feature to login through HTTPS and come back to HTTP.

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@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
   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 It was not well supported and superseded by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
+* 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
 
 === New features in 1.17 ===
 * (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via
@@ -181,6 +186,7 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 * Maintenance scripts get a --memory-limit option to override defaults (which
   is usually to set it to -1 to disable the limit)
 * (bug 25397) Allow uploading (not displaying) of WebP images, disabled by default
+* (bug 23194) Special:ListFiles now has thumbnails
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
 * (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive
@@ -358,6 +364,12 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 * (bug 25367) wfShellExec() is more explicit when failing due to disabled
   passthru()
 * (bug 25462) Fix double-escaping for section edit link tooltips
+* action=raw was removed for Special:Statistics. This information is still
+  available via the API
+* (bug 23934) Groups defined in $wgRevokePermissions but not in
+  $wgGroupPermissions now appear on Special:ListGroupRights
+* (bug 23923) Special:Prefixindex no longer shows results if nothing was
+  requested.
 
 === API changes in 1.17 ===
 * (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent.
@@ -435,6 +447,13 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
   if integer out of range (breaking change!)
 * (bug 24792) API help for action=purge sometimes wrongly stated whether a
   POST request was needed due to cache pollution
+* 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 25463) Export header should not be shown if no pages were requested, to
+  reduce confusion
 
 === Languages updated in 1.17 ===