Revert r67661 (change Title::makeTitle(NS_SPECIAL, $foo) to SpecialPage::getTitleFor...

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES

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@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki.
   $wgLegacyEncoding set.
 * (bug 27508) Add $wgSVGMetadataCutoff to limit the maximum amount of an svg we
   look at when finding metadata to prevent excessive resource usage.
+* $wgSysopUserBans and $wgSysopRangeBans (deprecated in 1.17) are now removed.
+  Use $wgBlockCIDRLimit = array( 'IPv4' => 43, 'IPv6' => 128 ) to achieve the same
+  functionality as $wgSysopRangeBans; you can use the BlockIp hook to replicate
+  $wgSysopUserBans functionality.
+* The options on the block form have been standardised such that checking a box
+  makes the block 'more serious'; so while "check to prevent account creation" and
+  "check to enable autoblock" remain the same, "check to allow user-talk edit" is
+  reversed to "check to *disable* user-talk edit", and "check to block anon-only"
+  becomes "check to block logged-in users too".  The default settings remain the same.
+* Most of the field names on the Special:Block form have been changed, which will
+  probably break screen-scraping bots.
 
 === New features in 1.18 ===
 * Added a special page, disabled by default, that allows users with the
@@ -92,6 +103,18 @@ PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki.
 * CSS stylesheet MediaWiki:Noscript.css is now loaded for users with JavaScript
   disabled (enclosed in the head in a <noscript> tag)
 * Added UserGetLanguageObject hook to change the language used in $wgLang
+* (bug 14645) When $wgMiserMode is on, expensive special pages are styled
+  differently (italicized by default) on Special:SpecialPages
+* Added $wgAggregateStatsID, which allows UDP stats to be aggregated over
+  several wikis.
+* When $wgAllowMicrodataAttributes is true, all itemtypes are allowed, not just
+  the three that were defined in the original specification.
+* (bug 14706) Added support for the Imagick PHP extension.
+* (bug 18691) Added support for SVG rasterization using the Imagick PHP 
+  extension
+* (bug 2581, bug 6834) Added links to thumbnail in several resolutions to the 
+  file description page. The sizes are set by $wgImageLimits.
+* (bug 28031) Add pageCount support to ArchivedFile
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.18 ===
 * (bug 23119) WikiError class and subclasses are now marked as deprecated
@@ -219,6 +242,22 @@ PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki.
 * (bug 27897) list=allusers and list=users list hidden users
 * (bug 27717) API's exturlusage module does not respect $wgMiserMode
 * (bug 27588) list=filearchive&faprop=sha1 returns empty attribute
+* (bug 28010) Passing a non existant user to list=users gives internal error
+* (bug 27549) action=query&list=users&usprop=groups doesn't show implicit
+  groups if a user doesn't have explicit groups
+* (bug 27670) Ordering by timestamp (and usage of start and end) isn't as clear
+  in auto generated document, as it is on mw.org
+* (bug 27182) API: Add filter by prefix for meta=allmessages
+* (bug 27183) API: Add filter by customisation state for meta=allmessages
+* (bug 27340) API: Allow listing of "small" categories
+* (bug 27342) Add audir param to list=allusers
+* (bug 27203) add fato param to list=filearchive
+* (bug 27341) Add drto param to list=deletedrevs
+* (bug 26630) Add api for Special:ActiveUsers
+* (bug 27020) API: Allow title prefix search of logevents (only when not in
+  miser mode)
+* (bug 26629) add Special:MIMESearch to api
+* (bug 27585) add pagecount to list=filearchive
 
 === Languages updated in 1.18 ===