Add note about user_password_expires schema change

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.23

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.23 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.23
index ccde5cc..2350b8e 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.23
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.23
@@ -28,14 +28,16 @@ production.
   and talk pages are now watched by them by default.
 * $wgLBFactoryConf: Class names have had underscores removed. The configuration
   should be updated if LBFactory_Simple or LBFactory_Multi is configured.
-* $wgPasswordSenderName has been deprecated. To set a custom mailer name,
-  the system message 'emailsender' should be modified (default: "{{SITENAME}}").
+* $wgPasswordSenderName has been removed and is no longer functional. To set a
+  custom mailer name, the system message 'emailsender' should be modified
+  (default: "{{SITENAME}}").
 * $wgDBAhandler was removed as the only class using it was also removed
 * The 'max threads' setting was removed from $wgDBservers.
 * Support for AdminSettings.php has been completely removed. All configuration
   belongs in LocalSettings.php.
-* Special:ProtectedPages shows now a table. The timestamp, the reason and
-  the protecting user is also shown.
+* $wgSkipSkin, which has been replaceable by $wgSkipSkins since 2005 (r9249), is
+  now formally deprecated.
+* Removed deprecated $wgDisabledActions as it is hardly used anywhere.
 
 === New features in 1.23 ===
 * ResourceLoader can utilize the Web Storage API to cache modules client-side.
@@ -92,6 +94,19 @@ production.
   multiple sites.
 * Added jquery.throttle-debounce ResourceLoader module to limit the number of
   callbacks for frequently occurring events.
+* Special:ProtectedPages shows now a table. The timestamp, the reason and
+  the protecting user is also shown.
+* Added experimental support for using Microsoft SQL Server as the database
+  backend.
+** Added new Microsoft SQL Server-specific configuration variable
+   $wgDBWindowsAuthentication, which makes the web server authenticate against
+   the database server using Integrated Windows Authentication instead of
+   $wgDBuser/$wgDBpassword.
+* HTMLForm 'select', 'selectandother', 'selectorother', 'multiselect', and
+  'radio' fields can now use message keys as labels via the 'options-messages'
+  parameter, which overrides the 'options' parameter.
+* Admins can expire users users passwords manually, or on a schedule using the
+  $wgPasswordExpirationDays configuration setting.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.23 ===
 * (bug 41759) The "updated since last visit" markers (on history pages, recent
@@ -227,6 +242,12 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * Thumbnails that keep failing to render in thumb.php will be rate-limited
   againt further render attempts for 1 hour. $wgAttemptFailureEpoch can be
   altered to reset all rate-limited thumbnails at once.
+* (bug 56572) Builds of the OOjs and OOjs UI libraries are now available.
+* mw.loader.go and mw.loader.version have been removed.
+* (bug 52815) Preference "Enable simplified search bar (Vector skin only)"
+  was removed.
+* A user_password_expires column has been added to the user table. The User
+  object expects this column to exist. Use update.php to create this new field.
 
 ==== Removed classes ====
 * FakeMemCachedClient (deprecated in 1.18)
@@ -347,7 +368,7 @@ MediaWiki 1.23 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
 
 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
-Oracle.
+Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 
 The supported versions are:
 
@@ -355,6 +376,7 @@ The supported versions are:
 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
+* Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 
 == Upgrading ==