Merge "Remove ApiBase::createContext() (deprecated since 1.19)"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
index 8793fc9..349b7b2 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ production.
   contains an array of interwiki prefixes that should be treated as language
   prefixes (i.e. turned into interlanguage links when $wgInterwikiMagic is set
   to true).
+* $wgParserTestRemote has been removed.
 
 === New features in 1.24 ===
 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
@@ -82,10 +83,19 @@ production.
 * Skins can now use 'remoteSkinPath' when defining ResourceLoader modules.
   This works the same as 'remoteExtPath' but is relative to the skins/ folder
   instead of the extensions/ folder.
+* Added the json2.js polyfill for the ES5 JSON.stringify and JSON.parse methods.
+  Exposed as module "json" with a skip function to optimise loading.
 * Extensions and skins may now use 'namemsg' in $wgExtensionCredits in addition
   to 'name', to allow for the name to be localizable. 'name' should still be
   specified for backwards-compatibility and to define the path Special:Version
   uses to find extension license information.
+* Browser tests are now included to verify basic wiki functionality in developer
+  environments. For details on running tests, see tests/browser/README.mediawiki.
+* Upgrade jStorage to v0.4.10.
+* {{!}} is now a magic word that produces the | character. This removes the need
+  for Template:! for purposes such as passing pipes inside of parameters.
+* (bug 20790) The block log snippet on Special:Contributions and while
+  editing user and user talk pages now works for IP range blocks.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
@@ -175,7 +185,13 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * Removed info(), purge(), revert() and rollback() from the Article class; they
   have since become subclasses of the Action class. (deprecated since 1.19)
 * SearchEngineReplacePrefixesComplete hook was removed.
+* The "jquery.json" module has been deprecated. Use the "json" module instead.
 * Removed HTMLForm::addJS(). (deprecated since 1.18)
+* Removed LogEventsList::showHeader(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed ImageGalleryBase::useSkin(). (deprecated since 1.18)
+* Removed DatabaseMysqlBase::getLagFromProcesslist(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed LoadBalancer::closeConnecton(). (deprecated since 1.18)
+* Removed ApiBase::createContext(). (deprecated since 1.19)
 
 ==== Renamed classes ====
 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression