Merge "mw.Upload.BookletLayout: Rewrite some code to use promise chaining"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.27

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
index ac25756..7d7825d 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.27
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ production.
   auto-creation when 'createaccount' is not granted to all users.
 * Deprecated AuthPluginAutoCreate hook in favor of LocalUserCreated.
 * Most cookie-handling methods in User are deprecated.
+* $wgAllowAsyncCopyUploads and $CopyUploadAsyncTimeout were removed. This was an
+  experimental feature that has never worked.
 
 === New features in 1.27 ===
 * $wgDataCenterId and $wgDataCenterRoles where added, which will serve as
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ production.
    $wgMWOAuthGrantPermissionGroups.
 * Added MWRestrictions as a class to check restrictions on a WebRequest, e.g.
   to assert that the request comes from a particular IP range.
+* Added bot passwords, a rights-restricted login mechanism for API-using bots.
 
 === External library changes in 1.27 ===
 
@@ -179,6 +182,10 @@ production.
 * The following response properties from action=login are deprecated, and may
   be removed in the future: lgtoken, cookieprefix, sessionid. Clients should
   handle cookies to properly manage session state.
+* action=login transparently allows login using bot passwords. Clients should
+  merely need to change the username and password used after setting up a bot
+  password.
+* action=upload no longer understands statuskey, asyncdownload or leavemessage.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.27 ===
 * ApiQueryORM removed.
@@ -277,11 +284,17 @@ changes to languages because of Phabricator reports.
 * LanguageConverter::armourMath() was removed (deprecated since 1.22).
 * FakeConverter::armourMath() was removed (deprecated since 1.22).
 * The unused jquery.validate ResourceLoader module was removed.
+* FileRepo::getRootUrl() was removed (deprecated since 1.20).
+* User::generateToken() was removed (deprecated since 1.20).
+* WikiPage::getRawText() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
+* ParserOutput::hasCustomDataUpdates() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
+* ParserOutput::addSecondaryDataUpdate() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
+* ParserOutput::getSecondaryDataUpdates() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 
 == Compatibility ==
 
 MediaWiki 1.27 requires PHP 5.3.3 or later. There is experimental support for
-HHVM 3.3.0.
+HHVM 3.6.5 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