production.
=== Configuration changes in 1.28 ===
+* BREAKING CHANGE: $wgHTTPProxy is now *required* for all external requests
+ made by MediaWiki via a proxy. Relying on the http_proxy environment
+ variable is no longer supported.
* The load.php entry point now enforces the existing policy of not allowing
access to session data, which includes the session user and the session
user's language. If such access is attempted, an exception will be thrown.
* The deprecated $wgEditEncoding variable has been removed; it was only used
for Esperanto language character conversion. You are now recommended to use
input methods provided by the UniversalLanguageSelector extension.
+* When $wgPingback is true, MediaWiki will periodically ping
+ https://www.mediawiki.org/beacon with basic information about the local
+ MediaWiki installation. This data includes, for example, the type of system,
+ PHP version, and chosen database backend. This behavior is off by default.
=== New features in 1.28 ===
* User::isBot() method for checking if an account is a bot role account.
use or update a custom session provider if needed.
* Deprecated APIEditBeforeSave hook in favor of EditFilterMergedContent.
* The 'UploadVerification' hook is deprecated. Use 'UploadVerifyFile' instead.
+* SiteConfiguration::isLocalVHost() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
+* The 'UserLoginComplete' hook has a new parameter to differentiate between actual
+ login and visiting the login page while already logged in.
+* ResourceLoader::makeLoaderURL() was removed (deprecated since 1.24).
== Compatibility ==