=== New user-facing features in 1.34 ===
* Special:Mute has been added as a quick way for users to block unwanted emails
from other users originating from Special:EmailUser.
+* (T207577) Special:NewSection has been created as a shortcut to creating a new
+ section on a page. When linked to, its subpage is used as the target
+ ([[Special:NewSection/Test]] redirects to creating a new section in "Test").
+ Otherwise, it displays a basic interface to allow the end user to specify
+ the target manually.
=== New developer features in 1.34 ===
* The ImgAuthModifyHeaders hook was added to img_auth.php to allow modification
in JavaScript, use mw.log.deprecate() instead.
* The 'user.groups' module, deprecated in 1.28, was removed.
Use the 'user' module instead.
+* The ResourceLoaderContext::expandModuleNames method, deprecated in 1.33, was
+ removed. Use ResourceLoader::expandModuleNames instead.
* The ability to override User::$mRights has been removed. Use
PermissionManager::addTemporaryUserRights() instead.
* Previously, when iterating ResultWrapper with foreach() or a similar
template option 'searchaction' instead.
* LoadBalancer::haveIndex() and LoadBalancer::isNonZeroLoad() have
been deprecated.
+* FileBackend::getWikiId() has been deprecated.
+ Use FileBackend::getDomainId() instead.
* User::getRights() and User::$mRights have been deprecated. Use
PermissionManager::getUserPermissions() instead.
* The LocalisationCacheRecache hook no longer allows purging of message blobs
to be prevented. Modifying the $purgeBlobs parameter now has no effect.
* SVGMetadataExtractor::getMetadata has been deprecated. Instead, you should
use SVGReader->getMetadata() directly.
+* The following public properties on AbstractBlock are deprecated: $mReason,
+ $mTimestamp, $mExpiry, $mHideName. Use the getters/setters instead.
+* The following public properties on DatabaseBlock are deprecated: $mAuto,
+ $mParentBlockId. To check for an autoblock use DatabaseBlock::getType; to
+ check for the parent ID, use DatabaseBlock::getParentBlockId.
+* SearchEngine::userHighlightPrefs() is deprecated, simply stop passing
+ $contextlines and $contextchars to the SearchHighlighter methods, they will
+ use proper defaults defined in SearchHighlighter::DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LINES and
+ DEFAULT_CONTEXT_CHARS.
+* SearchUpdate constructor: passing a string as the title param and or a boolean
+ or a string as the content will produce a deprecation warning.
+* SearchEngine::getTextFromContent() is deprecated, use getTextForSearchIndex()
+ directly from the Content object.
+* SearchEngine::textAlreadyUpdatedForIndex() is deprecated, given the
+ deprecation above this method is no longer needed/called and should not be
+ implemented by SearchEngine implementation.
=== Other changes in 1.34 ===
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