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Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.
-== MediaWiki 1.17 ==
+== MediaWiki 1.18 ==
THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
@@ -18,519 +18,79 @@ will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.
Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
-=== New installer in 1.17 ===
-MediaWiki 1.17 is shipping with a completely redesigned installer to fix
-a lot of outstanding bugs, cleanup the code quality, and make it easier to
-use. Notably, you can now run upgrades from the web without having to move
-LocalSettings.php. The specific bugs are listed below in the general notes.
-
-=== Configuration changes in 1.17 ===
-* DatabaseFunctions.php that was needed for compatibility with pre-1.3
- extensions has been removed.
-* $wgLogAutocreatedAccounts controls whether autocreation of accounts is logged
- to new users log.
-* $wgAllowImageTag can be set to true to whitelist the tag in wikitext.
-* (bug 12797) Add $wgGalleryOptions for adjusting of default gallery display
- options.
-* $wgAllowUserCssPrefs option allows disabling CSS-based preferences; which can
- improve page loading speed.
-* (bug 22858) $wgLocalStylePath is by default set to the same value as
- $wgStylePath but should never point to a different domain than the site is
- on, allowing skins to use .htc files which are not cross-domain friendly.
-* (bug 20193) Added $wgVectorShowVariantName global configuration variable
- which causes Vector to render the variants drop-down menu with a label
- showing the current variant name. This is off by default, pending further
- research into its user experience implications.
-* Added $wgJQueryVersion, $wgJQueryMinified and $wgJQueryOnEveryPage (true by
- default) to configure loading of jQuery by MediaWiki.
-* XmlFunctions.php has been removed. Use the Xml or Html classes as appropriate.
-* Added $wgSQLMode for setting database SQL modes - either performance (null)
- or other reasons (such as enabling stricter checks)
-* $wgFileStore has been deprecated. The only usage $wgFileStore['deleted'] has
- been turned into $wgDeletedDirectory.
-* $wgDeletedDirectory has been added to specify what directory to place deleted
- uploads in.
-* IBM DB2 database no longer uses the db specific $wgDBport_db2 variable but the
- normal $wgDBport.
-* The upload link for missing files can now be set separately from the
- navigation link with $wgUploadMissingFileUrl.
-* $wgCategoryPrefixedDefaultSortkey was removed and is now always false. This
- provides more sensible sorting behavior for categories.
-* Removed unused globals: $wgEnableSerializedMessages, $wgCheckSerialized,
- $wgUseMemCached, $wgDisableSearchContext, $wgColorErrors,
- $wgUseZhdaemon, $wgZhdaemonHost and $wgZhdaemonPort.
-* (bug 24408) The include_path is not modified in the default LocalSettings.php
-* $wgVectorExtraStyles was removed, and is no longer in use.
-* $wgLoadScript was added to specify alternative locations for ResourceLoader
- requests.
-* $wgResourceLoaderMaxage was added to specify maxage and smaxage times for
- responses from ResourceLoader based on whether the request's URL contained a
- version parameter or not.
-* $wgResourceLoaderDebug was added to specify the default state of debug mode;
- this will still be overridden with the debug URL parameter a la
- $wgLanguageCode.
-* $wgResourceLoaderInlinePrivateModules was added to specify whether private
- modules such as user.options should be embedded in the HTML output or
- delivered through a resource loader request, which bypasses server cache (like
- squid) and checks the user parameter against $wgUser. The former adds more
- data to all pages, while the latter adds a request which cannot be cached
- server side.
-* Removed $wgUpdates for database updates; extension should use
- DatabaseUpdater::addExtensionUpdate().
-* Removed $wgServerName. It doesn't need to be set anymore and is no longer
- available as input for other configuration items, either.
-* Remove $wgRemoteUploads. It was not well supported and superseded by
- $wgUploadNavigationUrl.
-* (bug 198) $wgUpgradeKey allows unlocking the web installer for upgrades
- without having to move LocalSettings.php
-* The FailFunction "error handling" method has now been removed
-* $wgAdditionalMailParams added to allow setting extra options to mail() calls.
-* $wgSecureLogin & $wgSecureLoginStickHTTPS to optionaly login using HTTPS
-* (bug 25728) Added $wgPasswordSenderName to allow customise the name associed
- with $wgPasswordSender
-
-=== New features in 1.17 ===
-* (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via
- User:/common.css and /common.js (if user css/js is enabled).
-* (bug 22748) Add anchors on Special:ListGroupRights.
-* (bug 21981) Add parameter 'showfilename' to to automatically
- apply the names of the individual files within the gallery.
-* Future-proof redirection to fragments in Gecko, so things work a little nicer
- if they fix .
-* Support git:// and mms:// protocols by default for external links.
-* (bug 15810) Blocked admins can no longer unblock themselves without the
- 'unblockself' permission (which they have by default).
-* (bug 18499) Added "enhanced" URL parameter to switch between old and enhanced
- changes list.
-* (bug 22925) "sp-contributions-blocked-notice-anon" message now displayed when
- viewing contributions of a blocked IP address.
-* (bug 22474) {{urlencode:}} now takes an optional second paramter for type of
- escaping.
-* Special:Listfiles now supports a username parameter.
-* Special:Random carries over query string parameters.
-* (bug 23206) Add Special::Search hook for detecting successful "Go".
-* When visiting a "red link" of a deleted file, a deletion and move log excerpt
- is provided on the Upload form.
-* (bug 22647) Add category details in search results.
-* (bug 23276) Add hook to Special:NewPages to modify query.
-* Add accesskey 's' and tooltip to 'Save' button at Special:Preferences.
-* Add accesskey 'b' and tooltip to the summary field of edit mode.
-* (bug 20186) Allow filtering Special:Contributions for RevisionDeleted edits.
-* ajaxwatch now uses the API and JQuery, and can be used to animate arbitrary
- watch links, not just to watch the page the link is on.
-* (bug 20976) "searchmenu-new-nocreate" message now displayed when when there
- is no title match in search and the user has no rights to create pages.
-* (bug 23429) Added new hook WatchlistEditorBuildRemoveLine.
-* (bug 22844) Added support for WinCache object caching.
-* (bug 23580) Add two new events to LivePreview so that scripts can be
- notified about the beginning and finishing of LivePreview actions.
-* (bug 21278) Now the sidebar allows inclusion of wiki markup.
-* (bug 23733) Add IDs to messages used on CSS/JS pages
-* (bug 21312) RevisionMove allows moving individual revisions of a page to
- another page. Introducing 'revisionmove' user right; disabled by default;
- experimental feature.
-* Show validity period of the login cookie in Special:UserLogin and
- Special:Preferences
-* Interlanguage links display the page title in their tooltip.
-* (bug 23621) New Special:ComparePages to compare (diff) two articles.
-* (bug 4597) Provide support in Special:Contributions to show only "current"
- contributions
-* (bug 17857) {{anchorencode}} acts more like how the parser creates section ids
-* (bug 21477) \& can now be used in