Turn database messages on by default. If it sucks too bad, we can change it for the...

diff --git a/LocalSettings.sample b/LocalSettings.sample
index 627b045..ad42e31 100644 (file)
--- a/LocalSettings.sample
+++ b/LocalSettings.sample
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ $wgDBminWordLen            = 3;     # Match this to your MySQL fulltext
 # $wgDBmysql4                  = true;
 # $wgEnablePersistentLC        = true;
 
+## You can customize the interface messages through the wiki;
+## see [[MediaWiki:All pages]]. (This requires a sysop account.)
+## This causes a performance hit, though; if you don't need it,
+## feel free to turn it off:
+#
+# $wgUseDatabaseMessages = false;
+
 ## Set $wgUseImageResize to true if you want to enable dynamic
 ## server side image resizing ("Thumbnails")
 # 

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index fc0aeef..ef93b63 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 = MediaWiki release notes =
 
-== Version 1.2.0rc1, 2004-02-27 ==
+== Version 1.2.0rc1, 2004-02-28 ==
 
 This is a RELEASE CANDIDATE for the new production release. It is more or
 less in sync with what is running on Wikipedia right now. There may be
@@ -18,22 +18,29 @@ New features in 1.2:
 * Optional compression of old revision text (requires zlib support)
 * Fuzzy title search (experimental, requires memcached)
 * Page rendering cache (experimental)
-* JavaScript editing toolbar (off by default in user preferences)
+* Editing toolbar to demonstrate wiki syntax to newbies
+  (off by default in user preferences)
+* Support for authenticated SMTP outgoing e-mail (experimental)
 
 Fixes and tweaks:
 * Should work out of the box on MySQL 3.2.x again. On 4.x set
   $wgEnablePersistentLC = true; to turn on the link cache table
   for a slight rendering speed boost.
+* Works with short tags disabled.
 * Various bug fixes.
 * Other stuff we forgot.
 * Documentation more out of date than ever before!
 
-=== IMPORTANT BEHAVIOR CHANGES: ===
+=== Behavior changes ===
 
-* wiki.phtml and redirect.phtml are now installed as index.php and redirect.php
-  by default. If you are upgrading from an older version, you will have to
-  change $wgScript in LocalSettings.php to point to index.php and
-  redirect.php.
+* wiki.phtml and redirect.phtml are now renamed to index.php and redirect.php
+  The old names are provided too for compatibility, but make sure they don't
+  conflict if you've been putting other files in your wiki.
+* Uploaded filenames are more strictly checked than before. See bits in
+  DefaultSettings.php to tweak this behavior to your needs.
+* Database messages are now enabled by default, so the interface messages can
+  be tweaked through the wiki with a sysop account. Disable this if you
+  don't want the performance hit.
 
 === Database changes ===
 

diff --git a/includes/DefaultSettings.php b/includes/DefaultSettings.php
index 8352425..50fca9e 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/DefaultSettings.php
+++ b/includes/DefaultSettings.php
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ $wgShowIPinHeader     = true; # For non-logged in users
 $wgMaxNameChars     = 32; # Maximum number of bytes in username
 
 # Translation using MediaWiki: namespace
-# Not recommended unless memcached is installed
-$wgUseDatabaseMessages = false;
+# This will increase load times by 25-60% unless memcached is installed
+$wgUseDatabaseMessages = true;
 $wgMsgCacheExpiry      = 86400;
 
 $wgExtraSubtitle       = "";