1 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
2 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
8 MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
11 === Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
13 === New features in 1.24 ===
14 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
15 WhatLinksHere entries.
16 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
17 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
19 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
20 fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
21 have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
22 * Added a new hook, "SidebarBeforeOutput", to allow to edit the structure of
23 the sidebar just before its display.
25 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
26 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
27 restriction was present in the parameters. Images with both the "frame"
28 option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
29 size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
31 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
32 which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
33 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
34 follow redirects to their target pages.
36 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
37 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
38 ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
40 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
42 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
43 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
44 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
46 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
47 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
48 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
49 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
50 were removed as they were unused.
51 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
52 Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
53 and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
55 ==== Renamed classes ====
56 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
57 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
58 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
59 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
60 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
64 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
66 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
67 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
68 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
70 The supported versions are:
72 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
73 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
74 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
75 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
76 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
80 1.24 has several database changes since 1.22, and will not work without schema
81 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
82 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
83 many hours on a large site).
85 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
86 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
87 due to database schema changes.
89 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
90 new database fields are filled with data.
92 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
93 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
96 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
98 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
100 For notes on 1.21.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
102 == Online documentation ==
104 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
105 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
106 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
108 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
112 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
114 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
116 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
118 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
120 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
121 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
125 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.