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 ===
12 * The server's canonical hostname is available as $wgServerName, which is
13 exposed in both mw.config and ApiQuerySiteInfo.
15 === New features in 1.24 ===
16 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
17 WhatLinksHere entries.
18 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
19 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
21 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
22 fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
23 have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
25 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
26 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
27 restriction was present in the parameters. Images with both the "frame"
28 option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
29 size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
31 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
32 which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
33 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
34 follow redirects to their target pages.
35 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
37 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
38 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
39 ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
41 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
43 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
44 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
45 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
47 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
48 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
49 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
50 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
51 were removed as they were unused.
52 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
53 Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
54 and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
56 ==== Renamed classes ====
57 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
58 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
59 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
60 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
61 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
62 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
63 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
64 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
65 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
66 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
67 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
68 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
69 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
70 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
71 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
72 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
73 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
74 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
76 ==== Removed classes ====
77 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
78 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
82 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
84 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
85 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
86 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
88 The supported versions are:
90 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
91 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
92 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
93 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
94 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
98 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
99 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
100 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
101 many hours on a large site).
103 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
104 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
105 due to database schema changes.
107 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
108 new database fields are filled with data.
110 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
111 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
114 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
116 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
118 For notes on 1.21.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
120 == Online documentation ==
122 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
123 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
124 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
126 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
130 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
132 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
134 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
136 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
138 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
139 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
143 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.