* $wgPageShowWatchingUsers was removed.
* $wgLocalVirtualHosts has been added to replace $wgConf->localVHosts.
* $wgAntiLockFlags was removed.
+* $wgJavaScriptTestConfig was removed.
* Edit tokens returned from User::getEditToken may change on every call. Token
validity must be checked by passing the user-supplied token to
User::matchEditToken rather than by testing for equality with a
* The debug logging internals have been overhauled, and are now using the
PSR-3 interfaces.
* Update CSSJanus to v1.1.1.
+* Update lessphp to v0.5.0.
* Added a hook, "ApiOpenSearchSuggest", to allow extensions to provide extracts
and images for ApiOpenSearch output. The semantics are identical to the
"OpenSearchXml" hook provided by the OpenSearchXml extension.
this allows for pagination of prefix results. Extensions using this hook
should implement supporting behavior. Not doing so can result in undefined
behavior from API clients trying to continue through prefix results.
+* Update jQuery from v1.11.1 to v1.11.2.
==== External libraries ====
* MediaWiki now requires certain external libraries to be installed. In the past
- these were bundled inside the git repository of MediaWiki core, but now they
+ these were bundled inside the Git repository of MediaWiki core, but now they
need to be installed separately. For users using the tarball, this will be taken
- care of and no action will be required. Users using git will either need to use
+ care of and no action will be required. Users using Git will either need to use
composer to fetch dependencies or use the mediawiki/vendor repository which includes
all dependencies for MediaWiki core and ones used in Wikimedia deployment. Detailed
- instructions can be found at <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git#Fetch_external_libraries>.
+ instructions can be found at:
+ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git#Fetch_external_libraries
* The following libraries are now required:
-** psr/log 1.0.0
-*** This library provides the interfaces set by the PSR-3 standard (<http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-3/>)
- which are used by MediaWiki interally by the MWLogger class.
-*** See the structured logging RfC (<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Structured_logging>)
- for more background information.
-** cssjanus/cssjanus 1.1.1
-*** This library was formerly bundled with MediaWiki core and has now been removed. It automatically
- flips CSS for RTL support.
-** leafo/lessphp 0.5.0
-*** This library was formerly bundled with MediaWiki core and has now been removed. It compiles LESS
- files into CSS.
-** cdb/cdb 1.0.0
-*** This library was formerly a part of MediaWiki core, and has now been split out into a separate library.
- It provides CDB functions which are used in the Interwiki and Localization caches. More information
- about the library can be found at <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CDB>.
+** psr/log
+ This library provides the interfaces set by the PSR-3 standard (http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-3/)
+ which are used by MediaWiki interally by the MWLogger class.
+ See the structured logging RfC (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Structured_logging)
+ for more background information.
+** cssjanus/cssjanus
+ This library was formerly bundled with MediaWiki core and has been removed.
+ It automatically flips CSS for RTL support.
+** leafo/lessphp
+ This library was formerly bundled with MediaWiki core and has been removed.
+ It compiles LESS files into CSS.
+** wikimedia/cdb
+ This library was formerly a part of MediaWiki core, and has been moved into a separate library.
+ It provides CDB functions which are used in the Interwiki and Localization caches.
+ More information about the library can be found at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CDB.
=== Bug fixes in 1.25 ===
* (T73003) No additional code will be generated to try to load CSS-embedded
* Page moving was refactored into a MovePage class. As part of that:
** The AbortMove hook was removed.
** MovePageIsValidMove is for extensions to specify whether a page
- cannot be moved for technical reasons, and should not be overriden.
+ cannot be moved for technical reasons, and should not be overridden.
** MovePageCheckPermissions is for checking whether the given user is
allowed to make the move.
** Title::moveNoAuth() was deprecated. Use the MovePage class instead.
** Title::moveTo() was deprecated. Use the MovePage class instead.
** Title::isValidMoveOperation() broken down into MovePage::isValidMove()
and MovePage::checkPermissions().
+* The Special:WhatLinksHere page linked from 'Number of redirects to this page'
+ on action=info about a file page does not list file links anymore.
+* (T78637) Search bar is not autofocused unless it is empty so that proper scrolling using arrow keys is possible.
=== Action API changes in 1.25 ===
* (T67403) XML tag highlighting is now only performed for formats
* (T76051) list=tags will now continue correctly.
* (T76052) list=tags can now indicate whether a tag is defined.
* (T75522) list=prefixsearch now supports continuation
+* (T78737) action=expandtemplates can now return page properties.
+* (T78690) list=allimages now accepts multiple pipe-separated values
+ for the 'aimime' parameter.
=== Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
* ApiHelp has been rewritten to support i18n and paginated HTML output.
* BREAKING CHANGE: In the XML dump format used by Special:Export and
dumpBackup.php, the <model> and <format> tags now apprear before the <text>
tag, instead of after the <text> and <sha1> tags.
- The new schema version is 0.10, the new schema URI is
- <https://www.mediawiki.org/xml/export-0.10.xsd>.
+ The new schema version is 0.10, the new schema URI is:
+ https://www.mediawiki.org/xml/export-0.10.xsd
* MWFunction::call() and MWFunction::callArray() were removed, having being
deprecated in 1.22.
* Deprecated the getInternalLinkAttributes, getInternalLinkAttributesObj,
** In source text of the form '{$A}'{$B}' or `{$A}`{$B}`, where variable A
does not exist yet variable B does, the latter may not be replaced.
However, this difference is unlikely to arise in practice.
+* (T67278) RFC, PMID, and ISBN "magic links" must be surrounded by non-word
+ characters on both sides.
+* (T30950, T31025) RFC, PMID, and ISBN "magic links" can no longer contain
+ newlines; but they can contain and other non-newline whitespace.
== Compatibility ==