Drop support for old skins that don't use head element

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
index ba9dbad..3683fcc 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ production.
 * Introduced $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey as a backwards-compatibility switch,
   for using the old schema of the page_props table, in case the respective
   schema update was not applied.
+* $wgSearchEverythingOnlyLoggedIn was removed as the 'searcheverything'
+  user option was removed. Use $wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault instead or
+  if you used to have $wgDefaultUserOptions['searcheverything'] = 1.
 
 === New features in 1.24 ===
 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
@@ -47,6 +50,13 @@ production.
   to HTTPS redirect due to forceHTTPS cookie, userRequires, etc.  This is only for page views,
   since this hook doesn't affect UserLogin, OAuth, CentralAuth, etc.
   ATTENTION: This hook is likely to be removed soon due to overall design of the system.
+* (bug 17367) It is now possible to add pages to your watchlist from
+  Special:UnwatchedPages without reloading the special page.
+* New methods setVolatile and isVolatile are added to PPFrame, so that
+  extensions such as Cite.php can mark that their output is volatile and
+  shouldn't be cached.
+* (bug 52817) Advanced search options are now saved on the search page itself, rather
+  than in a dedicated pane in the preferences panel.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
@@ -108,6 +118,10 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   core to their own respective repositories. See also
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Modern and
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:CologneBlue.
+* BREAKING CHANGE: Skins built for MediaWiki 1.15 and earlier that do not use
+  the "headelement" template key are no longer supported. Setting
+  $useHeadElement = false; is no longer supported and will not cause old keys
+  like "headlinks", "skinnameclass", etc. to be defined.
 
 ==== Renamed classes ====
 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression