RELEASE-NOTES

   1 = MediaWiki release notes =
   2
   3 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
   4 setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.
   5
   6 == MediaWiki 1.12 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
  11 quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
  12 "ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.
  13
  14 Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
  15 from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature developments
  16 will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.
  17
  18 Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
  19 it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
  20
  21 === Configuration changes in 1.12 ===
  22
  23 === New features in 1.12 ===
  24 * (bug 10735) Add a warning for non-descriptive filenames at Special:Upload
  25 * Add {{filepath:}} parser function to get full path to an uploaded file,
  26   complementing {{fullurl:}} for pages.
  27 * (bug 11136) If using Postgres, search path is explicitly set if wgDBmwschema is
  28   not set to 'mediawiki', allowing multiple mediawiki instances per user.
  29 * (bug 11151) Add descriptive <title> to revision history page
  30 * (bug 5412) Add feed links for the site to all pages
  31 * (bug 11353) Add ability to retrieve raw section content via action=raw
  32
  33 === Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
  34
  35 * Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
  36 * (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
  37   ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
  38 * (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
  39   getUserPermissionsErrors.
  40 * Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
  41 * (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
  42   translations
  43 * (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
  44   message, the level of protection.
  45 * (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
  46   message.
  47 * (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
  48   where rollback is given to non-sysops.
  49 * (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
  50   editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
  51 * (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
  52 * (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
  53 * Fixed notice when accessing special page without read permission and whitelist
  54   is not defined
  55 * (bug 9252) Fix for tidy funkiness when using editintro mode
  56 * (bug 4021) Fix for MySQL wildcard search
  57 * (bug 10699) Fix for MySQL phrase search
  58 * (bug 11321) Fix width of gallerybox when option "width=xxx" is used
  59 * (bug 7890) Special:BrokenRedirects links deleted redirects to a non-existent page
  60 * Fix initial statistics when installing: add correct values
  61 * (bug 11342) Fix several 'returnto' links in permissions/error pages which
  62   linked to the main page instead of targetted page
  63 * Strike the link to the redirect rather than using an asterisk in Special:Listredirects
  64 * (bug 11355) Fix false positives in Safe Mode and other config detection
  65   when boolean settings are disabled with 'Off' via php_admin_value/php_value
  66 * (bug 11292) Fixed unserialize errors with Postgres by creating special Blob object.
  67 * (bug 11363) Make all metadata fields bytea when using Postgres.
  68 * (bug 11331) Add buildConcat() and use CASE not IF for DB compatibility. Make oldimage
  69   cascade delete via image table for Postgres, change fa_storage_key TEXT.
  70 * (bug 11438) Live Preview chops returned text
  71 * Show the right message on account creation when the user is blocked
  72 * (bug 11450) Fix creation of objectcache table on upgrade
  73 * Fix namespace selection after submit of Special:Newpages
  74 * Make input form of Special:Newpages nicer for RTL wikis
  75 * (bug 11462) Fix typo in LanguageGetSpecialPageAliases hook name
  76
  77
  78 === API changes in 1.12 ===
  79
  80 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  81
  82 * (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
  83 * (bug 11308) Allow the API to output the image metadata
  84 * (bug 11296) Temporary fix for escaping of ampersands inside links in pretty-printed
  85   help document.
  86 * (bug 11405) Expand templates implementation in the API
  87 * (bug 11218) Add option to feedwatchlist to display multiple revisions for each page.
  88 * (bug 11404) Provide name of exception caught in error code field of internal api
  89   error messages.
  90
  91 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
  92
  93 * Amharic (am) (new)
  94 * Arabic (ar)
  95 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
  96 * Asturian (ast)
  97 * Samogitian (bat-smg)
  98 * Bikol Central (bcl)
  99 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
 100 * Bulgarian (bg)
 101 * Bislama (bi) (new)
 102 * Bengali (bn)
 103 * Bishnupriya Manipuri (bpy)
 104 * Catalan (ca)
 105 * Breton (br)
 106 * Czech (cs)
 107 * Cassubian (csb)
 108 * Welsh (cy)
 109 * Danish (da)
 110 * German (de)
 111 * Lower Sorbian (dsb) (new)
 112 * Ewe (ee) (new)
 113 * Greek (el)
 114 * Spanish (es)
 115 * Extremaduran (ext)
 116 * Finnish (fi)
 117 * Persian (fa)
 118 * Võro (fiu-vro)
 119 * Faroese (fo)
 120 * Frisian (fy)
 121 * French (fr)
 122 * Cajun French (frc)
 123 * Franco-Provençal (frp)
 124 * Irish (ga)
 125 * Gön-gnŷ (gan) (new)
 126 * Galician (gl)
 127 * Ancient Greek (grc) (new)
 128 * Hakka (hak)
 129 * Hebrew (he)
 130 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
 131 * Indonesian (id)
 132 * Icelandic (is)
 133 * Italian (it)
 134 * Japanese (ja)
 135 * Kazakh (kk)
 136 * Korean (ko)
 137 * Latin (la)
 138 * Limbugian (li)
 139 * Malay (ms)
 140 * Low Saxon (nds)
 141 * Dutch (nl)
 142 * Norwegian (no)
 143 * Portugese (pt)
 144 * Russian (ru)
 145 * Sakha (sah)
 146 * Sicilian (scn)
 147 * Sassarese (sdc) (new)
 148 * Seri (sei) (new)
 149 * Slovak (sk)
 150 * Serbian (Cyrillic) (sr-ec)
 151 * Sundanese (su)
 152 * Tamil (ta)
 153 * Tetun (tet) (new)
 154 * Walloon (wa)
 155 * Yiddish (yi)
 156 * Zhuang (za)
 157 * Zealandic (zea)
 158
 159 == Compatibility ==
 160
 161 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 162
 163 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 164 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 165 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 166
 167 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 168 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 169
 170
 171 == Upgrading ==
 172
 173 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
 174 updates.
 175
 176 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 177 new database fields are filled with data.
 178
 179 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 180 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 181 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 182
 183 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 184
 185
 186 === Caveats ===
 187
 188 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 189 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 190 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 191 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 192 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 193
 194 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 195
 196
 197 === Online documentation ===
 198
 199 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 200 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 201 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 202 the public domain) :
 203
 204   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 205
 206
 207 === Mailing list ===
 208
 209 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 210 wikitech-l list:
 211
 212   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 213
 214 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 215
 216   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 217
 218 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 219 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 220
 221
 222 === IRC help ===
 223
 224 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net