From 483468a4a2574907dbdb1f2abc39a93c04fba53f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brion Vibber Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:50:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Start on 1.4 release notes, so we don't forget what we did. --- RELEASE-NOTES | 81 +++++++++------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-) diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 11cea4bc1d..e3a5e458b9 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -4,74 +4,19 @@ Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can. +*** COMMITTERS! Before 1.4 release, make sure 1.3.x release notes are +*** up to date in the file HISTORY. Don't put 1.3 updates here please. -**** THIS FILE IS NOT UP TO DATE ***** -**** BEFORE 1.4 RELEASE, BE SURE TO FIX IT ***** - -== Version 1.3.1, 2004-08-?? == - -Changes from 1.3.0: -* Watchlist parameters now work with register_globals off -* Fixed parsing of ''italics'' and '''bold''' mark-up (again) -* Special:Allpages display is more sensible on smaller wikis -* Fixed XHTML parsing error in classic skins -* Moved pages update watchlist correctly -* Fixed rebuildall.php on case-sensitive Unix filesystems -* New magic word PAGENAMEE (URL-escaped version of PAGENAME) -* Articles count now updated correctly when an article is moved - in/out of the article namespace. - -== Version 1.3.0, 2004-08-11 == - -Look & layout: -* New default layout 'MonoBook' (available on PHP4 only currently) -* Print stylesheet now built-in to every page -* More or less correct XHTML 1.0 (served as text/html by default) - -Wiki features: -* Image captions can now include links and other basic formatting -* Image bounding box can be specified instead of width, e.g. as - 100x100px, making the image not wider than 100px and not higher - than 100px, keeping aspect ratio. -* Templates have been expanded with parameters, and separated from - the MediaWiki: localization scheme. -* Categories more or less work -* added a special page for listing users with sysop rights. - -Editing: -* Automatic merging of edit conflicts that don't directly interfere -* Edit summaries can now include basic formatting and links - -Metadata and output: -* Linked Creative Commons copyright metadata (optional) -* RSS 2.0 & Atom 0.3 feeds for Recent Changes, New Pages - -Optional modules: -* WikiHiero hieroglyphic module can be added (separate download) -* Timeline module can be added (separate download). - Requires ploticus. -* TeX now has an experimental MathML output mode (incomplete!) - -Installation and upgrading: -* The old install.php and update.php have been removed. In-place - installation introduced in 1.2 is now the standard installation - and upgrade method, see INSTALL and UPGRADE for directions. - -Database: -* The links table has been changed to use a cur_id for l_from. - The link tables must be converted on upgrade, which may entail - some downtime. - -Code and compatibility: -* Should now run clean with error reporting set to E_ALL. -* register_globals hack from 1.2 has been replaced with safer code -* Bundled PHPTAL 0.7.0 from http://phptal.sourceforge.net/ - (with some patches) -* Most image-related code moved to Image.php -* More fixes for PHP 4.1.2 (thanks to Asheesh Laroia) -* URL encoding fix for anchors -* All languages now available in UTF-8 mode -* Various other fixes +== MediaWiki 1.4 PRE-ALPHA == + +Major changes from 1.3.x: +* (?) Support for table prefixes for better sharing with other web apps +* (?) PostgreSQL support +* Optional article validation voting features +* 'Recentchanges Patrol' to mark new edits that haven't yet been viewed +* Support for faster C++ diff module (WikiDiff extension) +* More scary link caching modes +* ... and more! === Caveats === @@ -86,7 +31,7 @@ underlying PHPTAL library. It will be automatically disabled when running on PHP5; the older look and feel will be used instead. -For notes on 1.2.x and older releases, see HISTORY. +For notes on 1.3.x and older releases, see HISTORY. === Online documentation === -- 2.20.1