RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

   1 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
   2 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.24 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  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.
  14 * Introduced $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey as a backwards-compatibility switch,
  15   for using the old schema of the page_props table, in case the respective
  16   schema update was not applied.
  17
  18 === New features in 1.24 ===
  19 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
  20   WhatLinksHere entries.
  21 * Added a new hook, "ContentGetParserOutput", to customize parser output for
  22   a given content object.
  23 * Deprecated the hook "ShowRawCssJs", use "ContentGetParserOutput" instead.
  24 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
  25 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
  26   fields in the form.
  27 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
  28   fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
  29   have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
  30 * Added a new hook, "SidebarBeforeOutput", to allow to edit the structure of
  31   the sidebar just before its display.
  32 * (bug 49156) Added the mediawiki.cookie ResourceLoader module, which wraps
  33   jQuery.cookie so that getting/setting a cookie is syntactically and functionally
  34   similar to using the WebRequest#getCookie/WebResponse#setcookie methods.
  35 * (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1.
  36 * Changes to content typography (fonts, etc.). See
  37   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh for further information.
  38 * WikitextContent will now render redirects with the expected "redirect"
  39   header, rather than as an ordered list. Code calling Article::viewRedirect
  40   can probably be changed to no longer special-case redirects.
  41 * Header font set to a serif font stack. See
  42   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh for further information.
  43 * (bug 63903) Thumbnails without an explicit size specification are
  44   now resized to a square bounding box. This gives better results for
  45   non-landscape thumbnails.
  46
  47 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
  48 * (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
  49   rather than content language (same as copyright notice for editing interface).
  50 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  51   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  52   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  53   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  54   claimed it would.
  55 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
  56   which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
  57   This removes -list id suffixes like p-lang-list: instead of using things like
  58   #p-lang-list, you can do #p-lang .body ul.
  59 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
  60   follow redirects to their target pages.
  61 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
  62 * (bug 14323) Redirect pages, when viewed with redirect=no, no longer hide the
  63   remaining page content.
  64
  65 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  66 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
  67   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
  68 * action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap returns a new "protorel"
  69   field which is true iff protocol-relative urls can be used to access
  70   a particular interwiki map entry.
  71
  72 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  73
  74 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  75 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  76 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  77
  78 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  79 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  80 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  81 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  82   were removed as they were unused.
  83 * (bug 65477) User::pingLimiter() now has an additional profile point varying
  84   by action being used.
  85 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  86   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  87   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  88 * Added pp_sortkey column to page_props table, so pages can be efficiently
  89   queried and sorted by property value (bug 58032).
  90   See $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey if you want to postpone the schema change.
  91
  92 ==== Renamed classes ====
  93 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  94 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  95 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  96 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  97 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  98 * MediaWiki_I18N to MediaWikiI18N
  99 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
 100 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
 101 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
 102 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
 103 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
 104 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
 105 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
 106 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
 107 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
 108 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
 109 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
 110 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
 111 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
 112 * WebInstaller_Complete to WebInstallerComplete
 113 * WebInstaller_Copying to WebInstallerCopying
 114 * WebInstaller_DBConnect to WebInstallerDBConnect
 115 * WebInstaller_DBSettings to WebInstallerDBSettings
 116 * WebInstaller_Document to WebInstallerDocument
 117 * WebInstaller_ExistingWiki to WebInstallerExistingWiki
 118 * WebInstaller_Install to WebInstallerInstall
 119 * WebInstaller_Language to WebInstallerLanguage
 120 * WebInstaller_Name to WebInstallerName
 121 * WebInstaller_Options to WebInstallerOptions
 122 * WebInstaller_Readme to WebInstallerReadme
 123 * WebInstaller_ReleaseNotes to WebInstallerReleaseNotes
 124 * WebInstaller_Restart to WebInstallerRestart
 125 * WebInstaller_Upgrade to WebInstallerUpgrade
 126 * WebInstaller_UpgradeDoc to WebInstallerUpgradeDoc
 127 * WebInstaller_Welcome to WebInstallerWelcome
 128
 129 ==== Removed classes ====
 130 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
 131 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
 132
 133 == Compatibility ==
 134
 135 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
 136
 137 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 138 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 139 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 140
 141 The supported versions are:
 142
 143 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 144 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 145 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 146 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 147 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 148
 149 == Upgrading ==
 150
 151 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
 152 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 153 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 154 many hours on a large site).
 155
 156 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 157 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 158 due to database schema changes.
 159
 160 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 161 new database fields are filled with data.
 162
 163 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 164 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 165 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 166
 167 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 168
 169 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 170
 171 For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 172
 173 == Online documentation ==
 174
 175 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 176 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 177 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 178
 179         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 180
 181 == Mailing list ==
 182
 183 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 184
 185         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 186
 187 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 188
 189         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 190
 191 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 192 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 193
 194 == IRC help ==
 195
 196 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.