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 * Add a warning for non-descriptive filenames at Special:Upload
  25
  26 === Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
  27
  28 * Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
  29 * (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
  30   ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
  31 * (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
  32   getUserPermissionsErrors.
  33 * Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
  34 * Fix inconsistent section edit link size for some browsers.
  35 * (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
  36   translations
  37 * (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
  38   message, the level of protection.
  39 * (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
  40   message.
  41 * (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
  42   where rollback is given to non-sysops.
  43
  44 === API changes in 1.12 ===
  45
  46 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  47
  48 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
  49
  50 * Arabic (ar)
  51 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
  52 * Bikol Central (bcl)
  53 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
  54 * Bengali (bn)
  55 * Cassubian (csb)
  56 * Welsh (cy)
  57 * Danish (da)
  58 * German (de)
  59 * Persian (fa)
  60 * Frisian (fy)
  61 * French (fr)
  62 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
  63 * Kazakh (kk)
  64 * Dutch (nl)
  65 * Slovak (sk)
  66 * Sakha (sah)
  67 * Zealandic (zea)
  68
  69 == Compatibility ==
  70
  71 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  72
  73 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  74 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  75 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  76
  77 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  78 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  79
  80
  81 == Upgrading ==
  82
  83 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
  84 updates.
  85
  86 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  87 new database fields are filled with data.
  88
  89 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  90 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  91 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  92
  93 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  94
  95
  96 === Caveats ===
  97
  98 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
  99 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 100 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 101 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 102 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 103
 104 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 105
 106
 107 === Online documentation ===
 108
 109 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 110 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 111 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 112 the public domain) :
 113
 114   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 115
 116
 117 === Mailing list ===
 118
 119 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 120 wikitech-l list:
 121
 122   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 123
 124 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 125
 126   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 127
 128 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 129 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 130
 131
 132 === IRC help ===
 133
 134 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net