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 1.14 ==
   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 1.14 ===
  22
  23 * $wgExemptFromUserRobotsControl is an array of namespaces to be exempt from
  24   the effect of the new __INDEX__/__NOINDEX__ magic words.  (Default: null, ex-
  25   empt all content namespaces.)
  26 * $wgForwardSearchUrl has been removed entirely. Documented setting since 1.4
  27   has been $wgSearchForwardUrl.
  28 * $wgApiScript can now be defined if your API isn't named api.php or it's not
  29   in the usual location. Setting to false defaults to "$wgScriptPath/api
  30   $wgScriptExtension".
  31
  32 === New features in 1.14 ===
  33
  34 * (bug 8068) New __INDEX__ and __NOINDEX__ magic words allow user control of
  35   search engine indexing on a per-article basis.
  36 * Handheld stylesheet options
  37 * Added 'DoEditSectionLink' hook as a cleaner unified version of the old
  38   'EditSectionLink' and 'EditSectionLinkForOther' hooks.  Note that the
  39   'EditSectionLinkForOther' hook has been removed, but 'EditSectionLink' is
  40   run in all cases instead, so extensions using the old hooks should still work
  41   if they ran roughly the same code for both hooks (as is almost certain).
  42 * New parser function {{apiurl:}} links to the local API. {{apiurl:help}} would
  43   link to action=help. Other params are passed as well.
  44
  45 === Bug fixes in 1.14 ===
  46
  47 * (bug 14907) DatabasePostgres::fieldType now defined.
  48 * (bug 14659) Passing the default limit param to Special:Recentchanges no more
  49   falls back to the user option
  50 * (bug 14954) Fix regression in Modern and Simple skins
  51 * Recursion loop check added to Categoryfinder class
  52 * Fixed few performance troubles of large job queue processing
  53 * (bug 14977) Installations on servers using IPv6 addresses for $wgServer
  54   were largely unusable because $wgServer didn't wrap the IP in brackets.
  55
  56 === API changes in 1.14 ===
  57
  58 * Registration time of users registered before the DB field was created is now
  59   shown as empty instead of the current time.
  60 * API search now falls back to fulltext search by default when using Lucene
  61   or other engine which doesn't support a separate title search function.
  62   This means you can use API search on Wikipedia without explicitly adding
  63   &srwhat=text to the query.
  64
  65
  66 === Languages updated in 1.14 ===
  67
  68 MediaWiki supports over 300 languages. Many localisations are updated
  69 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed.
  70
  71 (no changes yet)
  72
  73 == Compatibility ==
  74
  75 MediaWiki 1.14 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  76
  77 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  78 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  79 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  80
  81 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  82 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  83
  84
  85 == Upgrading ==
  86
  87 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
  88 make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
  89 database schema changes.
  90
  91 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  92 new database fields are filled with data.
  93
  94 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  95 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  96 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  97
  98 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  99
 100
 101 === Caveats ===
 102
 103 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 104 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 105 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 106 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 107 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 108
 109 For notes on 1.13.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 110
 111
 112 === Online documentation ===
 113
 114 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 115 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 116 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 117 the public domain) :
 118
 119   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 120
 121
 122 === Mailing list ===
 123
 124 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 125 wikitech-l list:
 126
 127   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 128
 129 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 130
 131   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 132
 133 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 134 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 135
 136
 137 === IRC help ===
 138
 139 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net