* (bug 11321) Fix width of gallerybox when option "width=xxx" is used
[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / 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 * (bug 11243) Show thumbnail on image description page previews
26
27 === Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
28
29 * Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
30 * (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
31 ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
32 * (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
33 getUserPermissionsErrors.
34 * Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
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 * (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
44 editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
45 * (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
46 * (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
47 * Fixed notice when accessing special page without read permission and whitelist
48 is not defined
49 * (bug 9252) Fix for tidy funkiness when using editintro mode
50 * (bug 4021) Fix for MySQL wildcard search
51 * (bug 10699) Fix for MySQL phrase search
52 * (bug 11321) Fix width of gallerybox when option "width=xxx" is used
53
54 === API changes in 1.12 ===
55
56 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
57
58 * (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
59 * (bug 11308) Allow the API to output the image metadata
60
61 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
62
63 * Arabic (ar)
64 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
65 * Bikol Central (bcl)
66 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
67 * Bengali (bn)
68 * Czech (cs)
69 * Cassubian (csb)
70 * Welsh (cy)
71 * Danish (da)
72 * German (de)
73 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
74 * Persian (fa)
75 * Võro (fiu-vro)
76 * Frisian (fy)
77 * French (fr)
78 * Hebrew (he)
79 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
80 * Icelandic (is)
81 * Kazakh (kk)
82 * Korean (ko)
83 * Dutch (nl)
84 * Russian (ru)
85 * Sakha (sah)
86 * Slovak (sk)
87 * Serbian (Cyrillic) (sr-ec)
88 * Sudanese (su)
89 * Tamil (ta)
90 * Zealandic (zea)
91
92 == Compatibility ==
93
94 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
95
96 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
97 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
98 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
99
100 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
101 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
102
103
104 == Upgrading ==
105
106 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
107 updates.
108
109 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
110 new database fields are filled with data.
111
112 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
113 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
114 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
115
116 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
117
118
119 === Caveats ===
120
121 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
122 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
123 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
124 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
125 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
126
127 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
128
129
130 === Online documentation ===
131
132 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
133 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
134 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
135 the public domain) :
136
137 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
138
139
140 === Mailing list ===
141
142 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
143 wikitech-l list:
144
145 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
146
147 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
148
149 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
150
151 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
152 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
153
154
155 === IRC help ===
156
157 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net