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 1.15 ==
   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 1.15 ===
  22
  23 * Added $wgNewPasswordExpiry, to specify an expiry time (in seconds) to
  24   temporary passwords
  25
  26 === New features in 1.15 ===
  27
  28 * (bug 2242) Add an expiry time to temporary passwords
  29 * Added "Advanced search" link to the search form
  30 * Special:Upload can now have a custom upload message instead of uploadtext by
  31   passing "uploadmsg" parameter in the url
  32 * (bug 9947) Add PROTECTIONLEVEL parser function to return the protection level
  33   for the current page for a given action
  34 * Added "__\" magic word to eat up all whitespace and newlines to the next
  35   non-whitespace character, to facilitate writing readable template code where
  36   whitespace is significant.
  37 * (bug 17002) Add &minor= and &summary= as parameters in the url when editing,
  38   to automatically add a summary or a minor edit.
  39 * (bug 16852) padleft and padright now accept multiletter pad characters
  40
  41 === Bug fixes in 1.15 ===
  42 * Fixing the caching issue by using -{T|xxx}- syntax (only applies on wiki with LanguageConverter class)
  43 * Improving the efficiency by using -{A|xxx}- syntax (only applies on wiki with LanguageConverter class)
  44 * (bug 16968) Special:Upload no longer throws useless warnings.
  45 * (bug 15470) Special:Upload no longer force-capitalizes titles
  46 * (bug 17000) Special:RevisionDelete now checks if the database is locked before trying to delete the edit.
  47 * (bug 16852) padleft and padright now handle multibyte characters correctly
  48
  49 == API changes in 1.15 ==
  50 * (bug 16798) JSON encoding errors for some characters outside the BMP
  51 * (bug 16629) prop=info&inprop=protection lists empty legacy protections
  52   incorrectly
  53 * (bug 16858) Revamped list=deletedrevs to make listing deleted contributions
  54   and listing all deleted pages possible
  55 * (bug 16844) Added clcategories parameter to prop=categories
  56
  57 === Languages updated in 1.15 ===
  58
  59 MediaWiki supports over 300 languages. Many localisations are updated
  60 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed.
  61
  62 == Compatibility ==
  63
  64 MediaWiki 1.15 requires PHP 5 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  65
  66 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  67 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  68 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  69
  70 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  71 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  72
  73
  74 == Upgrading ==
  75
  76 1.15 has several database changes since 1.14, and will not work without schema
  77 updates.
  78
  79 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons reposito-
  80 ry, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
  81 database schema changes.
  82
  83 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  84 new database fields are filled with data.
  85
  86 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  87 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  88 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  89
  90 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  91
  92
  93 === Caveats ===
  94
  95 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
  96 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
  97 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
  98 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
  99 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 100
 101 For notes on 1.14.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 102
 103
 104 === Online documentation ===
 105
 106 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 107 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 108 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 109 the public domain) :
 110
 111   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 112
 113
 114 === Mailing list ===
 115
 116 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 117 wikitech-l list:
 118
 119   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 120
 121 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 122
 123   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 124
 125 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 126 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 127
 128
 129 === IRC help ===
 130
 131 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net