RELEASE-NOTES-1.19

   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 1.19 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
  11 production.
  12
  13 === Configuration changes in 1.19 ===
  14 * $wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups (deprecated in 1.13) has been removed
  15 * $wgInputEncoding and $wgOutputEncoding (deprecated in 1.5) have now been removed
  16 * $wgAllowUserSkin (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  17 * $wgExtraRandompageSQL (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  18 * LogReader and LogViewer classes (deprecated in 1.14) have now been removed
  19 * (bug 26033) Added $wgArticleCountMethod to select the method to use to say
  20   whether a page is an article or not. $wgUseCommaCount is now deprecated.
  21
  22 === New features in 1.19 ===
  23 * (bug 28916) A way to to toggle mw.config legacy globals settings from
  24   LocalSettings.php has been created by introducing $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals.
  25 * (bug 28503) Support for ircs:// URL protocols
  26 * (bug 26033) It is now possible to count all non-redirect pages in content
  27   namespaces as articles
  28 * Images can now be embedded in an XML dump stream using backupDump.php
  29   --include-files and can be imported using importDump.php --uploads;
  30   furthermore, it can import files from the filesystem using --image-base-path
  31
  32 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  33 * (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
  34 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  35 file description page for multi-paged documents.
  36 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  37 used in Tiff files.
  38 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  39 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  40 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
  41 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  42   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  43 * (bug 23002) Imagelinks table not updated after imagemove.
  44 * (bug 27864) Transcluding {{Special:Prefix}} with empty prefix now lists all
  45   pages.
  46 * (bug 18803) JPEG2000 images can no longer be uploaded as JPEG image.
  47 * (bug 11868) If using links to count articles, the checking will now be based
  48   on the real presence of an internal link instead of the "[[" string
  49 * (bug 28287) The "your changes" box for edit conflicts is now read-only.
  50 * (bug 28940) When making a thumb of an SVG, and only specifying the height
  51   make the width be the max SVG size, not the natrual width of the SVG.
  52
  53 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  54 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
  55 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
  56
  57 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  58
  59 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  60 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  61 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  62
  63 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
  64
  65 == Compatibility ==
  66
  67 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  68
  69 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  70 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  71 DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  72
  73 The supported versions are:
  74
  75 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  76 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  77 * SQLite 3
  78
  79 == Upgrading ==
  80
  81 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
  82 updates.
  83
  84 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  85 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  86 due to database schema changes.
  87
  88 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  89 new database fields are filled with data.
  90
  91 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  92 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  93 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  94
  95 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  96
  97 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  98
  99 == Online documentation ==
 100
 101 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 102 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 103 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 104
 105         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 106
 107 == Mailing list ==
 108
 109 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 110
 111         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 112
 113 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 114
 115         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 116
 117 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 118 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 119
 120 == IRC help ==
 121
 122 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.