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 * Three new hooks in Special:Undelete, 'UndeleteForm::showHistory',
  32   'UndeleteForm::showRevision' and 'UndeleteForm::undelete', so that extensions
  33   may override the usage of PageArchive class and replace it with their own
  34   class that extends PageArchive.
  35 * (bug 28915) Implement QUnit test suite for MediaWiki JavaScript.
  36   Also built-in support for distribution through a TestSwarm instance.
  37 * (bug 29036) For cascade-protected pages, the mw-textarea-cprotected class is
  38   added to the textarea on the edit form.
  39 * mw.util.getScript has been implemented (like wfScript in GlobalFunctions.php)
  40 * (bug 28904) Update jQuery version from 1.4.4 to 1.5.2 (the latest update to 1.5)
  41
  42 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  43 * (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
  44 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  45   file description page for multi-paged documents.
  46 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  47   used in Tiff files.
  48 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  49 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  50 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
  51 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  52   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  53 * (bug 23002) Imagelinks table not updated after imagemove.
  54 * (bug 27864) Transcluding {{Special:Prefix}} with empty prefix now lists all
  55   pages.
  56 * (bug 18803) JPEG2000 images can no longer be uploaded as JPEG image.
  57 * (bug 11868) If using links to count articles, the checking will now be based
  58   on the real presence of an internal link instead of the "[[" string
  59 * (bug 28287) The "your changes" box for edit conflicts is now read-only.
  60 * (bug 28940) When making a thumb of an SVG, and only specifying the height
  61   make the width be the max SVG size, not the natrual width of the SVG.
  62 * (bug 1780) Uploading files with non-ascii characters are now forbidden on
  63   Windows.
  64 * (bug 23464) File: prefixes are now chopped off during uploading.
  65 * (bug 28174) Message config-logo-help amended to not explicitly assume any
  66   LTR/RTL screen layout.
  67 * (bug 28992) Revision numbers in the patrol log are transformed in the user
  68   language.
  69 * (bug 27073) ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles should be dynamically appended to
  70   the document if it doesn't exist.
  71 * (bug 27023) After dom ready event, using mediawiki.loader.using will
  72   call callback too early.
  73 * (bug 4330) External URLs without custom title should be treated as LTR,
  74   also in RTL text.
  75 * (bug 29055) Make don't send email on minor edits preference apply to
  76   changes to talk page in addition to watchlist edits.
  77 * (bug 29071) mediawiki.action.watch.ajax.js should pass uselang to API.
  78 * (bug 28272) Special:Allmessages should have only one "Go" button
  79
  80 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  81 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch now requires POST and token.
  82 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
  83 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
  84 * (bug 27593) API: add error message when sha1/sha1base36 is invalid
  85 * (bug 28578) API's parse module should not silently override invalid
  86   title inputs
  87 * (bug 20699) API watchlist should list log-events
  88 * (bug 29070) Add token to action=watch
  89
  90 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  91
  92 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  93 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  94 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  95
  96 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
  97 * (bug 29031) When translating block log entries, indefinite, infinite, and
  98   infinity are now considered the same.
  99
 100 == Compatibility ==
 101
 102 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 103
 104 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 105 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
 106 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
 107
 108 The supported versions are:
 109
 110 * MySQL 4.0 or later
 111 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 112 * SQLite 3
 113 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 114
 115 == Upgrading ==
 116
 117 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
 118 updates.
 119
 120 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 121 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 122 due to database schema changes.
 123
 124 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 125 new database fields are filled with data.
 126
 127 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 128 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 129 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 130
 131 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 132
 133 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 134
 135 == Online documentation ==
 136
 137 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 138 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 139 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 140
 141         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 142
 143 == Mailing list ==
 144
 145 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 146
 147         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 148
 149 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 150
 151         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 152
 153 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 154 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 155
 156 == IRC help ==
 157
 158 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.