it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
=== Configuration changes in 1.17 ===
+* DatabaseFunctions.php that was needed for compatibility with pre-1.3 extensions
+ has been removed.
+
+=== New features in 1.17 ===
+* (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via
+ User:<name>/common.css and /common.js (if user css/js is enabled)
+* (bug 22748) Add anchors on Special:ListGroupRights
+* (bug 21981) Add parameter 'showfilename' to <gallery> to automatically apply
+ the names of the individual files within the gallery
+* (bug 12797) Add $wgGalleryOptions for adjusting of default gallery display
+ options
+* $wgAllowUserCssPrefs option allows disabling CSS-based preferences; which can
+ improve page loading speed.
+* Future-proof redirection to fragments in Gecko, so things work a little nicer
+ if they fix <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516293>.
+* Support git:// and mms:// protocols by default for external links
=== Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive without
throws an error
* (bugs 22665 and 22667) User '0' can now be unblocked and have its block
settings changed
+* (bug 22606) The body of e-mail address confirmation message is now different
+ when the address changed
+* (bug 22664) Special:Userrights now accepts '0' as a valid user name
+* (bug 5210) preload parser now parses <noinclude>, <includeonly> and redirects
+* (bug 22709) IIS7 mishandles redirects generated by OutputPage::output() when
+ the URL contains a colon.
+* (bug 22353) Categorised recent changes now works again
+* (bug 22747) "Reveal my e-mail address in notification e-mails" preference is
+ now only displayed when relevant
+* (bug 22772) {{#special:}} parser function now works with subpages
+* (bug 18664) Relative URIs in interwiki links cause failed redirects
+* (bug 19270) Relative URIs in interwiki links break interwiki transclusion
+* (bug 22903) Revdelete log entries now show in the user preferred language.
+* (bug 22905) Correctly handle <abbr> followed by ISBN
== API changes in 1.17 ==
+* (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent
+* (bug 22764) uselang parameter for action=parse
+* (bug 22944) API: watchlist options are inconsistent
=== Languages updated in 1.17 ===