it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
=== Configuration changes in 1.16 ===
-
+* $wgScriptModifiedMsgCheck Checks the mediawiki namespace recent changes to
+ensure a updated urid for script-loader
+* $wgScriptModifiedCheck Checks script file modified time for unique request id)
+* $wgEnableAsyncDownload (lets you disable Async download for windows.
+Hopefully we will remove this configuration var soon)
* $wgEnableFirefogg enable support for firefogg extension, firefogg supports
in-browser transcoding, chunk uploads and client side hash checking.
* $wgEnableTemporalOggUrls enable oggz_chop support a server side ogg seeking
helper
-* $wgEnableScriptLoader if the script-loader shoudl be enabled
+* $wgEnableScriptLoader if the script-loader should be enabled
* $wgJSAutoloadClasses array of javascript classes to file paths used by
script-loader to load javascript by class name.
* $wgEnableJS2system if we should include js2 stuff like jquery, mv_embed.js
correctly (img_auth only)
* $wgUploadMaintenance added to disable file deletions and restorations during
maintenance
-* New hook AbortNewAccountAuto, called before account creation from AuthPlugin-
- or ExtUser-driven requests.
* $wgCapitalLinkOverrides added to configure per-namespace capitalization
+* (bug 21172) $wgSorbsUrl can now be an array with multiple DNSBL
+* $wgEnableHtmlDiff has been removed
+* (bug 3340) $wgBlockCIDRLimit added (default: 16) to configure the low end of
+ CIDR ranges for blocking
+* $wgUseInstantCommons added for quick and easy enabling of Commons as a remote
+ file repository
+* $wgWikiId added to override default output of wfWikiId()
=== New features in 1.16 ===
items)
* Special:Search now could search terms in all variant-forms. ONLY apply on
wikis enabled LanguageConverter.
-* Add autopromote condition APCOND_BLOCKED to autopromote blocked users to various
- user groups.
+* Add autopromote condition APCOND_BLOCKED to autopromote blocked users to
+ various user groups.
* Add $wgRevokePermissions as a means of restricting a group's rights. The
syntax is identical to $wgGroupPermissions, but users in these groups will
have these rights stripped from them.
* (bug 16979) Tracking categories for __INDEX__ and __NOINDEX__
* Two new hooks, ConfirmEmailComplete and InvalidateEmailComplete, which are
called after a user's email has been successfully confirmed or invalidated.
-* (bug 19741) Moved the XCF files out of the main MediaWiki distribution, for
+* (bug 19741) Moved the XCF files out of the main MediaWiki distribution, for
a smaller subversion checkout.
* (bug 13750) First letter capitalization can now be a per-namespace setting
* (bug 21073) "User does not exist" message no longer displayed on sub-sub-pages
of existing users
-* (bug 21095) Tracking categories produced by the parser (expensive parser function
- limit exceeded, __NOINDEX__ tracking, etc) can now be disabled by setting the
- system message ([[MediaWiki:expensive-parserfunction-category]] etc) to "-".
+* (bug 21095) Tracking categories produced by the parser (expensive parser
+ function limit exceeded, __NOINDEX__ tracking, etc) can now be disabled by
+ setting the system message ([[MediaWiki:expensive-parserfunction-category]]
+ etc) to "-".
* Added maintenance script sqlite.php for SQLite-specific maintenance tasks.
-* Rewrote Special:Upload to allow easier extension.
+* Rewrote Special:Upload to allow easier extension.
* Upload errors that can be solved by changing the filename now do not require
reuploading.
* Added $wgRateLimitsExcludedIPs, to allow specific IPs to be whitelisted from
rate limits.
+* (bug 21222) When $wgUseTeX is not enabled, <math> is no longer registered with
+ the parser so extensions are free to implement their own <math> tag
+* (bug 21047) Wrap 'cannotdelete' into a div with the generic 'error' class and
+ an own 'mw-error-cannotdelete' class
+* New hook AbortNewAccountAuto, called before account creation from AuthPlugin-
+ or ExtUser-driven requests.
+* (bug 3480) The warning saying that the page has a history when deleting it now
+ contains the number of revisions in the history
+* $wgStylePath and $wgLogo are now set in the default LocalSettings.php file.
+* (bug 20186) Allow filtering history for revision deletion.
+* New hook getOtherBlockLogLink, called in Special:IPBlockList and Special:Block
+ to show links to block logs of other blocking extensions, i.e. GlobalBlocking
+* Added search capabilities to SQLite backend
+* rebuildtextindex.php maintenance script now supports databases other than
+ MySQL
+* upgrade1_5.php now requires to be run --update option to prevent confusion
+* (bug 17662) Customizable default preload/editintro in add-new-section link
+ for Talk page
+* Added maintenance script syntaxChecker.php that checks for PHP syntax errors
+ and common coding mistakes
+* Updated Unicode normalization tables
+* (bug 21604) Spellcheck attribute for editsummary
+* New wgCategories JavaScript global variable for userscripts.
+* (bug 20717) Added checkboxes to hide users with bot and/or sysop group
+ membership in SpecialActiveusers
+* Allow \pagecolor and \definecolor in texvc
+* $wgTexvcBackgroundColor contains background color for texvc call
+* (bug 21574) Redirects can now have "303 See Other" HTTP status
+* EditPage refactored to allow extensions to derive new edit modes much easier.
=== Bug fixes in 1.16 ===
** (bug 5363) Changes to default preferences now impact registered users.
** (bug 14806) Hook to enable putting preferences in existing tabs.
** (bug 17191) Registration date now listed on preferences page.
-** The user_properties table (now used for storing preferences) has been added to
- $wgSharedTables.
+** The user_properties table (now used for storing preferences) has been added
+ to $wgSharedTables.
** Note that this change will break some extensions which have not been adapted
for it.
* (bug 17020) Adding fallback encodings for Traditional and Simplified Chinese
* (bug 20885) Search box no longer suggests unavailable special pages
* (bug 20948) "Create this page" on Special:Search is no longer displayed when
searching for special pages
-* (bug 20524) Hideuser: Show nice error when trying to block hidden user without
+* (bug 20524) Hideuser: Show nice error when trying to block hidden user without
hideuser right
* (bug 21026) Fixed file redirects on shared repos on non-English client wikis
* (bug 21030) Fixed schema choices from being overwritten by defining unique
* (bug 20911) Installer failed to create a SQLite database
* (bug 20847) Deprecated deprecated akeytt() removed in wikibits.js leaving
dummy
-* (bug 21161) Changing $wgCaCacheEpoch now always invalidates file cache
+* (bug 21161) Changing $wgCacheEpoch now always invalidates file cache
* (bug 20268) Fixed row count estimation on SQLite backend
+* (bug 20275) Fixed LIKE queries on SQLite backend
+* (bug 21234) Moving subpages of titles containing \\ now works properly
+* (bug 21006) maintenance/updateArticleCount.php now works again on PostgreSQL
+* (bug 19319) Add activeusers-intro message at top of SpecialActiveUsers page
+* (bug 21255) Fixed hostname construction for DNSBL checking
+* (bug 18019) Users are now warned when moving a file to a name in use on a
+ shared repository and only users with the 'reupload-shared' permission can
+ complete the move.
+* (bug 18909) Add missing Postgres INSERT SELECT wrapper
+* User::isValidPassword now only returns boolean results,
+ User::getPasswordValidity can be used to get an error message string
+* The error message shown in Special:ChangePassword now parses wiki markup
+* (bug 19859) Removed experimental HTMLDiff feature
+* Removed section edit links in edit conflict form
+* Allow SpecialActiveusers to work on non-MySQL databases
+* (bug 6579) Fixed protecting images from uploading only
+* (bug 18609) Search index was empty for some pages
+* (bug 13453) rebuildrecentchanges maintenance script works on PG again
+* (bug 16583) Reduce false positives when checking for PHP (on upload, etc.)
+* (bug 20112) Bitrotted tests in the t/ directory were failing.
+* (bug 21470) MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-explain is now wrapped in a <p> with
+ id "mw-sp-contributions-explain"
+* (bug 19159) Fixed \overleftrightarrow in texvc
+* (bug 19391) Fix caching for Recent ChangesFeed.
+* (bug 21455) Fixed "Watch this page" checkbox appearing on some special pages
+ even to non-logged in users
+* (bug 21551) Make Squid reponse limit configurable
+* Fixed corruption of long UDP debug log messages by using socket_sendto()
+ instead of fsockopen() with fwrite().
+* (bug 16884) Fixed feed links in sidebar not complying with URL parameters
+ of the displayed page
+* (bug 21403) memcached class renamed to MWMemecached to avoid conflict with
+ PHP's memcached extension
+* (bug 21650) Both calls to SkinTemplateTabs hook are now compatible
+* (bug 21672) Add missing Accept-Language to both Vary and XVO headers
+* (bug 21679) "Edit block reasons" link at the bottom of Special:Blockip is now
+ only displayed to the users that have "editinterface" right
+* (bug 21740) Attempting to protect a page that doesn't exist (salting) returns "unknown error"
+* (bug 18762) both redirects and links get fixed one after another if
+ redirects-only switch is not present
+* (bug 20159) thumbnails rerendered if older that $wgThumbnailEpoch
+* Fixed a bug which in some situations causes the job queue to grow forever,
+ due to an infinite loop of job requeues.
== API changes in 1.16 ==
customized messages
* Don't parse magic words in meta=allmessages, output messages unparsed
* (bug 21105) list=usercontribs can now list contribs for User:0
+* (bug 21085) list=deletedrevs no longer returns only one revision when
+ drcontinue param is passed
+* (bug 21106) Deprecated parameters now tagged in action=paraminfo
+* (bug 19004) Added support for tags
+* (bug 21083) list=allusers no longer returns current timestamp for users
+ without registration date
+* (bug 20967) action=edit allows creation of invalid titles
+* (bug 19523) Add inprop=watched to prop=info
+* (bug 21589) API: Separate summary and initial page text for uploads
=== Languages updated in 1.16 ===
regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
changes to languages because of MediaZilla reports.
+* North Frisian (frr) (new)
* Kirmanjki (kiu) (new)
+* Karachay-Balkar (krc) (new)
+* Hill Mari (mrj) (new)
+* Prussian (prg) (new)
+* Romagnol (rgn) (new)
* Lower Silesian (sli) (new)
* Picard (pcd) (new)
* Uyghur (Arabic script) (ug-arab) (new)
+* Votic (vot) (new)
* Eastern Yiddish (ydd) (removed)
* Iriga Bicolano (bto) (removed)
* Ladin (lld) (removed)
* (bug 19809) Korean (North Korea) (ko-kp) (new)
* (bug 19968) Fixed "Project talk" namespace name for Maltese (mt)
* (bug 21168) Added áâãàéêçíóôõúü to Portuguese (pt) linktrail
+* (bug 21596) Change interwiki link for Kurdish (ku)
== Compatibility ==