* (bug 54597) $wgBlockOpenProxies, $wgProxyPorts, $wgProxyScriptPath, and
$wgProxyMemcExpiry have been removed, along with the open proxy scanner
script they were added for.
+* Default value of $wgMaxShellMemory has been tripled (it's now 300 MB).
=== New features in 1.22 ===
+* You can now install extensions using Composer.
+ See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Composer
* (bug 44525) mediawiki.jqueryMsg can now parse (whitelisted) HTML elements and attributes.
* (bug 33454) Language::sprintfDate now has a timezone parameter, and supports
the "eIOPTZ" formatting characters.
* Add deferrable update support for callback/closure.
* Add TitleMove hook before page renames.
* Revision deletion backend code is moved out of SpecialRevisiondelete
-* Add a variable (wgRedactedFunctionArguments) to redact the values sent as certain function
- parameters from exception stack traces.
* Added {{REVISIONSIZE}} variable to get the current size of a revision.
* Add support for the LESS stylesheet language to ResourceLoader. LESS is a
stylesheet language that compiles into CSS. ResourceLoader file modules may
output in a HTML comment.
* The 'UnwatchArticle' and 'WatchArticle' hooks now support a Status object
instead of just a boolean return value to abort the hook.
+* Added a hook, SpecialWatchlistGetNonRevisionTypes, to allow extensions
+ with custom recentchanges entries to hook into the Watchlist without
+ clobbering each other.
+* A hidden, empty input field was added to the edit form, and any edit that fills
+ it in will be rejected. This prevents against the simplest form of spambots.
+ Previously in the "SimpleAntiSpam" extension by Ryan Schmidt.
+* populateRevisionLength.php maintenance script updated to also populate
+ archive.ar_len field.
+* (bug 43571) DatabaseMySQLBase learned to list views, optionally filtered by a
+ prefix. Also fixed PHPUnit test suite when using a MySQL backend containing
+ views.
=== Bug fixes in 1.22 ===
+* (bug 47271) $wgContentHandlerUseDB should be set to false during the upgrade
* Disable Special:PasswordReset when $wgEnableEmail is false. Previously one
could still navigate to the page by entering the URL directly.
* (bug 47138) Fixed a fatal error when a blocked user tries to automatically
* (bug 45288) Support mysqli PHP extension
* (bug 55818) BREAKING CHANGE: Removed undocumented 'Debug' hook in wfDebug.
This resolves an infinite loop when using $wgDebugFunctionEntry = true.
+* (bug 56707) Correct tooltip of "Next n results" on query special pages.
=== API changes in 1.22 ===
* (bug 25553) The JSON output formatter now leaves forward slashes unescaped
to addModules() and made protected.
* Methods WatchAction::doWatch and WatchAction::doUnwatch now return a Status
object instead of a boolean.
+* Information boxes (CSS classes errorbox, warningbox, successbox) have been
+ made more subtle.
+* BREAKING CHANGE: The module 'mediawiki.legacy.IEFixes' has been removed as it was
+ unused. The file skins/common/IEFixes.js remains but is only used by wikibits.
+ The file never contained any re-usable components. To use it in a skin, load
+ 'mediawiki.legacy.wikibits' (which IEFixes depends on) and that will import
+ IEFixes automatically if user agent conditions are met.
+* Code specific to the Math extension was marked as deprecated.
== Compatibility ==