X-Git-Url: https://git.cyclocoop.org/%242?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=cb665453f2c4e6c31b4158dc2e9e33868f4bab89;hb=8ae676f4f2a0d71ebedbd0d69c2866a4e0d93789;hp=9ac3712cd22fcf2e8bd2f9589d22652734ab221b;hpb=d933a1621148e12bd7263d8ce367145ab053126b;p=lhc%2Fweb%2Fwiklou.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 9ac3712cd2..cb665453f2 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain 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. - +* DatabaseFunctions.php that was needed for compatibility with pre-1.3 + extensions has been removed. +* $wgLogAutocreatedAccounts controls whether autocreation of accounts is logged + to new users log. +* $wgAllowImageTag can be set to true to whitelist the tag in wikitext. + === New features in 1.17 === * (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via User:/common.css and /common.js (if user css/js is enabled) -* (bug 22748) Add anchors on Special:ListGroupRights +* (bug 22748) Add anchors on Special:ListGroupRights * (bug 21981) Add parameter 'showfilename' to to automatically apply the names of the individual files within the gallery * (bug 12797) Add $wgGalleryOptions for adjusting of default gallery display @@ -35,12 +38,24 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN * Future-proof redirection to fragments in Gecko, so things work a little nicer if they fix . * Support git:// and mms:// protocols by default for external links -* (bug 15810) Blocked admins can no longer block/unblock anyone without the - 'unblockself' permission (which they have by default). +* (bug 15810) Blocked admins can no longer unblock themselves without the + 'unblockself' permission (which they have by default) +* (bug 18499) Added "enhanced" URL parameter to switch between old and enhanced + changes list +* (bug 22925) "sp-contributions-blocked-notice-anon" message now displayed when + viewing contributions of a blocked IP address +* (bug 22474) {{urlencode:}} now takes an optional second paramter for type of + escaping. +* Special:Listfiles now supports a username parameter +* Special:Random carries over query string parameters +* (bug 23206) Add Special::Search hook for detecting successful "Go" +* When visiting a "red link" of a deleted file, a deletion and move log excerpt + is provided on the Upload form. +* (bug 22647) Add category details in search results. === Bug fixes in 1.17 === -* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive without - updating DB +* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive + without updating database * (bug 22666) Submitting user block form with an invalid user name no longer throws an error * (bugs 22665 and 22667) User '0' can now be unblocked and have its block @@ -60,15 +75,54 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN * (bug 22903) Revdelete log entries now show in the user preferred language. * (bug 22905) Correctly handle followed by ISBN * (bug 22940) Namespace aliases pointing to main namespace don't work +* (bug 15810) Blocked admins can no longer block/unblock other users * (bug 22876) Avoid possible PHP Notice if $wgDefaultUserOptions is not correctly set -* (bug 14952) Page titles are renormalized after html entities are removed so that - links with non-NFC character references work correctly. +* (bug 14952) Page titles are renormalized after html entities are removed so + that links with non-NFC character references work correctly. * (bug 22991) wgUserGroups JavaScript variable now reports * group for anonymous users instead of null. * (bug 22627) Remove PHP notice when deleting a page only hidden users edited. -* (bug 21520) Anonymous previews now also gives a warning about not being -logged in (anonpreviewwarning). +* (bug 21520) Anonymous previews now also gives a warning about not being + logged in (anonpreviewwarning). +* (bug 22935) image/x-ms-bmp mime type added for BMP files +* (bug 23024) Special:ListFiles now escapes file names correctly +* (bug 22867) "View source" tab is now only displayed if there's source text +* (bug 19393) Feeds now format dates in user language rather than content + language +* (bug 22852) "Served in" comment is now the time used to cache a single page + when using rebuildFileCache.php +* (bug 22496) Viewing diff of a redirect page without specifying "oldid" + parameter no longer makes the page displayed as being the redirect target +* (bug 22918) Feed cache keys now use $wgRenderHashAppend +* (bug 21916) Last-Modified header is now correct when outputting cached feed +* (bug 20049) Fixed PHP notice in search highlighter that occurs in some cases +* (bug 23017) Special:Disambiguations now list pages in content namespaces + rather than only main namespace +* (bug 23063) $wgMaxAnimatedGifArea is checked against the total size of all + frames, and $wgMaxImageArea against the size of the first frame, rather than + the other way around. Both now default to 12.5 megapixels. Also, images + exceeding $wgMaxImageArea can still be embedded at original size +* (bug 23078) "All public logs" option on Special:Log is now always the first + item +* (bug 16817) Group names in user rights log are now singular and in lowercase +* Special:Preferences no longer crashes if the wiki default date formatting + style is not valid for the user's interface language +* (bug 23167) Check the watch checkbox by default if the watchcreations + preference is set +* Maintenance script cleanupTitles is now able to fix titles stored +in a negative namespace (which is invalid). +* (bug 19858) Removed obsolete in interface messages. +* (bug 21456) "Bad title" error when showing non-local interwiki pages no longer + displays incorrect tabs +* (bug 23190) Improved math representation for text browsers. +* (bug 22015) Improved upload-by-url error handling and error display +* (bug 17941) $wgMaxUploadSize is now honored by all upload sources +* (bug 23080) New usernames now limited to 235 bytes so that custom skin files + work. +* (bug 23075) Correct MediaTransformError default width in gallery. +* (bug 16487) The Anonymous user account used on Postgres is no longer + displayed on Special:Listusers. === API changes in 1.17 === * (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent @@ -78,12 +132,23 @@ logged in (anonpreviewwarning). * (bug 22868) don't list infinite block expiry date as "now" in API logevents * (bug 22290) prop=revisions now outputs "comment" field even when comment is empty, for consistency with list=recentchanges - + === Languages updated in 1.17 === +MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated +regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as +changes to languages because of MediaZilla reports. + +* Latgalian (ltg) (new) +* Rusyn (rue) (new) + +* (bug 23156) Commafy and search normalization updated for Belarusian + (Taraškievica) + == Compatibility == -MediaWiki 1.17 requires PHP 5.1 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported. +MediaWiki 1.17 requires PHP 5.1 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer +supported. MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade. At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.