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 * Removed SkinTemplateSetupPageCss hook; use BeforePageDisplay instead.
  15
  16 === New features in 1.19 ===
  17 * (bug 19838) Possibility to get all interwiki prefixes if the interwiki
  18   cache is used.
  19 * $wgDnsBlacklistUrls now accepts an array with url and key as the
  20   elements to work with DNSBLs that require keys, such as
  21   Project Honeypot.
  22 * (bug 30022) Add support for custom loadScript sources to ResourceLoader.
  23 * (bug 19052) Unicode space separator characters (Zs) now terminates external
  24   links and images links.
  25 * (bug 30160) Add public method to mw.loader to get module names from registry.
  26 * (bug 15558) Parameters to special pages included in wikitext can now be passed
  27   as with templates.
  28
  29 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  30 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
  31   $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
  32   until the second was introduced in 1.17.
  33 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages.
  34 * (bug 27894) Move 'editondblclick' event listener down from body to
  35   div#bodyContent.
  36 * (bug 30172) The check for posix_isatty() in maintenance scripts did not detect
  37   when the function exists but is disabled. Introduced Maintenance::posix_isatty()
  38
  39 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  40 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
  41 * (bug 29748) Add API search prefix support.
  42 * (bug 29684) Set forgotten parameter types in ApiQueryIWLinks.
  43 * (bug 29685) do not output NULL parentid with list=deletedrevs&drprop=parentid.
  44 * siprop=interwikimap and siprop=languages can use silanguagecode to have
  45   a best effort language name translation. Use CLDR extension for best result.
  46
  47 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  48
  49 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  50 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  51 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  52
  53 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
  54
  55 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
  56
  57 == Compatibility ==
  58
  59 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  60
  61 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  62 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  63 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
  64
  65 The supported versions are:
  66
  67 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  68 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  69 * SQLite 3
  70 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  71
  72 == Upgrading ==
  73
  74 1.19 has several database changes since 1.18, and will not work without schema
  75 updates.
  76
  77 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  78 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  79 due to database schema changes.
  80
  81 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  82 new database fields are filled with data.
  83
  84 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  85 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  86 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  87
  88 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  89
  90 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  91
  92 == Online documentation ==
  93
  94 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  95 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  96 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  97
  98         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
  99
 100 == Mailing list ==
 101
 102 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 103
 104         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 105
 106 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 107
 108         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 109
 110 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 111 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 112
 113 == IRC help ==
 114
 115 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.