RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

   1 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
   2 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.24 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
  12
  13 === New features in 1.24 ===
  14 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
  15   WhatLinksHere entries.
  16 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
  17 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
  18   fields in the form.
  19 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
  20   fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
  21   have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
  22
  23 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
  24 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  25   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  26   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  27   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  28   claimed it would.
  29 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
  30   which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
  31 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
  32   follow redirects to their target pages.
  33 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
  34
  35 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  36 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
  37   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
  38
  39 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  40
  41 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  42 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  43 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  44
  45 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  46 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  47 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  48 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  49   were removed as they were unused.
  50 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  51   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  52   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  53
  54 ==== Renamed classes ====
  55 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  56 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  57 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  58 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  59 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  60
  61 == Compatibility ==
  62
  63 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
  64
  65 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  66 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  67 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  68
  69 The supported versions are:
  70
  71 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  72 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  73 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  74 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  75 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
  76
  77 == Upgrading ==
  78
  79 1.24 has several database changes since 1.22, and will not work without schema
  80 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  81 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  82 many hours on a large site).
  83
  84 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  85 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  86 due to database schema changes.
  87
  88 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  89 new database fields are filled with data.
  90
  91 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
  92 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
  93 with MediaWiki 1.21.
  94
  95 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  96
  97 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  98
  99 For notes on 1.21.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 100
 101 == Online documentation ==
 102
 103 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 104 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 105 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 106
 107         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 108
 109 == Mailing list ==
 110
 111 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 112
 113         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 114
 115 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 116
 117         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 118
 119 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 120 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 121
 122 == IRC help ==
 123
 124 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.