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= MediaWiki release notes =

Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.

== MediaWiki 1.11 ==

THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET.

MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
"ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.

Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature developments
will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.

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 since 1.10 ==

== New features since 1.10 ==

* (bug 8868) Separate "blocked" message for autoblocks
* Adding expiry of block to block messages
* Bulk mail options ($wgEnotifImpersonal, $wgEnotifUseJobQ) for large sites
* Links to redirect pages in categories are wrapped in
  <span class="redirect-in-category"></span>
* Introduced 'ImageOpenShowImageInlineBefore' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for
  more information
* (bug 9628) Show warnings about slave lag on Special:Contributions,
  Special:Watchlist
* (bug 8818) Expose "wpDestFile" as parameter $1 to "uploaddisabledtext"
* (bug 9886) Give a sample stub link in stub threshold label in preferences
  
== Bugfixes since 1.10 ==

* (bug 9712) Use Arabic comma in date/time formats for Arabic and Farsi
* (bug 9670) Follow redirects when render edit section links to transcluded
  templates.
* (bug 6204) Fix incorrect unindentation with $wgMaxTocLevel
* (bug 3431) Suppress "next page" link in Special:Search at end of results
* Don't show unblock form if the user doesn't have permission to use it
  (cosmetic change, no vulnerabilities existed)
* Subtitle success message when unblocking a block ID instead of a pseudo link
  like [[User:#123|#123]]
* Use the standard HTTP fetch functions when retrieving remote wiki pages
  through transwiki, so we can take advantage of cURL goodies if available
* Disable custom user javascript in Special:Preferences, to avoid the risk
  of a compromised script sniffing passwords etc.
* (bug 9854, 3770) Clip overflow text in gallery boxes for visual cleanliness
  instead of letting it flow outside the box or trigger ugly scroll bars.
* Tooltips for print version and permalink
* Links to the MediaWiki namespace for system messages having their default
  values are no longer shown as nonexistent (e.g., in red)
* Special:Ipblocklist differentiates between empty list and no search results.
* (bug 5375) profiling does not respect read-only mode.
* (bug 7070) monobook/user.gif has antialias artifacts
* (bug 9123) Safer way when applying $wgLocalTZoffset
* (bug 9896) Documentation for $wgSquidServers and X-FORWARDED-FOR
* (bug 9417) Uploading new versions of images when using Postgres no longer 
  throws warnings.
* (bug 9908) Using tsearch2 with Postgres 8.1 no longer gives an error.
* (bug 1438) Fix for diff table layout on very wide lines.
  Diff style rules have been broken out to common/diff.css,
  and the dupes removed from the default skin files.
  Skins can still override the default rules.
* (bug 1229) Balance columns in diff display evenly
* Right-align diff line numbers in RTL language display
* (bug 9332) Fix instructions in tests/README
* (bug 9813) Reject usernames containing '#' to avoid silent truncation
  of fragments during the normalisation process
* (bug 7989) RSS feeds content now use black text when using white background.
* (bug 9971) Typo in a french language message.

== MediaWiki API changes since 1.10 ==

(For ongoing development discussion, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API)

* New properties: links, templates, images, langlinks, categories, external links
* Breaking Change: imagelinks renamed into imageusage (il->iu)
* Bug fix: incorrect generator behavior in some cases
* JSON format allows an optional callback function to wrap the result.
* Login module disabled until a more secure solution can be implemented
* (bug 9938) Querying by revision identifier returns the most recent revision
  for the corresponding page, rather than the requested revision
* (bug 8772) Filter page revision queries by user
* (bug 9927) User contributions queries do not accept IP addresses
* Watchlist feed now reports a proper feed item when the user is not logged in
* Watchlist feed date bug fixed - automatically shows one last day
* Watchlist feed now allows to specify number of hours to monitor
* list=allpages now returns a list instead of a map in json format
* Breaking Change: in json, revisions are now returned as a list, not as a map.
* Add: prop=info can show page is new flag, current page length, and visit counter.

== Maintenance script changes since 1.10 ==

* Add support for wgMaxTocLevel option in parserTests
* (bug 6823) dumpHTML: explicitly disable article view counter

== Languages updated since 1.10 ==

* Arabic (ar)
* Catalan (ca)
* German (de)
* Spanish (es)
* Farsi (fa)
* Finnish (fi)
* French (fr)
* Hebrew (he)
* Indonesian (id)
* Italian (it)
* Japanese (ja)
* Kabyle (kab)
* Kazakh (kk)
* Kurdish (ku)
* Lithuanian (lt)
* Norwegian (no)
* Polish (pl)
* Russian (ru)
* Somali (so)
* Sundanese (su)
* Swedish (sv)
* Chinese (PRC) (zh-cn)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-tw)
* Cantonese (zh-yue)

== Compatibility ==

MediaWiki 1.11 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.

PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.

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.


== Upgrading ==

1.11 has several database changes since 1.10, and will not work without schema
updates.

If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
new database fields are filled with data.

If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!

See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.

=== Caveats ===

Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)


For notes on 1.10.x and older releases, see HISTORY.


=== Online documentation ===

Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
the public domain) :

  http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation


=== Mailing list ===

A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
wikitech-l list:

  http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:

  http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce

It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.


=== IRC help ===

There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net