1 = MediaWiki release notes =
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.
8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
10 MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
11 quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
12 "ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.
14 Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
15 from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature developments
16 will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.
18 Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
19 it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
21 === Configuration changes in 1.12 ===
23 === New features in 1.12 ===
24 * Add a warning for non-descriptive filenames at Special:Upload
26 === Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
28 * Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
29 * (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
30 ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
31 * (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
32 getUserPermissionsErrors.
33 * Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
34 * (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
36 * (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
37 message, the level of protection.
38 * (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
40 * (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
41 where rollback is given to non-sysops.
42 * (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
43 editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
44 * (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
45 * (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
46 * Fixed notice when accessing special page without read permission and whitelist
48 * (bug 9252) Fix for tidy funkiness when using editintro mode
49 * (bug 4021) Fix for MySQL wildcard search
50 * (bug 10699) Fix for MySQL phrase search
51 * (bug 11321) Fix width of gallerybox when option "width=xxx" is used
52 * (bug 7890) Special:BrokenRedirects links deleted redirects to a non-existent page
53 * Fix initial statistics when installing: add correct values
55 === API changes in 1.12 ===
57 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
59 * (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
60 * (bug 11308) Allow the API to output the image metadata
62 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
65 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
67 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
89 * Serbian (Cyrillic) (sr-ec)
96 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
98 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
99 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
100 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
102 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
103 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
108 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
111 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
112 new database fields are filled with data.
114 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
115 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
116 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
118 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
123 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
124 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
125 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
126 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
127 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
129 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
132 === Online documentation ===
134 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
135 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
136 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
139 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
144 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
147 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
149 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
151 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
153 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
154 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
159 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net