RELEASE-NOTES-1.23

   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 1.23 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.23 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.23 ===
  12 * $wgDebugLogGroups values may be set to an associative array with a
  13   'destination' key specifying the log destination. The array may also contain
  14   a 'sample' key with a positive integer value N indicating that the log group
  15   should be sampled by dispatching one in every N messages on average. The
  16   sampling is random.
  17
  18 === New features in 1.23 ===
  19 * ResourceLoader can utilize the Web Storage API to cache modules client-side.
  20   Compared to the browser cache, caching in Web Storage allows ResourceLoader
  21   to be more granular about evicting stale modules from the cache while
  22   retaining the ability to retrieve multiple modules in a single HTTP request.
  23   This capability can be enabled by setting $wgResourceLoaderStorageEnabled to
  24   true. This feature is currently considered experimental and should only be
  25   enabled with care.
  26 * (bug 6092) Add expensive parser functions {{REVISIONID:}}, {{REVISIONUSER:}}
  27   and {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP:}} (with friends).
  28
  29 === Bug fixes in 1.23 ===
  30 * (bug 41759) The "updated since last visit" markers (on history pages, recent
  31   changes and watchlist) and the talk page message indicator are now correctly
  32   updated when the user is viewing old revisions of pages, instead of always
  33   acting as if the latest revision was being viewed.
  34
  35 === API changes in 1.23 ===
  36 * (bug 54884) action=parse&prop=categories now indicates hidden and missing
  37   categories.
  38
  39 === Languages updated in 1.23===
  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 1.23 ===
  46 * The global variable $wgArticle has been removed after a lengthy deprecation
  47
  48 == Compatibility ==
  49
  50 MediaWiki 1.23 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
  51
  52 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  53 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  54 Oracle.
  55
  56 The supported versions are:
  57
  58 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  59 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  60 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  61 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  62
  63 == Upgrading ==
  64
  65 1.23 has several database changes since 1.22, and will not work without schema
  66 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  67 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  68 many hours on a large site).
  69
  70 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  71 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  72 due to database schema changes.
  73
  74 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  75 new database fields are filled with data.
  76
  77 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
  78 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
  79 with MediaWiki 1.21.
  80
  81 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  82
  83 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  84
  85 For notes on 1.21.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  86
  87 == Online documentation ==
  88
  89 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  90 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  91 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  92
  93         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
  94
  95 == Mailing list ==
  96
  97 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
  98
  99         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 100
 101 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 102
 103         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 104
 105 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 106 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 107
 108 == IRC help ==
 109
 110 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.