RELEASE-NOTES

   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 1.15 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  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.
  13
  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.
  17
  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
  20
  21 === Configuration changes in 1.15 ===
  22
  23 * Added $wgNewPasswordExpiry, to specify an expiry time (in seconds) to
  24   temporary passwords
  25
  26 === New features in 1.15 ===
  27
  28 * (bug 2242) Add an expiry time to temporary passwords
  29 * Added "Advanced search" link to the search form
  30 * Special:Upload can now have a custom upload message instead of uploadtext by
  31   passing "uploadmsg" parameter in the url
  32 * (bug 9947) Add PROTECTIONLEVEL parser function to return the protection level
  33   for the current page for a given action
  34 * (bug 17002) Add &minor= and &summary= as parameters in the url when editing,
  35   to automatically add a summary or a minor edit.
  36 * (bug 16852) padleft and padright now accept multiletter pad characters
  37 * When using 'UserCreateForm' hook to add new checkboxes into Special:UserLogin/signup,
  38   the messages can now contain HTML to allow hyperlinking to the site's Terms
  39   of Service page, for example
  40 * Add new hook 'UserLoadFromDatabase' that is called while loading a user
  41   from the database.
  42 * (bug 17045) Options on the block form are prefilled with the options of the
  43   existing block when modifying an existing block.
  44 * (bug 17055) "(show/hide)" links to Special:RevisionDelete now use a CSS class
  45   rather than hardcoded HTML tags
  46 * Added new hook 'WantedPages::getSQL' into SpecialWantedpages.php to allow extensions
  47   to alter the SQL query which is used to get the list of wanted pages
  48
  49 === Bug fixes in 1.15 ===
  50 * (bug 16968) Special:Upload no longer throws useless warnings.
  51 * (bug 17000) Special:RevisionDelete now checks if the database is locked before
  52   trying to delete the edit.
  53 * (bug 16852) padleft and padright now handle multibyte characters correctly
  54 * (bug 17010) maintenance/namespaceDupes.php now add the suffix recursively if
  55   the destination page exists
  56 * (bug 17035) Special:Upload now fails gracefully if PHP's file_uploads has been
  57   disabled
  58 * Fixing the caching issue by using -{T|xxx}- syntax (only applies on wiki with LanguageConverter class)
  59 * Improving the efficiency by using -{A|xxx}- syntax (only applies on wiki with LanguageConverter class)
  60 * (bug 17054) Added more descriptive errors in Special:RevisionDelete
  61
  62 == API changes in 1.15 ==
  63 * (bug 16858) Revamped list=deletedrevs to make listing deleted contributions
  64   and listing all deleted pages possible
  65 * (bug 16844) Added clcategories parameter to prop=categories
  66 * (bug 17025) Added siprop=fileextension to meta=siteinfo
  67 * (bug 17027) Added siprop=configvars to meta=siteinfo
  68 * (bug 17048) Show the 'new' flag in list=usercontribs for the revision that created the
  69   page, even if it's not the top revision
  70 * (bug 17069) Added ucshow=patrolled|!patrolled to list=usercontribs
  71
  72 === Languages updated in 1.15 ===
  73
  74 MediaWiki supports over 300 languages. Many localisations are updated
  75 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed.
  76
  77 == Compatibility ==
  78
  79 MediaWiki 1.15 requires PHP 5 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  80
  81 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  82 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  83 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  84
  85 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  86 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  87
  88
  89 == Upgrading ==
  90
  91 1.15 has several database changes since 1.14, and will not work without schema
  92 updates.
  93
  94 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons reposito-
  95 ry, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
  96 database schema changes.
  97
  98 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  99 new database fields are filled with data.
 100
 101 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 102 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 103 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 104
 105 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 106
 107
 108 === Caveats ===
 109
 110 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 111 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 112 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 113 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 114 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 115
 116 For notes on 1.14.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 117
 118
 119 === Online documentation ===
 120
 121 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 122 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 123 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 124 the public domain) :
 125
 126   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 127
 128
 129 === Mailing list ===
 130
 131 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 132 wikitech-l list:
 133
 134   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 135
 136 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 137
 138   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 139
 140 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 141 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 142
 143
 144 === IRC help ===
 145
 146 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net