Merge "Don't try to verify XML well-formedness for partial SVG uploads"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.25

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
index 48d7b05..b649c2b 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
@@ -12,8 +12,18 @@ production.
 * $wgPageShowWatchingUsers was removed.
 * $wgLocalVirtualHosts has been added to replace $wgConf->localVHosts.
 * $wgAntiLockFlags was removed.
 * $wgPageShowWatchingUsers was removed.
 * $wgLocalVirtualHosts has been added to replace $wgConf->localVHosts.
 * $wgAntiLockFlags was removed.

+* Edit tokens returned from User::getEditToken may change on every call. Token
+  validity must be checked by passing the user-supplied token to
+  User::matchEditToken rather than by testing for equality with a
+  newly-generated token.
+* (bug 72951) The UserGetLanguageObject hook may be passed any IContextSource
+  for its $context parameter. Formerly it was documented as receiving a
+  RequestContext specifically.

 
 === New features in 1.25 ===
 
 === New features in 1.25 ===

+* (bug 62861) Updated plural rules to CLDR 26. Includes incompatible changes
+  for plural forms in Russian, Prussian, Tagalog, Manx and several languages
+  that fall back to Russian.

 * (bug 58139) ResourceLoaderFileModule now supports language fallback
   for 'languageScripts'.
 * Added a new hook, "ContentAlterParserOutput", to allow extensions to modify the
 * (bug 58139) ResourceLoaderFileModule now supports language fallback
   for 'languageScripts'.
 * Added a new hook, "ContentAlterParserOutput", to allow extensions to modify the


@@ -33,12 +43,26 @@ production.
   - Usage instructions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Page_status_indicators
   - Adjusting custom skins to support indicators:
     https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skinning#Page_status_indicators
   - Usage instructions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Page_status_indicators
   - Adjusting custom skins to support indicators:
     https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skinning#Page_status_indicators

+* Edit tokens may now be time-limited: passing a maximum age to
+  User::matchEditToken will reject any older tokens.
+* The debug logging internals have been overhauled, and are now using the
+  PSR-3 interfaces.

 
 === Bug fixes in 1.25 ===
 * (bug 71003) No additional code will be generated to try to load CSS-embedded
   SVG images in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, as they don't support them anyway.
 * (bug 67021) On Special:BookSources, corrected validation of ISBNs (both
   10- and 13-digit forms) containing "X".
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.25 ===
 * (bug 71003) No additional code will be generated to try to load CSS-embedded
   SVG images in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, as they don't support them anyway.
 * (bug 67021) On Special:BookSources, corrected validation of ISBNs (both
   10- and 13-digit forms) containing "X".

+* Page moving was refactored into a MovePage class. As part of that:
+** The AbortMove hook was removed.
+** MovePageIsValidMove is for extensions to specify whether a page
+   cannot be moved for technical reasons, and should not be overriden.
+** MovePageCheckPermissions is for checking whether the given user is
+   allowed to make the move.
+** Title::moveNoAuth() was deprecated. Use the MovePage class instead.
+** Title::moveTo() was deprecated. Use the MovePage class instead.
+** Title::isValidMoveOperation() broken down into MovePage::isValidMove()
+   and MovePage::checkPermissions().

 
 === Action API changes in 1.25 ===
 * (bug 65403) XML tag highlighting is now only performed for formats
 
 === Action API changes in 1.25 ===
 * (bug 65403) XML tag highlighting is now only performed for formats


@@ -52,15 +76,23 @@ production.
 * Hitting api.php without specifying an action now displays only the help for
   the main module, with links to submodule help.
 * API help is no longer displayed on errors.
 * Hitting api.php without specifying an action now displays only the help for
   the main module, with links to submodule help.
 * API help is no longer displayed on errors.

-* Internationalized messages returned by the API will be in the wiki's content
-  language by default. 'uselang' is now a recognized API parameter;
-  "uselang=user" may be used to select the language from the current user's
-  preferences.
+* 'uselang' is now a recognized API parameter; "uselang=user" may be used to
+  explicitly select the language from the current user's preferences, and
+  "uselang=content" may be used to select the wiki's content language.

 * Default output format for the API is now jsonfm.
 * Simplified continuation will return a "batchcomplete" property in the result
   when a batch of pages is complete.
 * Pretty-printed HTML output now has nicer formatting and (if available)
   better syntax highlighting.
 * Default output format for the API is now jsonfm.
 * Simplified continuation will return a "batchcomplete" property in the result
   when a batch of pages is complete.
 * Pretty-printed HTML output now has nicer formatting and (if available)
   better syntax highlighting.

+* Deprecated list=deletedrevs in favor of newly-added prop=deletedrevisions and
+  list=alldeletedrevisions.
+* prop=revisions will gracefully continue when given too many revids or titles,
+  rather than just ignoring the extras.
+* prop=revisions will no longer die if rvcontentformat doesn't match a
+  revision's content model; it will instead warn and omit the content.
+* If the user has the 'deletedhistory' right, action=query's revids parameter
+  will now recognize deleted revids.
+* prop=revisions may be used as a generator, generating revids.

 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
 * ApiHelp has been rewritten to support i18n and paginated HTML output.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
 * ApiHelp has been rewritten to support i18n and paginated HTML output.


@@ -85,6 +117,11 @@ production.
   has been removed.
 * ApiFormatBase now always buffers. Output is done when
   ApiFormatBase::closePrinter is called.
   has been removed.
 * ApiFormatBase now always buffers. Output is done when
   ApiFormatBase::closePrinter is called.

+* Much of the logic in ApiQueryRevisions has been split into ApiQueryRevisionsBase.
+* The 'revids' parameter supplied by ApiPageSet will now count deleted
+  revisions as "good" if the user has the 'deletedhistory' right. New methods
+  ApiPageSet::getLiveRevisionIDs() and ApiPageSet::getDeletedRevisionIDs() are
+  provided to access just the live or just the deleted revids.

 * The following methods have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
   release:
   * ApiBase::getDescription
 * The following methods have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
   release:
   * ApiBase::getDescription


@@ -103,6 +140,9 @@ production.
   * ApiMain::reallyMakeHelpMsg
   * ApiMain::makeHelpMsgHeader
   * ApiQueryImageInfo::getPropertyDescriptions
   * ApiMain::reallyMakeHelpMsg
   * ApiMain::makeHelpMsgHeader
   * ApiQueryImageInfo::getPropertyDescriptions

+* The following classes have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
+  release:
+  * ApiQueryDeletedrevs

 
 === Languages updated in 1.25 ===
 
 
 === Languages updated in 1.25 ===
 


@@ -132,10 +172,20 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   Also, the former will now throw an MWException if called with one or more
   arguments.
 * Removed hitcounters and associated code.
   Also, the former will now throw an MWException if called with one or more
   arguments.
 * Removed hitcounters and associated code.

+* The "temp" zone of the upload respository is now considered private. If it
+  already exists (such as under the images/ directory), please make sure that
+  the directory is not web readable (e.g. via a .htaccess file).
+* BREAKING CHANGE: In the XML dump format used by Special:Export and
+  dumpBackup.php, the <model> and <format> tags now apprear before the <text>
+  tag, instead of after the <text> and <sha1> tags.
+  The new schema version is 0.10, the new schema URI is
+  <https://www.mediawiki.org/xml/export-0.10.xsd>.
+* MWFunction::call() and MWFunction::callArray() were removed, having being
+  deprecated in 1.22.

 
 == Compatibility ==
 
 
 == Compatibility ==
 

-MediaWiki 1.25 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later. There is experimental support for
+MediaWiki 1.25 requires PHP 5.3.3 or later. There is experimental support for

 HHVM 3.3.0.
 
 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 HHVM 3.3.0.
 
 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but