* (T195525) Fix db error outage page.
* (T208871) The hard-coded Google search form on the database error page was
removed.
+* (T209885) Prevent populateSearchIndex.php from breaking once actor migration
+ has been started.
+* (T216968) Return pageid as int in both list=iwbacklinks and list=langbacklinks.
+* (T215169) Fix for Database::update() with IGNORE option fails on PostgreSQL.
+* (T204423) Backport support for hyphenated DB names in JobQueueGroup.
+* (T199474) Fix typo in rebuildrecentchanges.php resulting in rogue flags.
== MediaWiki 1.31.1 ==
problematic to retain.
* $wgDBmysql5 is now deprecated, and will be removed in a future version. It
has been marked as experimental ever since it was introduced.
+* Fix $magicWords for the Sanskrit language
=== New features in 1.31 ===
* (T76554) User sub-pages named ….json are now protected in the same way that
table cells will not have this trimming behavior.
== Compatibility ==
-MediaWiki 1.31 requires PHP 7.0.0 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
-supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.0.0 or later for long term
+MediaWiki 1.31 requires PHP 7.0.13 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
+supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.0.13 or later for long term
support. MediaWiki requires that the mbstring, xml, ctype, json, iconv and
fileinfo PHP extensions are loaded to work.