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 1.11 ==
   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 since 1.10 ==
  22
  23
  24 == New features since 1.10 ==
  25
  26 * (bug 8868) Separate "blocked" message for autoblocks
  27 * Adding expiry of block to block messages
  28 * Bulk mail options ($wgEnotifImpersonal, $wgEnotifUseJobQ) for large sites
  29
  30 == Bugfixes since 1.10 ==
  31
  32 * (bug 9712) Use Arabic comma in date/time formats for Arabic and Farsi
  33 * (bug 9670) Follow redirects when render edit section links to transcluded
  34   templates.
  35 * (bug 6204) Fix incorrect unindentation with $wgMaxTocLevel
  36 * (bug 3431) Suppress "next page" link in Special:Search at end of results
  37 * Don't show unblock form if the user doesn't have permission to use it
  38   (cosmetic change, no vulnerabilities existed)
  39 * Subtitle success message when unblocking a block ID instead of a pseudo link
  40   like [[User:#123|#123]]
  41 * Use the standard HTTP fetch functions when retrieving remote wiki pages
  42   through transwiki, so we can take advantage of cURL goodies if available
  43 * Disable custom user javascript in Special:Preferences, to avoid the risk
  44   of a compromised script sniffing passwords etc.
  45 * (bug 9854, 3770) Clip overflow text in gallery boxes for visual cleanliness
  46   instead of letting it flow outside the box or trigger ugly scroll bars.
  47 * Tooltips for print version and permalink
  48 * Links to the MediaWiki namespace for system messages having their default
  49   values are no longer shown as nonexistent (e.g., in red)
  50 * Special:Ipblocklist differentiates between empty list and no search results.
  51
  52 == Maintenance script changes since 1.10 ==
  53
  54 * Add support for wgMaxTocLevel option in parserTests
  55 * (bug 6823) dumpHTML: explicitly disable article view counter
  56
  57 == Languages updated since 1.10 ==
  58
  59 * Arabic (ar)
  60 * German (de)
  61 * Spanish (es)
  62 * Farsi (fa)
  63 * Finnish (fi)
  64 * French (fr)
  65 * Hebrew (he)
  66 * Indonesian (id)
  67 * Italian (it)
  68 * Japanese (ja)
  69 * Kabyle (kab)
  70 * Kazakh (kk)
  71 * Kurdish (ku)
  72 * Lithuanian (lt)
  73 * Norwegian (no)
  74 * Polish (pl)
  75 * Russian (ru)
  76 * Somali (so)
  77 * Sundanese (su)
  78 * Chinese (PRC) (zh-cn)
  79 * Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-tw)
  80 * Cantonese (zh-yue)
  81
  82 == Compatibility ==
  83
  84 MediaWiki 1.11 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  85
  86 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  87 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  88 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  89
  90 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  91 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  92
  93
  94 == Upgrading ==
  95
  96 1.11 has several database changes since 1.10, and will not work without schema
  97 updates.
  98
  99 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 100 new database fields are filled with data.
 101
 102 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 103 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 104 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 105
 106 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 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
 117 For notes on 1.10.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 118
 119
 120 === Online documentation ===
 121
 122 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 123 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 124 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 125 the public domain) :
 126
 127   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 128
 129
 130 === Mailing list ===
 131
 132 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 133 wikitech-l list:
 134
 135   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 136
 137 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 138
 139   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 140
 141 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 142 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 143
 144
 145 === IRC help ===
 146
 147 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net