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 1.13 ==
   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 1.13 ===
  22
  23 * New option $wgFeed can be set false to turn off syndication feeds
  24 * (bug 13137) Allow setting 'editprotected' right separately from 'protect',
  25   so groups may optionally edit protected pages without being able to protect
  26   pages themselves
  27
  28 === New features in 1.13 ===
  29
  30 * __HIDDENCAT__ on a category page causes the category to be hidden on the
  31   article page.
  32 * Don't show edit permissions errors on a red link click, just redirect to the
  33   article. This is so that readers who don't know what a red link is aren't
  34   confused when they are told they are range-blocked.
  35 * Add a new hook ImageBeforeProduceHTML to allow extensions to modify wikitext
  36   image syntax output.
  37 * (bug 13100) Added 'preloadtitle' parameter to action=edit&section=new that
  38   pre-fills the section title field.
  39 * (bug 13112) Added Special:RelatedChanges alias to Special:Recentchangeslinked
  40 * (bug 13130) Moved edit token and autosummary fields above edit tools to
  41   reduce broken form submissions
  42
  43
  44 === Bug fixes in 1.13 ===
  45
  46 * (bug 10677) Add link to the file description page on the shared repository
  47 * (bug 13084) Increase size of source/destination filename fields in upload form
  48 * (bug 13115) rebuildrecentchanges should print the current value of $wgRCMaxAge
  49 * (bug 13140) Show parent categories in category namespace
  50 * (bug 13149) Correctly format 'fileexists' message on Upload page
  51 * Make the default filepageexists message accurate
  52 * (bug 12988) $wgMinimalPasswordLength no longer breaks create user by email
  53 * (bug 13022) Fix upload from URL on PHP 5.0.x
  54 * (bug 13132) Unable to unprotect pages protected with earlier versions of MediaWiki
  55 * (bug 12723) OpenSearch description name now uses more compact language code
  56   to avoid passing the length limit as often, is customizable per site via
  57   'opensearch-desc' message.
  58 * (bug 13135) Special:Userrights now passes IDs through form submission
  59   to allow functionality on not-quite-right usernames
  60 * (bug 12575) Prevent duplicate patrol log entries from being created
  61 * (bug 13174) __HIDDENCAT__ now applies only to category pages
  62 * (bug 13031) Add links to user pages in e-mail form
  63 * (bug 13147) Description for categoriespagetext (used in Special:Categories) reworded
  64 * (bug 11561) Fix fatal error when calling action=revert to non-image page
  65
  66 === API changes in 1.13 ===
  67
  68 * Fixing main page display in meta=siteinfo
  69 * (bug 13128) Added patrolled flag to list=recentchanges
  70 * Implemented {bl,ei,iu}redirect (lists links through redirects as well)
  71 * (bug 13154) Introduced subpages flag to meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces
  72 * (bug 13157) Added ucuserprefix parameter to list=usercontibs
  73 * (bug 12394) Added rctitles parameter to list=recentchanges, making rcid retrieval easier
  74
  75 === Languages updated in 1.13 ===
  76
  77 * Afrikaans (af)
  78 * Gheg Albanian (aln)
  79 * Amharic (am)
  80 * Aragonese (an)
  81 * Arabic (ar)
  82 * Asturian (ast)
  83 * Kotava (avk)
  84 * Samogitian (bat-smg)
  85 * Bulgarian (bg)
  86 * Catalan (ca)
  87 * Crimean Turkish (Cyrillic) (crh-cyrl)
  88 * Crimean Turkish (Latin) (crh-latn)
  89 * Czech (cs)
  90 * Welsh (cy)
  91 * Danish (da)
  92 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
  93 * Greek (el)
  94 * Esperanto (eo)
  95 * Spanish (es)
  96 * Estonian (et)
  97 * Extremaduran (ext)
  98 * Finnish (fi)
  99 * Faroese (fo)
 100 * French (fr)
 101 * Franco-Provençal (frp)
 102 * Friulian (fur)
 103 * Irish (ga)
 104 * Gan (gan)
 105 * Galician (gl)
 106 * Croatian (hr)
 107 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
 108 * Hungarian (hu)
 109 * Indonesian (id)
 110 * Eastern Canadian (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics) (ike-cans)
 111 * Icelandic (is)
 112 * Italian (it)
 113 * Japanese (ja)
 114 * Georgian (ka)
 115 * Kalaallisut (kl)
 116 * Khmer (km)
 117 * Latin (la)
 118 * Luxembourgish (lb)
 119 * Limburgish (li)
 120 * Lao (lo)
 121 * Lithuanian (lt)
 122 * Malayalam (ml)
 123 * Moldavian (mo)
 124 * Marathi (mr)
 125 * Low German (nds)
 126 * Dutch (nl)
 127 * Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)
 128 * Norwegian (bokmål)‬ (no)
 129 * Polish (pl)
 130 * Pashto (ps)
 131 * Portuguese (pt)
 132 * Russian (ru)
 133 * Yakut (sah)
 134 * Sassaresu (sdc)
 135 * Slovak (sk)
 136 * Somali (so)
 137 * Albanian (sq)
 138 * Sranan Tongo (srn)
 139 * Seeltersk (stq)
 140 * Swedish (sv)
 141 * Tamil (ta)
 142 * Telugu (te)
 143 * Tajik (tg)
 144 * Thai (th)
 145 * Turkish (tr)
 146 * Tuvinian (tyv)
 147 * Venda (ve)
 148 * Vietnamese (vi)
 149 * Volapük (vo)
 150 * Wolof (wo)
 151 * Mingrelian (xmf)
 152 * Yiddish (yi)
 153
 154 == Compatibility ==
 155
 156 MediaWiki 1.13 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 157
 158 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 159 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 160 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 161
 162 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 163 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 164
 165
 166 == Upgrading ==
 167
 168 1.13 has several database changes since 1.12, and will not work without schema
 169 updates.
 170
 171 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 172 new database fields are filled with data.
 173
 174 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
 175 make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
 176 database schema changes.
 177
 178 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 179 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 180 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 181
 182 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 183
 184
 185 === Caveats ===
 186
 187 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 188 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 189 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 190 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 191 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 192
 193 For notes on 1.12.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 194
 195
 196 === Online documentation ===
 197
 198 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 199 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 200 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 201 the public domain) :
 202
 203   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 204
 205
 206 === Mailing list ===
 207
 208 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 209 wikitech-l list:
 210
 211   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 212
 213 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 214
 215   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 216
 217 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 218 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 219
 220
 221 === IRC help ===
 222
 223 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net