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
  61
  62 === API changes in 1.13 ===
  63
  64 * Fixing main page display in meta=siteinfo
  65 * (bug 13128) Added patrolled flag to list=recentchanges
  66 * Implemented {bl,ei,iu}redirect (lists links through redirects as well)
  67 * (bug 13154) Introduced subpages flag to meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces
  68 * (bug 13157) Added ucuserprefix parameter to list=usercontibs
  69 * (bug 12394) Added rctitles parameter to list=recentchanges, making rcid retrieval easier
  70
  71 === Languages updated in 1.13 ===
  72
  73 * Afrikaans (af)
  74 * Gheg Albanian (aln)
  75 * Amharic (am)
  76 * Aragonese (an)
  77 * Arabic (ar)
  78 * Asturian (ast)
  79 * Kotava (avk)
  80 * Samogitian (bat-smg)
  81 * Bulgarian (bg)
  82 * Catalan (ca)
  83 * Crimean Turkish (Cyrillic) (crh-cyrl)
  84 * Crimean Turkish (Latin) (crh-latn)
  85 * Czech (cs)
  86 * Welsh (cy)
  87 * Danish (da)
  88 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
  89 * Greek (el)
  90 * Esperanto (eo)
  91 * Spanish (es)
  92 * Estonian (et)
  93 * Extremaduran (ext)
  94 * Finnish (fi)
  95 * Faroese (fo)
  96 * French (fr)
  97 * Franco-Provençal (frp)
  98 * Friulian (fur)
  99 * Irish (ga)
 100 * Gan (gan)
 101 * Galician (gl)
 102 * Croatian (hr)
 103 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
 104 * Hungarian (hu)
 105 * Indonesian (id)
 106 * Eastern Canadian (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics) (ike-cans)
 107 * Icelandic (is)
 108 * Italian (it)
 109 * Japanese (ja)
 110 * Georgian (ka)
 111 * Kalaallisut (kl)
 112 * Khmer (km)
 113 * Latin (la)
 114 * Luxembourgish (lb)
 115 * Limburgish (li)
 116 * Lao (lo)
 117 * Lithuanian (lt)
 118 * Malayalam (ml)
 119 * Moldavian (mo)
 120 * Marathi (mr)
 121 * Low German (nds)
 122 * Dutch (nl)
 123 * Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)
 124 * Norwegian (bokmål)‬ (no)
 125 * Polish (pl)
 126 * Pashto (ps)
 127 * Portuguese (pt)
 128 * Russian (ru)
 129 * Yakut (sah)
 130 * Sassaresu (sdc)
 131 * Slovak (sk)
 132 * Somali (so)
 133 * Albanian (sq)
 134 * Sranan Tongo (srn)
 135 * Seeltersk (stq)
 136 * Swedish (sv)
 137 * Tamil (ta)
 138 * Telugu (te)
 139 * Tajik (tg)
 140 * Thai (th)
 141 * Turkish (tr)
 142 * Tuvinian (tyv)
 143 * Venda (ve)
 144 * Vietnamese (vi)
 145 * Volapük (vo)
 146 * Wolof (wo)
 147 * Mingrelian (xmf)
 148 * Yiddish (yi)
 149
 150 == Compatibility ==
 151
 152 MediaWiki 1.13 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 153
 154 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 155 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 156 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 157
 158 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 159 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 160
 161
 162 == Upgrading ==
 163
 164 1.13 has several database changes since 1.12, and will not work without schema
 165 updates.
 166
 167 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 168 new database fields are filled with data.
 169
 170 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
 171 make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
 172 database schema changes.
 173
 174 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 175 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 176 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 177
 178 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 179
 180
 181 === Caveats ===
 182
 183 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 184 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 185 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 186 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 187 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 188
 189 For notes on 1.12.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 190
 191
 192 === Online documentation ===
 193
 194 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 195 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 196 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 197 the public domain) :
 198
 199   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 200
 201
 202 === Mailing list ===
 203
 204 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 205 wikitech-l list:
 206
 207   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 208
 209 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 210
 211   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 212
 213 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 214 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 215
 216
 217 === IRC help ===
 218
 219 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net