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 1.12 ==
   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 1.12 ===
  22
  23 === New features in 1.12 ===
  24 * Add a warning for non-descriptive filenames at Special:Upload
  25 * Add {{filepath:}} parser function to get full path to an uploaded file,
  26   complementing {{fullurl:}} for pages.
  27 * (bug 11136) If using Postgres, search path is explicitly set if wgDBmwschema is
  28   not set to 'mediawiki', allowing multiple mediawiki instances per user.
  29 * (bug 11151) Add descriptive <title> to revision history page
  30
  31 === Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
  32
  33 * Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
  34 * (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
  35   ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
  36 * (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
  37   getUserPermissionsErrors.
  38 * Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
  39 * (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
  40   translations
  41 * (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
  42   message, the level of protection.
  43 * (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
  44   message.
  45 * (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
  46   where rollback is given to non-sysops.
  47 * (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
  48   editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
  49 * (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
  50 * (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
  51 * Fixed notice when accessing special page without read permission and whitelist
  52   is not defined
  53 * (bug 9252) Fix for tidy funkiness when using editintro mode
  54 * (bug 4021) Fix for MySQL wildcard search
  55 * (bug 10699) Fix for MySQL phrase search
  56 * (bug 11321) Fix width of gallerybox when option "width=xxx" is used
  57 * (bug 7890) Special:BrokenRedirects links deleted redirects to a non-existent page
  58 * Fix initial statistics when installing: add correct values
  59 * (bug 11342) Fix several 'returnto' links in permissions/error pages which
  60   linked to the main page instead of targetted page
  61 * Strike the link to the redirect rather than using an asterisk in Special:Listredirects
  62 * (bug 11355) Fix false positives in Safe Mode and other config detection
  63   when boolean settings are disabled with 'Off' via php_admin_value/php_value
  64
  65 === API changes in 1.12 ===
  66
  67 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  68
  69 * (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
  70 * (bug 11308) Allow the API to output the image metadata
  71 * (bug 11296) Temporary fix for escaping of ampersands inside links in pretty-printed
  72   help document.
  73
  74 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
  75
  76 * Arabic (ar)
  77 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
  78 * Bikol Central (bcl)
  79 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
  80 * Bulgarian (bg)
  81 * Bengali (bn)
  82 * Catalan (ca)
  83 * Breton (br)
  84 * Czech (cs)
  85 * Cassubian (csb)
  86 * Welsh (cy)
  87 * Danish (da)
  88 * German (de)
  89 * Lower Sorbian (dsb) (new)
  90 * Greek (el)
  91 * Spanish (es)
  92 * Extremaduran (ext)
  93 * Persian (fa)
  94 * Võro (fiu-vro)
  95 * Frisian (fy)
  96 * French (fr)
  97 * Cajun French (frc)
  98 * Franco-Provençal (frp)
  99 * Galician (gl)
 100 * Hakka (hak)
 101 * Hebrew (he)
 102 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
 103 * Indonesian (id)
 104 * Icelandic (is)
 105 * Kazakh (kk)
 106 * Korean (ko)
 107 * Low Saxon (nds)
 108 * Dutch (nl)
 109 * Russian (ru)
 110 * Sakha (sah)
 111 * Sicilian (scn)
 112 * Slovak (sk)
 113 * Serbian (Cyrillic) (sr-ec)
 114 * Sundanese (su)
 115 * Tamil (ta)
 116 * Tetun (tet) (new)
 117 * Walloon (wa)
 118 * Zhuang (za)
 119 * Zealandic (zea)
 120
 121 == Compatibility ==
 122
 123 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 124
 125 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 126 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 127 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 128
 129 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 130 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 131
 132
 133 == Upgrading ==
 134
 135 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
 136 updates.
 137
 138 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 139 new database fields are filled with data.
 140
 141 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 142 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 143 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 144
 145 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 146
 147
 148 === Caveats ===
 149
 150 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 151 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 152 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 153 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 154 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 155
 156 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 157
 158
 159 === Online documentation ===
 160
 161 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 162 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 163 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 164 the public domain) :
 165
 166   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 167
 168
 169 === Mailing list ===
 170
 171 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 172 wikitech-l list:
 173
 174   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 175
 176 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 177
 178   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 179
 180 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 181 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 182
 183
 184 === IRC help ===
 185
 186 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net