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