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 * (bug 13218) Fix inclusion of " character in hyperlinks
  75
  76 === Languages updated in 1.13 ===
  77
  78 * Afrikaans (af)
  79 * Gheg Albanian (aln)
  80 * Amharic (am)
  81 * Aragonese (an)
  82 * Arabic (ar)
  83 * Asturian (ast)
  84 * Kotava (avk)
  85 * Samogitian (bat-smg)
  86 * Bulgarian (bg)
  87 * Catalan (ca)
  88 * Crimean Turkish (Cyrillic) (crh-cyrl)
  89 * Crimean Turkish (Latin) (crh-latn)
  90 * Czech (cs)
  91 * Welsh (cy)
  92 * Danish (da)
  93 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
  94 * Greek (el)
  95 * Esperanto (eo)
  96 * Spanish (es)
  97 * Estonian (et)
  98 * Extremaduran (ext)
  99 * Finnish (fi)
 100 * Faroese (fo)
 101 * French (fr)
 102 * Franco-Provençal (frp)
 103 * Friulian (fur)
 104 * Irish (ga)
 105 * Gan (gan)
 106 * Galician (gl)
 107 * Croatian (hr)
 108 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
 109 * Hungarian (hu)
 110 * Indonesian (id)
 111 * Eastern Canadian (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics) (ike-cans)
 112 * Icelandic (is)
 113 * Italian (it)
 114 * Japanese (ja)
 115 * Georgian (ka)
 116 * Kalaallisut (kl)
 117 * Khmer (km)
 118 * Latin (la)
 119 * Luxembourgish (lb)
 120 * Limburgish (li)
 121 * Lao (lo)
 122 * Lithuanian (lt)
 123 * Malayalam (ml)
 124 * Moldavian (mo)
 125 * Marathi (mr)
 126 * Low German (nds)
 127 * Dutch (nl)
 128 * Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)
 129 * Norwegian (bokmål)‬ (no)
 130 * Polish (pl)
 131 * Pashto (ps)
 132 * Portuguese (pt)
 133 * Russian (ru)
 134 * Yakut (sah)
 135 * Sassaresu (sdc)
 136 * Slovak (sk)
 137 * Somali (so)
 138 * Albanian (sq)
 139 * Sranan Tongo (srn)
 140 * Seeltersk (stq)
 141 * Swedish (sv)
 142 * Tamil (ta)
 143 * Telugu (te)
 144 * Tajik (tg)
 145 * Thai (th)
 146 * Turkish (tr)
 147 * Tuvinian (tyv)
 148 * Venda (ve)
 149 * Vietnamese (vi)
 150 * Volapük (vo)
 151 * Wolof (wo)
 152 * Mingrelian (xmf)
 153 * Yiddish (yi)
 154
 155 == Compatibility ==
 156
 157 MediaWiki 1.13 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 158
 159 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 160 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 161 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 162
 163 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 164 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 165
 166
 167 == Upgrading ==
 168
 169 1.13 has several database changes since 1.12, and will not work without schema
 170 updates.
 171
 172 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 173 new database fields are filled with data.
 174
 175 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
 176 make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
 177 database schema changes.
 178
 179 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 180 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 181 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 182
 183 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 184
 185
 186 === Caveats ===
 187
 188 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 189 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 190 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 191 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 192 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 193
 194 For notes on 1.12.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 195
 196
 197 === Online documentation ===
 198
 199 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 200 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 201 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 202 the public domain) :
 203
 204   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 205
 206
 207 === Mailing list ===
 208
 209 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 210 wikitech-l list:
 211
 212   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 213
 214 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 215
 216   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 217
 218 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 219 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 220
 221
 222 === IRC help ===
 223
 224 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net