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 1.11 ==
   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 since 1.10 ==
  22 * $wgThumbUpright - Adjust width of upright images when parameter 'upright' is
  23   used
  24
  25 == New features since 1.10 ==
  26
  27 * (bug 8868) Separate "blocked" message for autoblocks
  28 * Adding expiry of block to block messages
  29 * Bulk mail options ($wgEnotifImpersonal, $wgEnotifUseJobQ) for large sites
  30 * Links to redirect pages in categories are wrapped in
  31   <span class="redirect-in-category"></span>
  32 * Introduced 'ImageOpenShowImageInlineBefore' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for
  33   more information
  34 * (bug 9628) Show warnings about slave lag on Special:Contributions,
  35   Special:Watchlist
  36 * (bug 8818) Expose "wpDestFile" as parameter $1 to "uploaddisabledtext"
  37 * Introducing new image parameter 'upright' and corresponding variable
  38   $wgThumbUpright. This allows better proportional view of upright images
  39   related to landscape images on a page without nailing the width of upright
  40   images to a fix value which makes views for anon unproportional and user
  41   preferences useless
  42 * (bug 6072) Add a 'border' keyword to the image syntax
  43
  44 == Bugfixes since 1.10 ==
  45
  46 * (bug 9712) Use Arabic comma in date/time formats for Arabic and Farsi
  47 * (bug 9670) Follow redirects when render edit section links to transcluded
  48   templates.
  49 * (bug 6204) Fix incorrect unindentation with $wgMaxTocLevel
  50 * (bug 3431) Suppress "next page" link in Special:Search at end of results
  51 * Don't show unblock form if the user doesn't have permission to use it
  52   (cosmetic change, no vulnerabilities existed)
  53 * Subtitle success message when unblocking a block ID instead of a pseudo link
  54   like [[User:#123|#123]]
  55 * Use the standard HTTP fetch functions when retrieving remote wiki pages
  56   through transwiki, so we can take advantage of cURL goodies if available
  57 * Disable custom user javascript in Special:Preferences, to avoid the risk
  58   of a compromised script sniffing passwords etc.
  59 * (bug 9854, 3770) Clip overflow text in gallery boxes for visual cleanliness
  60   instead of letting it flow outside the box or trigger ugly scroll bars.
  61 * Tooltips for print version and permalink
  62 * Links to the MediaWiki namespace for system messages having their default
  63   values are no longer shown as nonexistent (e.g., in red)
  64 * Special:Ipblocklist differentiates between empty list and no search results.
  65 * (bug 5375) profiling does not respect read-only mode.
  66 * (bug 7070) monobook/user.gif has antialias artifacts
  67 * (bug 9123) Safer way when applying $wgLocalTZoffset
  68 * (bug 9896) Documentation for $wgSquidServers and X-FORWARDED-FOR
  69 * (bug 9417) Uploading new versions of images when using Postgres no longer
  70   throws warnings.
  71 * (bug 9908) Using tsearch2 with Postgres 8.1 no longer gives an error.
  72 * (bug 1438) Fix for diff table layout on very wide lines.
  73   Diff style rules have been broken out to common/diff.css,
  74   and the dupes removed from the default skin files.
  75   Skins can still override the default rules.
  76 * (bug 1229) Balance columns in diff display evenly
  77 * Right-align diff line numbers in RTL language display
  78 * (bug 9332) Fix instructions in tests/README
  79 * (bug 9813) Reject usernames containing '#' to avoid silent truncation
  80   of fragments during the normalisation process
  81 * (bug 7989) RSS feeds content now use black text when using white background.
  82 * (bug 9971) Typo in a french language message.
  83 * (bug 9973) Changed size was shown in advanced recentchanges collapsible items
  84   with $wgRCShowChangedSized = false.
  85 * Fix PHP strict standards warning in enhanced recent changes.
  86 * (bug 5850) Added hexadecimal html entities comments for $digitTransformTable
  87   entries.
  88 * (bug 7432) Change language name for Aromanian (roa-rup)
  89 * (bug 908) Unexistent special pages now generate a red link.
  90 * (bug 7899) Added \hline and \vline to the list of allowed TeX commands
  91
  92 == MediaWiki API changes since 1.10 ==
  93
  94 (For ongoing development discussion, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API)
  95
  96 * New properties: links, templates, images, langlinks, categories, external links
  97 * Breaking Change: imagelinks renamed into imageusage (il->iu)
  98 * Bug fix: incorrect generator behavior in some cases
  99 * JSON format allows an optional callback function to wrap the result.
 100 * Login module disabled until a more secure solution can be implemented
 101 * (bug 9938) Querying by revision identifier returns the most recent revision
 102   for the corresponding page, rather than the requested revision
 103 * (bug 8772) Filter page revision queries by user
 104 * (bug 9927) User contributions queries do not accept IP addresses
 105 * Watchlist feed now reports a proper feed item when the user is not logged in
 106 * Watchlist feed date bug fixed - automatically shows one last day
 107 * Watchlist feed now allows to specify number of hours to monitor
 108 * list=allpages now returns a list instead of a map in json format
 109 * Breaking Change: in json, revisions are now returned as a list, not as a map.
 110 * Add: prop=info can show page is new flag, current page length, and visit counter.
 111 * Change: Query watchlist now shows flags only when explicitly requested with wlparam=flags
 112           rc_this_oldid (textid) is no longer accessible from query watchlist
 113 * action=usercontribs: additional filtering by ucshow=; selection of needed fields with ucprop=;
 114   the textid (rev_text_id) is no longer being exposed
 115 * breaking change: backlinks, embeddedin & imageusage now return lists in json instead of a map,
 116                    and do not return anything when titles do not exist. (bug 9970)
 117 * added query parameter indexpageids to list the page ids of all returned page items (bug 9121)
 118
 119 == Maintenance script changes since 1.10 ==
 120
 121 * Add support for wgMaxTocLevel option in parserTests
 122 * (bug 6823) dumpHTML: explicitly disable article view counter
 123
 124 == Languages updated since 1.10 ==
 125
 126 * Arabic (ar)
 127 * Catalan (ca)
 128 * Danish (da)
 129 * German (de)
 130 * Spanish (es)
 131 * Farsi (fa)
 132 * Finnish (fi)
 133 * French (fr)
 134 * Hebrew (he)
 135 * Indonesian (id)
 136 * Italian (it)
 137 * Japanese (ja)
 138 * Kabyle (kab)
 139 * Kazakh (kk)
 140 * Kurdish (ku)
 141 * Lithuanian (lt)
 142 * Norwegian (no)
 143 * Polish (pl)
 144 * Russian (ru)
 145 * Slovak (sk)
 146 * Somali (so)
 147 * Sundanese (su)
 148 * Swedish (sv)
 149 * Chinese (PRC) (zh-cn)
 150 * Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-tw)
 151 * Cantonese (zh-yue)
 152
 153 == Compatibility ==
 154
 155 MediaWiki 1.11 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 156
 157 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 158 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 159 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 160
 161 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 162 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 163
 164
 165 == Upgrading ==
 166
 167 1.11 has several database changes since 1.10, and will not work without schema
 168 updates.
 169
 170 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 171 new database fields are filled with data.
 172
 173 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 174 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 175 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 176
 177 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 178
 179 === Caveats ===
 180
 181 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 182 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 183 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 184 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 185 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 186
 187
 188 For notes on 1.10.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 189
 190
 191 === Online documentation ===
 192
 193 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 194 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 195 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 196 the public domain) :
 197
 198   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 199
 200
 201 === Mailing list ===
 202
 203 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 204 wikitech-l list:
 205
 206   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 207
 208 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 209
 210   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 211
 212 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 213 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 214
 215
 216 === IRC help ===
 217
 218 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net