* (bug 14454) "Member of group(s)" in Special:Preferences causes language difficulties
[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / 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 1.16 ==
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 1.16 ===
22
23 * $wgEnableFirefogg enable support for firefogg extension, firefogg supports
24 in-browser transcoding, chunk uploads and client side hash checking.
25 * $wgEnableTemporalOggUrls enable oggz_chop support a server side ogg seeking
26 helper
27 * $wgEnableScriptLoader if the script-loader shoudl be enabled
28 * $wgJSAutoloadClasses array of javascript classes to file paths used by
29 script-loader to load javascript by class name.
30 * $wgEnableJS2system if we should include js2 stuff like jquery,
31 mv_embed.js (script-loader helper) and use new interfaces for upload
32 * $wgEnableScriptLoaderJsFile if we support grabbing js files with the script
33 loader. By default we only grab classes in $wgJSAutoloadClasses
34 * $wgEnableScriptMinify if you want the script loader to minify js
35 * $wgEnableScriptLocalization if you want the script loader to do msg lookups
36 * $wgMwEmbedDirectory the path to MwEmbed Directory (maybe we can depreciate
37 this. Was used when mwEmbed was going to be an extension.
38 * $wgDebugJavaScript if we want to enable fresh debug javascript
39 * $wgPhpCliPath Path to php-cli for spinning up background php processes
40 * (bug 18222) $wgMinimalPasswordLength default is now 1
41 * $wgSessionHandler can be used to configure session.save_handler
42 * $wgLocalFileRepo/$wgForeignFileRepos now have a 'fileMode' parameter to
43 be used when uploading/moving files
44 * (bug 18761) $wgHiddenPrefs is a new array for specifying preferences not
45 to be shown to users
46 * $wgAllowRealName and $wgAllowUserSkin were deprecated in favor of
47 $wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'realname', but the former are still retained
48 for backwards-compatibility
49 * (bug 9257) $wgRCMaxAge now defaults to three months
50 * $wgDevelopmentWarnings can be set to true to show warnings about deprecated
51 functions and other potential errors when developing.
52 * Subpages are now enabled in the MediaWiki namespace by default. This is
53 mainly a cosmetic change, and does not in any way affect the MessageCache,
54 which was already effectively treating the namespace as if it had subpages.
55 * (bug 10837) $wgVariant is a user variant selected in the user's preferences
56 if the $wgContLang does not have variant, then the $wgLang is used instead.
57 * Oracle: maintenance/ora/user.sql script for creating DB user on oracle with
58 appropriate privileges. Creating this user with web-install page requires
59 oci8.privileged_connect set to On in php.ini.
60 * Removed UserrightsChangeableGroups hook introduced in 1.14
61 * Added $wgCacheDirectory, to replace $wgFileCacheDirectory,
62 $wgLocalMessageCache, and any other local caches which need a place to put
63 files.
64 * $wgFileCacheDirectory is no longer set to anything by default, and so either
65 needs to be set explicitly, or $wgCacheDirectory needs to be set instead.
66 * $wgLocalMessageCache has been removed. Instead, set $wgUseLocalMessageCache
67 to true
68 * Removed $wgEnableSerializedMessages and $wgCheckSerialized. Similar
69 functionality is now available via $wgLocalisationCacheConf.
70 * $wgMessageCache->addMessages() is deprecated. Messages added via this
71 interface will not appear in Special:AllMessages.
72 * $wgRegisterInternalExternals can be used to record external links pointing
73 to same server
74 * $wgHtml5 outputs an HTML 5 doctype instead of XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
75 * $wgSpecialVersionExtended shows the extended version information besides
76 PHP and database version.
77 * $wgSecondaryGoNamespaces allows an arry of namespaces to be checked when the
78 GO button is pressed, in addition to the main namespace.
79
80 === New features in 1.16 ===
81
82 * Add CSS defintion of the 'wikitable' class to shared.css
83 * (bug 17163) Added MediaWiki:Talkpageheader which will be displayed when
84 viewing talk pages
85 * Superfluous border="0" removed from images
86 * Added new hook 'MessageCacheReplace' into MessageCache.php. For instance
87 to allow extensions to update caches in similar way as MediaWiki invalidates
88 a cached MonoBook sidebar
89 * Special:AllPages: Move hardcoded styles from code to CSS
90 * (bug 18529) New hook: SoftwareInfo for adding information about the software
91 to Special:Version
92 * Added $wgExtPGAlteredFields to allow extensions to easily alter the data
93 type of columns when using the Postgres backend.
94 * (bug 16950) Show move log when viewing/creating a deleted page
95 * (bug 18242) Show the Subversion revision number per extensions in
96 Special:Version
97 * (bug 18420) Missing file revisions are handled gracefully now
98 * (bug 9219) Auth plugins can control editing RealName/Email/Nick preferences
99 * New hook: MessageNotInMwNs to handle localised messages that aren't in the
100 Mediawiki Namespace, before checking the message files
101 * (bug 18466) Add note or warning when overruling a move (semi-)protection
102 * (bug 18342) insertTags works in edit summary box
103 * (bug 18411) The upload form also checks post_max_size
104 * Watchlist now has a specialized <div> tag that contains a unique class for
105 each page
106 * Added Minguo calendar support for the Taiwan Chinese language
107 * Database: unionQueries function to be used for UNION sql construction, so
108 it can be overloaded on DB abstraction level for DB specific functionality
109 * (bug 18849) Implement Japanese and North Korean calendars
110 * (bug 5755) Introduce {{CURRENTMONTH1}} and {{LOCALMONTH1}} to display the
111 month number without the leading zero
112 * (bug 13456) categoriespagetext supports PLURAL
113 * (bug 18860) Blocks of IPs affecting registered users can now block email
114 * (bug 17093) Date and time are separate parameters in Special:BlockList
115 * (bug 11484) Added ISO speed rating to default collapsed EXIF metadata view
116 * (bug 14866) Messages 'recentchangeslinked-toolbox' and
117 'recentchangeslinked-toolbox' were added to allow more fine grained
118 customisation of the user interface
119 * DISPLAYTITLE now accepts a limited amount of wiki markup (the single-quote items)
120 * Special:Search now could search terms in all variant-forms. ONLY apply on
121 wikis with LanguageConverter
122 * Add autopromote condition APCOND_BLOCKED to autopromote blocked users to various
123 user groups.
124 * Add $wgRevokePermissions as a means of restricting a group's rights. The syntax is
125 identical to $wgGroupPermissions, but users in these groups will have these rights
126 stripped from them.
127 * Added a PHP port of CDB (constant database), for improved local caching when
128 the DBA extension is not available.
129 * (bug 14611) Added support showing the version of the web server, image
130 thumbnailing engine, diff/diff3 engine and TeX engine, enabled for sysops
131 by default.
132 * Introduced a new system for localisation caching. The system is based around
133 fast fetches of individual messages, minimising memory overhead and startup
134 time in the typical case. The database backend will be used by default, but
135 set $wgCacheDirectory to get a faster CDB-based implementation.
136 * Expanded the number of variables which can be set in the extension messages
137 files.
138 * Added a feature to allow per-article process pool size control for the parsing
139 task, to limit resource usage when the cache for a heavily-viewed article is
140 invalidated. Requires an external daemon.
141 * Leading > is now syntax for <blockquote>.
142 * (bug 19576) Moved the id attribues from the anchors accompanying section
143 headers to the <span class="mw-headline"> elements within the section headers,
144 removing the redundant anchor elements.
145 * Parser::setFunctionTagHook now can be used to add a new tag which is parsed at
146 preprocesor level.
147 * Added $wgShowArchiveThumbnails, allowing sysadmins to disable thumbnail
148 display for old versions of images.
149 * In watchlists and Special:RecentChanges, the difference in page size now
150 appears in dark green if bytes were added and dark red if bytes were removed.
151 * Added FSRepo configuration properties thumbUrl and thumbDir, to allow the
152 thumbnails to be stored in a separate location to the source images.
153 * If config/ directory is not executable, the command to make it executable
154 now asks the user to cd to the correct directory
155 * Add experimental new external authentication framework, ExternalAuth
156 * (bug 14201) Set $wgDBadminuser/$wgDBadminpassword during setup
157 * (bug 18768) Remove AdminSettings requirements. Maintenance environment
158 will still load it if it exists, but it's not required for anything
159 * Added $wgSecondaryGoNamespaces, allowing an array of namespaces to be checked
160 when the Go button is pressed in addition to the main namespace.
161 * (bug 19900) The "listgrouprights-key" message is now wrapped in a div with
162 class "mw-listgrouprights-key"
163 * (bug 471) Allow RSS feeds for watchlist, using an opt-in security token
164 * (bug 10812) Interwiki links can have names and descriptions, fetched from
165 message 'interwiki-desc-PREFIX', not really used anywhere yet though
166 * (bug 9691) Add type (signup or login) parameter to AuthPlugin::ModifyUITemplate()
167 * (bug 14454) "Member of group(s)" in Special:Preferences causes language difficulties
168
169 === Bug fixes in 1.16 ===
170
171 * (bug 18031) Make namespace selector on Special:Export remember the previous
172 selection
173 * The svn-version version numbers on Special:Version have been removed
174 * (bug 17374) Special:Export no longer exports two copies of the same page
175 * (bug 18190) Proper parsing in MediaWiki:Sharedupload message
176 * (bug 17617) HTML cleanup for ImagePage
177 * (bug 17964) namespaceDupes.php no longer fails on an empty interwiki table
178 * Improved error handling for image moving
179 * (bug 17974) On Special:SpecialPages, restricted special pages are now marked
180 with <strong> tags, helps with text-based browsers
181 * (bug 18259) Special:DeletedContributions now also uses
182 MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-logs for the link to Special:Log
183 * Don't add empty title="" attributes to links to anchors on the current page
184 * (bug 18291) rebuildrecentchanges.php failed to add deletion log entries
185 * (bug 18304) rebuildrecentchanges.php got size changes wrong
186 * (bug 18170) Fixed a PHP warning in Parser::preSaveTransform() in PHP 5.3
187 * (bug 18289) Database connection error page now returns correct HTML
188 * "successbox", "errorbox" and related CSS classes are now available in all
189 skins
190 * Fixed a PHP notice when $wgEnableSerializedMessages was set to false
191 * (bug 18316) Removed superfluous name="fulltext" from Special:Search
192 * (bug 18331) MediaWiki:Undelete-revision can now have wikitext
193 * The "noautoblock" flag is no longer displayed in the block log when blocking
194 an IP address
195 * (bug 18009) $wgHooks and $wgExtensionFunctions now support closures
196 * (bug 17948) Maintenance scripts now exit(0) or exit(1) as appropriate
197 * (bug 18377) Time in Enhanced ChangesList lacking localisation
198 * (bug 12998) Allow <sup>, <sub>, etc. in DISPLAYTITLE
199 * (bug 1553) Lowercase navigation headings in German
200 * (bug 7830) Pending transactions failed to commit on loginToUse() error
201 * (bug 11613) session.save_handler being over-ridden
202 * (bug 11381) session.save_handler being set twice (causes error)
203 * (bug 17835) ForeignAPIRepo throwing error on first page load for file
204 * (bug 18115) ForeignAPIRepo cache isn't working
205 * Fixed a bug caused by LanguageConverter.php, which brings an abnormal '}-'
206 after some parsed math syntax.
207 * (bug 18441) rebuildrecentchanges.inc no longer ignores $wgLogRestrictions
208 * (bug 18317) Bolded selections in 1 | 3 | etc days on RecentChanges now use
209 <strong> instead of hardcoded styles
210 * (bug 18449) Fixed items number per column on category pages when the total is
211 divisible by 3
212 * (bug 18121) maintenance/deleteArchivedRevisions.php no longer deletes
213 revisions when --delete is not passed
214 * (bug 13172) GPS coordinates in image Exif data are now actually displayed
215 * Overhaul of preferences system, includes the following bug fixes:
216 * (bug 5363) Changes to default preferences now impact registered users.
217 * (bug 14806) Hook to enable putting preferences in existing tabs.
218 * (bug 17191) Registration date now listed on preferences page.
219 * Note that this change will break some extensions which have not been adapted
220 for it.
221 * (bug 17020) Adding fallback encodings for Traditional and Simplified Chinese
222 languages while the the text is typed as URLs.
223 * (bug 17614) Prev / Next links are not shown if all results are shown
224 * (bug 18207) Strange spacing before [[irc:...]] links
225 * Removed float from the user login form in RTL interface - caused display
226 problems in FF2
227 * (bug 15008) Redirect images are now subject to Bad image list rules
228 * (bug 6802) profileinfo.php now also work on other database servers than MySQL
229 * (bug 16925) Diffs no longer fail when $wgExternalDiffEngine is set to
230 'wikidiff' or 'wikidiff2' but extension is not installed
231 * (bug 18326) Chmod errors in file repos have been hidden
232 * (bug 18718) Comma after a } create a error in IE
233 * (bug 18716) Removed redundant class in Modern skin CSS for category links and
234 tweaked spacing.
235 * (bug 18656) Use proper directory separators in wfMkdirParents()
236 * (bug 18549) Make Special:Blockip respect $wgEnableUserEmail and
237 $wgSysopEmailBans
238 * (bug 16912) Tooltips on images with link= disappear
239 * (bug 18389) Localise numbers in EXIF data
240 * (bug 18522) Wrap MediaWiki:Protect-cascadeon in a div for identification
241 * (bug 18438) Tweak HTML for preview bar for consistency and accessibility
242 * (bug 18432) Updated documentation for dumpBackup.php
243 * Fix array logic in Sanitizer::removeHTMLtags so that it doesn't strip good
244 tags that were redundantly defined.
245 * (bug 14118) SpecialPage::getTitleFor does not return a localised name
246 * (bug 18698) Renaming non entry point maintenance scripts from .inc.php to
247 .inc
248 * Deprecated methods Title::getInterwikiLink, Title::userCanCreate(),
249 Title::userCanEdit() and Title::userCanMove() have been removed
250 * Only show upload links on file description if $wgEnableUploads = true
251 and user can upload
252 * Don't say "You need to log in to upload/move", because it's possible that
253 uploading/moving is disabled for registered users as well (e.g. only sysops)
254 * (bug 18943) Handle invalid titles gracefully at Special:Mostlinked
255 * (bug 8873) Enable variant conversion in text on 'alt' and 'title' attributes
256 * (bug 10837) Introducing the StubUserVariant class to determine the variant
257 variable instead of using this to overrules the user language preference.
258 * (bug 19014) If user had deletedhistory right, but not undeleted right, then
259 show "view" instead of "view/restore" on logs.
260 * (bug 19017) TOC level calculation error in an odd case
261 * (bug 18999) CSS update for RTL interwiki links
262 * (bug 18925) history.js removes class names of list elements on initialization
263 * Multiple whitespace in TOC anchors is now stripped, for consistency with the
264 link from the edit comment
265 * (bug 19112) Preferences now respects $wgUseExternalEditor, $wgExternalDiffEngine
266 * (bug 18173) MediaWiki now fails when unable to determine a client IP
267 * (bug 19170) Special:Version should follow the content language direction
268 * (bug 19160) maintenance/purgeOldText.inc is now compatible with PostgreSQL
269 * Fixed performance regression in "bad image list" feature
270 * Show user preference 'Use live preview' if $wgLivePreview is enabled only
271 * (bug 17014) Blocked users can no longer use Special:UserRights unless they
272 can add/remove *all* groups (have 'userrights' permission).
273 * (bug 19294) Always show Sp-contributions-footer(-anon)
274 * Attempts to restrict reading of pages while anonymous viewing is allowed
275 via extensions not using the userCan hook and via $wgRevokePermissions now work.
276 * (bug 8445) Multiple-character search terms are now handled properly for Chinese
277 * (bug 19450) Use formatNum for "Number of edits" in Special:Preferences
278 * (bug 11242) Check for MySQL storage engines during installation now checks
279 whether the engines are actually available
280 * (bug 19390) Omit the "printable version" link on the printable version
281 * (bug 18394) img_auth.php now respects userCan
282 * (bug 19509) Uploading to a file named '0' previously treated it as null input
283 and attempted to upload with the source name. Now warns about not having an
284 extension (since 0.ext is perfectly valid)
285 * (bug 19468) Enotif preferences are now only displayed when they are turned on
286 * (bug 19442) Show/hide options on watchlist only work once
287 * (bug 19602) PubMed Magic links now use updated NIH url
288 * (bug 19637) externallinks have links to self
289 * Don't load Opera 9.5 RTL fixes for Opera 9.6
290 * Remove five-year-old KHTMLFixes.css, which is unlikely to be relevant anymore
291 and was causing problems.
292 * Removed repetition of URIs in the title attributes of external links.
293 * (bug 19693) User name is now escaped in "Contributions for ..." link on
294 Special:BlockIP
295 * (bug 19571) Override buildConcat for SQLite.
296 * Log in and log out links no longer return to page view when clicked from
297 history view, edit page, or something similar
298 * (bug 19513) RTL fixes for new Search UI
299 * (bug 16497) Special:Allmessages is paginated
300 * (bug 18708) CSS plainlinks class now available to all skins
301 * (bug 19590) Database error messages no longer have "MySQL" hardcoded as the
302 database type
303 * (bug 19759) successbox on Special:Preferences now correctly aligned on
304 standard, nostalgia and cologneblue skin
305 * (bug 19814) interwiki links from file links ([[File:Foo.jpg|link=de:Test]])
306 are no longer recorded in the pagelinks table
307 * (bug 19784) date option "ISO 8601" produced illegal id
308 * (bug 19761) Removed autogenerated <meta keywords> tag with link data.
309 Keyword set was not useful, and is ignored by modern search engines anway.
310 * (bug 19827) Special:SpecialPages title is "Upload file
311 * (bug 19355) Added .xhtml, .xht to upload file extension blacklist
312 * (bug 19287) Workaround for lag on history page in Firefox 3.5
313 * (bug 19564) Updated docs/hooks.txt
314 * (bug 18751) Fix for buggage in profiling setup for some extensions on PHP 5.1
315 * (bug 17139) ts_resortTable inconsistent trimming makes date sorting fragile
316 * (bug 19445) Change oldimage table to use ON UPDATE CASCADE for FK to image table.
317 * (bug 14080) Short notation links to subpages didn't work in edit summaries
318 * (bug 17374) Special:Export no longer exports multiple copies of pages
319 * (bug 19818) Edits to user CSS/JS subpages can now be marked as patrolled by
320 users who can't edit them
321 * (bug 15745) The edit summary link parser now handles mismatched brackets
322 better
323 * (bug 19839) Comments in log items are no more double escaped
324 * (bug 18161) Fix inconsistent separators in watchlist link toolbars with
325 "enhanced recent changes"
326 * (bug 19857) maintenance/deleteRevision.php on last revision no longer breaks
327 target page
328 * (bug 16877) Moving a page over a redirect no longer leaves an orphan entry in
329 the recentchanges table
330 * (bug 16009) Limit selection forms based on Pager now links to the correct page
331 when using long urls
332 * The display of the language list on the preferences is more comply with the
333 BCP 47 standards.
334 * (bug 19849) Custom X-Vary-Options header now disabled unless $wgUseXVO is set
335 * (bug 19301) Duplicates entries in $wgAddGroups, $wgRemoveGroups,
336 $wgGroupsAddToSelf and $wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf are no more displayed on
337 Special:ListGroupRights
338 * (bug 18799) Special:Userlogin now handles correctly the returnto parameter
339 to not link back to Special:Userlogout when user's language isn't the same as
340 content's language
341 * (bug 19479) Show proper error message when unable to connect to PostgreSQL
342 database with username/password in MediaWiki's setup
343 * (bugs 18407, 18409) Special:Upload is now listed on Special:Specialpages only
344 if uploads are enabled and the user can access it
345 * (bug 17988) Spaces before [[Category:]] links are no longer ignored
346 * (bug 19392) Favicon, apple-touch-icon links matching the defaults are no
347 longer sent
348
349 == API changes in 1.16 ==
350
351 * Added uiprop=changeablegroups to meta=userinfo
352 * Added usprop=gender to list=users
353 * (bug 18311) action=purge now works for images too
354 * Add parentid to prop=revisions output
355 * (bug 17832) action=delete returns 'unknownerror' instead of 'permissiondenied'
356 when the user is blocked
357 * (bug 18546) Added timestamp of new revision to action=edit output
358 * (bug 18554) Also list hidden revisions in list=usercontribs for privileged
359 users
360 * (bug 13049) "API must be accessed from the primary script entry point" error
361 * (bug 16422) Don't display help for format=jsonfm unless specifically requested
362 * Added PHP and database version to meta=siteinfo output
363 * (bug 18533) Add readonly message to meta=siteinfo output
364 * (bug 18518) Add clprop=hidden to prop=categories
365 * (bug 18710) Fixed internal error with empty parameter in action=paraminfo
366 * (bug 18709) Missing descriptions for some parameters in action=paraminfo
367 output
368 * (bug 18731) Show correct SVN links for extension modules in api.php?version
369 * (bug 18730) Add version information to action=paraminfo output
370 * (bug 18743) Add ucprop=size to list=usercontribs
371 * (bug 18749) Add generator flag to action=paraminfo output
372 * Make action=block respect $wgEnableUserEmail and $wgSysopEmailBans
373 * Made deleting file description pages without files possible
374 * (bug 18773) Add content flag to siprop=namespaces output
375 * (bug 18785) Add siprop=languages to meta=siteinfo
376 * (bug 14200) Added user and excludeuser parameters to list=watchlist and
377 list=recentchanges
378 * Added index, fromtitle and byteoffset fields to action=parse&prop=sections
379 output
380 * (bug 19313) action=rollback returns wrong revid on master/slave setups
381 * (bug 19323) action=parse doesn't return section tree on pages with Cite
382 warnings
383 * (bug 18720) Add anchor field to action=parse&prop=sections output
384 * (bug 19423) The initial file description page used caption in user lang
385 rather than UI lang
386 * Added snippet field to list=search output
387 * (bug 17809) Add number of users in user groups to meta=siteinfo
388 * (bug 18533) Add readonly reason to readonly exception
389 * (bug 19528) Added XSLT parameter to API queries in format=xml
390 * (bug 19040) Fix prependtext and appendtext in combination with section
391 parameter in action=edit
392 * (bug 19090) Added watchlist parameter, deprecated watch and unwatch
393 parameter in action=edit
394
395 === Languages updated in 1.16 ===
396
397 MediaWiki supports over 300 languages. Many localisations are updated
398 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
399 changes to languages because of MediaZilla reports.
400
401 * Lower Silesian (sli) (new)
402 * Uyghur (Arabic script) (ug-arab) (new)
403
404 * (bug 18474) Sorani (ckb - Central Kurdish) (renamed from ku-arab)
405 * Add PLURAL function for Scots Gaelic (gd)
406 * Add Estonian letters äöõšüž to linktrail (et)
407 * (bug 18776) Native name of Burmese language (my)
408 * (bug 18806) Use correct unicode characters in spelling of native Chuvash
409 (Чӑвашла)
410 * (bug 18864) Updated autonym for Zhuang language
411 * (bug 18308) Updated date formatting in Occitan (oc)
412 * (bug 19080) Added ăâîşţșțĂÂÎŞŢȘȚ to Romanion (ro) linktrail
413 * (bug 19286) Correct commafying function in Polish (pl)
414 * (bug 19441) Updated date formatting for Lithuanian
415 * (bug 19630) Added ÄäÇçĞğŇňÖöŞşÜüÝýŽž to Turkmen (tk) linktrail
416 * (bug 19949) New linktrail for Greek (el)
417
418 == Compatibility ==
419
420 MediaWiki 1.16 requires PHP 5 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
421
422 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
423 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
424 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
425
426 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
427 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
428
429
430 == Upgrading ==
431
432 1.16 has several database changes since 1.15, and will not work without schema
433 updates.
434
435 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons reposito-
436 ry, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
437 database schema changes.
438
439 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
440 new database fields are filled with data.
441
442 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
443 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
444 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
445
446 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
447
448
449 === Caveats ===
450
451 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
452 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
453 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
454 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
455 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
456
457 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
458
459
460 === Online documentation ===
461
462 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
463 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
464 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
465 the public domain) :
466
467 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
468
469
470 === Mailing list ===
471
472 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
473 wikitech-l list:
474
475 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
476
477 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
478
479 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
480
481 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
482 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
483
484
485 === IRC help ===
486
487 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net