RELEASE-NOTES-1.19

   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 1.19 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
  11 production.
  12
  13 === Configuration changes in 1.19 ===
  14 * Removed SkinTemplateSetupPageCss hook; use BeforePageDisplay instead.
  15 * (bug 27132) movefile right granted by default to registered users.
  16
  17 === New features in 1.19 ===
  18 * (bug 19838) Possibility to get all interwiki prefixes if the interwiki
  19   cache is used.
  20 * $wgDnsBlacklistUrls now accepts an array with url and key as the
  21   elements to work with DNSBLs that require keys, such as
  22   Project Honeypot.
  23 * (bug 30022) Add support for custom loadScript sources to ResourceLoader.
  24 * (bug 19052) Unicode space separator characters (Zs) now terminates external
  25   links and images links.
  26 * (bug 30160) Add public method to mw.loader to get module names from registry.
  27 * (bug 15558) Parameters to special pages included in wikitext can now be passed
  28   as with templates.
  29 * Installer now issues a warning if mod_security is present.
  30 * (bug 29455) Add support for a filter callback function in jQuery byteLimit plugin.
  31
  32 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  33 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
  34   $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
  35   until the second was introduced in 1.17.
  36 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages.
  37 * (bug 27894) Move 'editondblclick' event listener down from body to
  38   div#bodyContent.
  39 * (bug 30172) The check for posix_isatty() in maintenance scripts did not detect
  40   when the function exists but is disabled. Introduced Maintenance::posix_isatty()
  41 * (bug 30264) Changed installer-generated LocalSettings.php to use require_once()
  42   instead require() for included extensions.
  43 * Do not convert text in the user interface language to another script.
  44
  45 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  46 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
  47 * (bug 29748) Add API search prefix support.
  48 * (bug 29684) Set forgotten parameter types in ApiQueryIWLinks.
  49 * (bug 29685) do not output NULL parentid with list=deletedrevs&drprop=parentid.
  50 * siprop=interwikimap and siprop=languages can use silanguagecode to have
  51   a best effort language name translation. Use CLDR extension for best result.
  52 * (bug 30230) action=expandtemplates should not silently override invalid title inputs
  53 * (bug 18634) Create API to fetch MediaWiki's language fallback tree structure
  54
  55 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  56
  57 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  58 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  59 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  60
  61 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
  62
  63 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
  64 * jquery.mwPrototypes module was renamed to jquery.mwExtension.
  65
  66 == Compatibility ==
  67
  68 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  69
  70 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  71 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  72 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
  73
  74 The supported versions are:
  75
  76 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  77 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  78 * SQLite 3
  79 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  80
  81 == Upgrading ==
  82
  83 1.19 has several database changes since 1.18, and will not work without schema
  84 updates.
  85
  86 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  87 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  88 due to database schema changes.
  89
  90 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  91 new database fields are filled with data.
  92
  93 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  94 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  95 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  96
  97 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  98
  99 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 100
 101 == Online documentation ==
 102
 103 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 104 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 105 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 106
 107         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 108
 109 == Mailing list ==
 110
 111 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 112
 113         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 114
 115 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 116
 117         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 118
 119 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 120 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 121
 122 == IRC help ==
 123
 124 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.