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 * $wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups (deprecated in 1.13) has been removed
  15 * $wgInputEncoding and $wgOutputEncoding (deprecated in 1.5) have now been removed
  16 * $wgAllowUserSkin (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  17 * $wgExtraRandompageSQL (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  18 * LogReader and LogViewer classes (deprecated in 1.14) have now been removed
  19 * (bug 26033) Added $wgArticleCountMethod to select the method to use to say
  20   whether a page is an article or not. $wgUseCommaCount is now deprecated.
  21 * $wgEnableDublinCoreRdf and $wgEnableCreativeCommonsRdf no longer work in core,
  22   and the functionality has been moved to the relevant extensions. See
  23   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DublinCoreRdf and
  24   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CreativeCoreRdf as appropriate
  25 * (bug 21107) Split error "customcssjsprotected" into separate messages for JS and CSS
  26 * Removed $wgCheckCopyrightUpload from DefaultSettings, since the relevant feature
  27   was removed in about 1.5.
  28 * LogPageValidTypes, LogPageLogName, LogPageLogHeader and LogPageActionText
  29   hooks have been removed.
  30
  31 === New features in 1.19 ===
  32 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch / action=unwatch now requires a token.
  33 * (bug 28916) A way to to toggle mw.config legacy globals settings from
  34   LocalSettings.php has been created by introducing $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals.
  35 * (bug 28503) Support for ircs:// URL protocols
  36 * (bug 26033) It is now possible to count all non-redirect pages in content
  37   namespaces as articles
  38 * Images can now be embedded in an XML dump stream using backupDump.php
  39   --include-files and can be imported using importDump.php --uploads;
  40   furthermore, it can import files from the filesystem using --image-base-path
  41 * Three new hooks in Special:Undelete, 'UndeleteForm::showHistory',
  42   'UndeleteForm::showRevision' and 'UndeleteForm::undelete', so that extensions
  43   may override the usage of PageArchive class and replace it with their own
  44   class that extends PageArchive.
  45 * (bug 28915) Implement QUnit test suite for MediaWiki JavaScript.
  46   Also built-in support for distribution through a TestSwarm instance.
  47 * (bug 29036) For cascade-protected pages, the mw-textarea-cprotected class is
  48   added to the textarea on the edit form.
  49 * mw.util.getScript has been implemented (like wfScript in GlobalFunctions.php)
  50 * (bug 29067) Creating "user.tokens" module (like user.options) in ResourceLoader.
  51 * New 'Debug' hook used by wfDebug() and wfDebugLog()
  52 * (bug 27655) Require token for watching/unwatching pages)
  53 * (bug 28904) Update jQuery version from 1.4.4 to 1.6.1 (the latest version)
  54 * (bug 29441) Expose CapitalLinks config in JS to allow modules to properly
  55   handle titles on case-sensitive wikis.
  56 * (bug 29397) Implement mw.Title module in core.
  57 * In MySQL 4.1.9+ with replication enabled, get the slave lag from SHOW SLAVE
  58   STATUS instead of SHOW PROCESSLIST.
  59
  60 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  61 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  62   file description page for multi-paged documents.
  63 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  64   used in Tiff files.
  65 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  66 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  67 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  68   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  69 * (bug 23002) Imagelinks table not updated after imagemove.
  70 * (bug 27864) Transcluding {{Special:Prefix}} with empty prefix now lists all
  71   pages.
  72 * (bug 18803) JPEG2000 images can no longer be uploaded as JPEG image.
  73 * (bug 11868) If using links to count articles, the checking will now be based
  74   on the real presence of an internal link instead of the "[[" string
  75 * (bug 28287) The "your changes" box for edit conflicts is now read-only.
  76 * (bug 28940) When making a thumb of an SVG, and only specifying the height
  77   make the width be the max SVG size, not the natrual width of the SVG.
  78 * (bug 1780) Uploading files with non-ascii characters are now forbidden on
  79   Windows.
  80 * (bug 23464) File: prefixes are now chopped off during uploading.
  81 * (bug 28174) Message config-logo-help amended to not explicitly assume any
  82   LTR/RTL screen layout.
  83 * (bug 28992) Revision numbers in the patrol log are transformed in the user
  84   language.
  85 * (bug 27073) ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles should be dynamically appended to
  86   the document if it doesn't exist.
  87 * (bug 27023) After dom ready event, using mediawiki.loader.using will
  88   call callback too early.
  89 * (bug 4330) External URLs without custom title should be treated as LTR,
  90   also in RTL text.
  91 * (bug 29055) Make don't send email on minor edits preference apply to
  92   changes to talk page in addition to watchlist edits.
  93 * (bug 29071) mediawiki.action.watch.ajax.js should pass uselang to API.
  94 * (bug 28272) Special:Allmessages should have only one "Go" button
  95 * (bug 29101) Special:FileDuplicateSearch shows silly message
  96 * (bug 29048) jQuery.tabIndex: firstTabIndex() should not output the same
  97   as lastTabIndex().
  98 * (bug 29332) Warn if user requests mediawiki-announce subscription but does not
  99   enter an e-mail address.
 100 * (bug 25375) Add canonical namespaces to JavaScript "wgNamespaceIds"
 101 * The class JpegOrTiffHandler was renamed ExifBitmapHandler.
 102 * (bug 29443) Special:Undelete should use JavaScript to invert all checkboxes
 103   without reloading the page
 104 * (bug 29325) Setting $wgStrictFileExtensions to false gives incorrect warning
 105 * (bug 29437) Multiple apostrophes in deleted article title cause odd rendering
 106 * (bug 29485) RSS feed of Special:RecentChange grouped together multiple
 107   consecutive edits by same user in included diff, but then linked to
 108   a single ungrouped diff.
 109 * Do not try to group together a page creation and edit in the RSS feed of RC.
 110 * (bug 29342) Patrol preferences shouldn't be visible to users who don't have
 111   patrol permissions
 112 * (bug 29471) Exception thrown for files with invalid date in metadata
 113 * (bug 29492) Long-running steps in the installer (such as Upgrade and Install)
 114   can sometimes timeout
 115 * (bug 29507) Change 'image link' to 'file link' in Special:Whatlinkshere
 116 * If the db is really screwed up, and doesn't have a recentchanges table,
 117   make the updater throw an exception instead of a fatal.
 118
 119 === API changes in 1.19 ===
 120 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch now requires POST and token.
 121 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
 122 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
 123 * (bug 27593) API: add error message when sha1/sha1base36 is invalid
 124 * (bug 28578) API's parse module should not silently override invalid
 125   title inputs
 126 * (bug 20699) API watchlist should list log-events
 127 * (bug 29070) Add token to action=watch API
 128 * (bug 29221) Expose oldrevid in watchlist output
 129 * (bug 29267) always give the servername for meta=siteinfo&siprop=dbrepllag
 130 * (bug 28897) rvparse doesn’t seem to work with rvsection
 131 * (bug 25734) API: possible issue with revids validation
 132 * (bug 28002) Internal error in ApiFormatRaw::getMimeType
 133 * (bug 29237) add interwiki target url attribute to api/query/interwiki
 134 * (bug 28392) mark action=undelete&timestamps as type "timestamp"
 135 * (bug 21346) Make deleted images searchable by hash (disabled in Miser Mode)
 136 * (bug 27595) sha1 search of list=filearchive does not work
 137 * (bug 26763) Make RSS/Atom of user contributions more visible
 138 * (bug 25133) allow redirects also for action=parse&pageid
 139
 140 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
 141
 142 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
 143 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 144 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 145
 146 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
 147 * (bug 29031) When translating block log entries, indefinite, infinite, and
 148   infinity are now considered the same.
 149 * Aromanian (rup) (renamed from "rua-rup").
 150
 151 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
 152 * Removed legacy wgAjaxWatch javascript global object, no longer in use.
 153 * (bug 28556) Upload support for MacBinary files has been removed (Used by
 154   Internet Explorer 5 for MacOS 9)
 155
 156 == Compatibility ==
 157
 158 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 159
 160 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 161 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
 162 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
 163
 164 The supported versions are:
 165
 166 * MySQL 4.0 or later
 167 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 168 * SQLite 3
 169 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 170
 171 == Upgrading ==
 172
 173 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
 174 updates.
 175
 176 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 177 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 178 due to database schema changes.
 179
 180 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 181 new database fields are filled with data.
 182
 183 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 184 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 185 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 186
 187 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 188
 189 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 190
 191 == Online documentation ==
 192
 193 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 194 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 195 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 196
 197         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 198
 199 == Mailing list ==
 200
 201 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 202
 203         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 204
 205 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 206
 207         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 208
 209 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 210 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 211
 212 == IRC help ==
 213
 214 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.