RELEASE-NOTES-1.20

   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 1.20 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki 1.20 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
  11 production.
  12
  13 === Configuration changes in 1.20 ===
  14
  15 === New features in 1.20 ===
  16 * Added TitleIsAlwaysKnown hook which gets called when determining if a page exists.
  17 * (bug 32341) Add upload by URL domain limitation.
  18 * &useskin=default will now always display the default skin. Useful for users with a
  19   preference for the non-default skin to look at something using the default skin.
  20 * (bug 27619) Remove preference option to display broken links as link?
  21 * (bug 34896) Update jQuery JSON plugin to v2.3 (2011-09-17)
  22 * (bug 34302) Add CSS classes to email fields in user preferences
  23 * Introduced $wgDebugDBTransactions to trace transaction status (currently PostgreSQL only)
  24 * (bug 23795) Add parser itself to ParserMakeImageParams hook.
  25 * Introduce a cryptographic random number generator source api for use when
  26   generating various tokens.
  27 * (bug 30963) Option on Special:Prefixindex and Special:Allpages to not show redirects.
  28 * (bug 18062) new message when edit or create the local page of a shared file
  29 * (bug 22870) Separate interface message when creating a page
  30
  31 === Bug fixes in 1.20 ===
  32 * (bug 30245) Use the correct way to construct a log page title.
  33 * (bug 34237) Regenerate an empty user_token and save to the database
  34   when we try to set the user's cookies for login.
  35 * (bug 32210) New edit emails for watched pages always provide a link to the
  36   edit which triggered the mail.
  37 * (bug 12021) Added user talk link on Special:Listusers
  38 * (bug 34445) section edit and TOC hide/show links are excluded from selection and
  39   copy/paste on supporting browsers
  40 * (bug 34428) Fixed incorrect hash mismatch errors in the DiffHistoryBlob
  41   history compression method.
  42 * (bug 34702) Localised parentheses are now used in more special pages.
  43 * (bug 34723) When editing a script page on a RTL wiki the textbox should be LTR.
  44 * (bug 34762) Calling close() on a DatabaseBase object now clears the connection.
  45 * (bug 34863) Show deletion log extract on non-existent file pages if applicable.
  46 * (bug 28019) Let ?preloadtitle=foo be passed on to target of
  47   Special:MyPage and Special:MyTalk
  48 * (bug 34929) Show the correct diff when a section edit is rejected by the spam
  49   filter
  50 * (bug 15816) Add a switch for SETting the search_path (Postgres)
  51 * (bug 34521) Returning to the previous page after logging in loses any array-
  52   valued parameters in the query string
  53 * (bug 34735) Updated compressOld.php documentation to mention the different
  54   usages of -s and -n parameters depending on compression type
  55 * (bug 13896) Rendering of devanagari numbers in automatic '#' number lists
  56 * (bug 18704) Add an unique CSS class or ID to the tagfilter table row at RecentChanges
  57 * (bug 33689) Upgrade to 1.19 on Postgres fails due to incomplete query when
  58               trying to defer foreign key for externallinks
  59 * (bug 32748) Printer friendly version of article decode Unicode chars as a pretty IRI in footer.
  60
  61 === API changes in 1.20 ===
  62 * (bug 34316) Add ability to retrieve maximum upload size from MediaWiki API.
  63 * (bug 34313) MediaWiki API intro message about "HTML format" should mention
  64   the format parameter.
  65
  66 === Languages updated in 1.20 ===
  67
  68 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  69 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  70 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  71
  72 * (bug 34192) Namespace gender aliases for Albanian languages (sq & aln)
  73 * (bug 35541) Namespace gender aliases for Croatian (hr)
  74 * Mizo (lus) added
  75
  76 === Other changes in 1.20 ===
  77 * The user_token field is now left empty until a user attempts to login and
  78   cookies need to be set. It is also now possible to reset every user's
  79   user_token simply by clearing the values in the user_token column.
  80
  81 == Compatibility ==
  82
  83 MediaWiki 1.20 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  84
  85 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  86 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  87 DB2 and Oracle.
  88
  89 The supported versions are:
  90
  91 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  92 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  93 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  94 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  95
  96 == Upgrading ==
  97
  98 1.20 has several database changes since 1.19, and will not work without schema
  99 updates.
 100
 101 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 102 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 103 due to database schema changes.
 104
 105 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 106 new database fields are filled with data.
 107
 108 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 109 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 110 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 111
 112 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 113
 114 For notes on 1.19.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 115
 116 == Online documentation ==
 117
 118 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 119 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 120 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 121
 122         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 123
 124 == Mailing list ==
 125
 126 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 127
 128         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 129
 130 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 131
 132         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 133
 134 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 135 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 136
 137 == IRC help ==
 138
 139 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.