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 * (bug 17615) nosummary option should be reassigned on preview/captcha
  31
  32 === Bug fixes in 1.20 ===
  33 * (bug 30245) Use the correct way to construct a log page title.
  34 * (bug 34237) Regenerate an empty user_token and save to the database
  35   when we try to set the user's cookies for login.
  36 * (bug 32210) New edit emails for watched pages always provide a link to the
  37   edit which triggered the mail.
  38 * (bug 12021) Added user talk link on Special:Listusers
  39 * (bug 34445) section edit and TOC hide/show links are excluded from selection and
  40   copy/paste on supporting browsers
  41 * (bug 34428) Fixed incorrect hash mismatch errors in the DiffHistoryBlob
  42   history compression method.
  43 * (bug 34702) Localised parentheses are now used in more special pages.
  44 * (bug 34723) When editing a script page on a RTL wiki the textbox should be LTR.
  45 * (bug 34762) Calling close() on a DatabaseBase object now clears the connection.
  46 * (bug 34863) Show deletion log extract on non-existent file pages if applicable.
  47 * (bug 28019) Let ?preloadtitle=foo be passed on to target of
  48   Special:MyPage and Special:MyTalk
  49 * (bug 34929) Show the correct diff when a section edit is rejected by the spam
  50   filter
  51 * (bug 15816) Add a switch for SETting the search_path (Postgres)
  52 * (bug 34521) Returning to the previous page after logging in loses any array-
  53   valued parameters in the query string
  54 * (bug 34735) Updated compressOld.php documentation to mention the different
  55   usages of -s and -n parameters depending on compression type
  56 * (bug 13896) Rendering of devanagari numbers in automatic '#' number lists
  57 * (bug 18704) Add an unique CSS class or ID to the tagfilter table row at RecentChanges
  58 * (bug 33689) Upgrade to 1.19 on Postgres fails due to incomplete query when
  59               trying to defer foreign key for externallinks
  60 * (bug 32748) Printer friendly version of article decode Unicode chars as a pretty IRI in footer.
  61 * Removed white border around thumbnails in galleries
  62 * (bug 31236) "Next" and "Previous" buttons are shown incorrectly in
  63   an RTL environment
  64
  65 === API changes in 1.20 ===
  66 * (bug 34316) Add ability to retrieve maximum upload size from MediaWiki API.
  67 * (bug 34313) MediaWiki API intro message about "HTML format" should mention
  68   the format parameter.
  69 * (bug 32384) Allow descending order for list=watchlistraw
  70 * (bug 31883) Limit of bkusers of list=blocks and titles of action=query is not documented in API help
  71
  72 === Languages updated in 1.20 ===
  73
  74 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  75 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  76 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  77
  78 * (bug 34192) Namespace gender aliases for Albanian languages (sq & aln)
  79 * (bug 35541) Namespace gender aliases for Croatian (hr)
  80 * Mizo (lus) added
  81
  82 === Other changes in 1.20 ===
  83 * The user_token field is now left empty until a user attempts to login and
  84   cookies need to be set. It is also now possible to reset every user's
  85   user_token simply by clearing the values in the user_token column.
  86
  87 == Compatibility ==
  88
  89 MediaWiki 1.20 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  90
  91 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  92 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  93 DB2 and Oracle.
  94
  95 The supported versions are:
  96
  97 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  98 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  99 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 100 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 101
 102 == Upgrading ==
 103
 104 1.20 has several database changes since 1.19, and will not work without schema
 105 updates.
 106
 107 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 108 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 109 due to database schema changes.
 110
 111 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 112 new database fields are filled with data.
 113
 114 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 115 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 116 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 117
 118 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 119
 120 For notes on 1.19.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 121
 122 == Online documentation ==
 123
 124 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 125 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 126 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 127
 128         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 129
 130 == Mailing list ==
 131
 132 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 133
 134         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 135
 136 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 137
 138         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 139
 140 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 141 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 142
 143 == IRC help ==
 144
 145 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.