RELEASE-NOTES-1.25

   1 Security reminder: If you have PHP's register_globals option set, you must
   2 turn it off. MediaWiki will not work with it enabled.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.25 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.25 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.25 ===
  12
  13 === New features in 1.25 ===
  14 * (bug 58139) ResourceLoaderFileModule now supports language fallback
  15   for 'languageScripts'.
  16 * Added a new hook, "ContentAlterParserOutput", to allow extensions to modify the
  17   parser output for a content object before links update.
  18 * (bug 67341) SVG images will no longer be base64-encoded when being embedded
  19   in CSS. This results in slight size increase before gzip compression (due to
  20   percent-encoding), but up to 20% decrease after it.
  21
  22 === Bug fixes in 1.25 ===
  23
  24 === Action API changes in 1.25 ===
  25 * (bug 65403) XML tag highlighting is now only performed for formats
  26   "xmlfm" and "wddxfm".
  27
  28 === Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
  29
  30 === Languages updated in 1.25 ===
  31
  32 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  33 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  34 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  35
  36 === Other changes in 1.25 ===
  37 * The skin autodiscovery mechanism, deprecated in MediaWiki 1.23, has been
  38   removed. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_autodiscovery for
  39   migration guide for creators and users of custom skins that relied on it.
  40 * Javascript variable 'wgFileCanRotate' now only available on Special:Upload.
  41 * (bug 56257) Set site logo from mediawiki.skinning.interface module instead of
  42   inline styles in the HTML.
  43 * Removed ApiQueryUsers::getAutoGroups(). (deprecated since 1.20)
  44 * Removed XmlDumpWriter::schemaVersion(). (deprecated since 1.20)
  45 * Removed LogEventsList::getDisplayTitle(). (deprecated since 1.20)
  46 * Removed Preferences::trySetUserEmail(). (deprecated since 1.20)
  47 * Removed mw.user.name() and mw.user.anonymous() methods. (deprecated since 1.20)
  48 * Removed 'ok' and 'err' parameters in the mediawiki.api modules. (deprecated
  49   since 1.20)
  50 * Removed 'async' parameter from the  mw.Api#getCategories() method. (deprecated
  51   since 1.20)
  52 * Removed 'jquery.json' module. (deprecated since 1.24)
  53   Use the 'json' module and global JSON object instead.
  54
  55 == Compatibility ==
  56
  57 MediaWiki 1.25 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later. There is experimental support for
  58 HHVM 3.3.0.
  59
  60 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  61 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  62 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  63
  64 The supported versions are:
  65
  66 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  67 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  68 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  69 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  70 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
  71
  72 == Upgrading ==
  73
  74 1.25 has several database changes since 1.24, and will not work without schema
  75 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  76 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  77 many hours on a large site).
  78
  79 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  80 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  81 due to database schema changes.
  82
  83 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  84 new database fields are filled with data.
  85
  86 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
  87 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
  88 with MediaWiki 1.21.
  89
  90 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  91
  92 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  93
  94 For notes on 1.23.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  95
  96 == Online documentation ==
  97
  98 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  99 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 100 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 101
 102         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 103
 104 == Mailing list ==
 105
 106 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 107
 108         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 109
 110 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 111
 112         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 113
 114 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 115 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 116
 117 == IRC help ==
 118
 119 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.