$wgUseMemCached, $wgDisableSearchContext, $wgColorErrors,
$wgUseZhdaemon, $wgZhdaemonHost and $wgZhdaemonPort.
* (bug 24408) The include_path is not modified in the default LocalSettings.php
+* $wgVectorExtraStyles was removed, and is no longer in use.
+* $wgLoadScript was added to specify alternative locations for ResourceLoader
+ requests.
+* $wgResourceLoaderMaxage was added to specify maxage and smaxage times for
+ responses from ResourceLoader based on whether the request's URL contained a
+ version parameter or not.
+* $wgResourceLoaderDebug was added to specify the default state of debug mode;
+ this will still be overridden with the debug URL parameter a la
+ $wgLanguageCode.
+* $wgResourceLoaderInlinePrivateModules was added to specify whether private
+ modules such as user.options should be embedded in the HTML output or
+ delivered through a resource loader request, which bypasses server cache (like
+ squid) and checks the user parameter against $wgUser. The former adds more
+ data to all pages, while the latter adds a request which cannot be cached
+ server side.
+* Removed $wgUpdates for database updates; extension should use
+ DatabaseUpdater::addExtensionUpdate().
+* Removed $wgServerName. It doesn't need to be set anymore and is no longer
+ available as input for other configuration items, either.
=== New features in 1.17 ===
* (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via
because it encourages edits to be marked minor accidentally and it can be
easily replicated by custom user scripts for those who really want it.
* Non-file pages can no longer be moved to the file namespace, nor vice versa.
-* (bug 671) The <dfn> element has been whitelisted in user input.
+* (bug 671) The <dfn>, <kbd> and <samp> elements have been whitelisted in user
+ input
* (bug 24563) Entries on Special:WhatLinksHere now have a link to their history
* (bug 21503) There's now a "reason" field when creating account for other users
* (bug 24418) action=markpatrolled now requires a token
* The parser cache is now shared amongst users whose different settings aren't
used in the page.
* Any attribute beginning with "data-" can now be used in wikitext, per HTML5.
+* (bug 24007) Diff pages now mention the number of users having edited
+ intermediate revisions
+* Added new hook GetIP
+* (bug 16574) Allow administrators to temporarily disable the account creation
+ limit for IP addresses: [[MediaWiki:Ratelimit-excluded-ips]]
+* Special:Version now displays whether a SQLite database supports full-text
+ search.
+* (bug 24343) New parser hook {{linkurl:}}, same as {{localurl:}} with fragment
+* TS_ISO_8691_BASIC was added as a time format, which is used by ResourceLoader
+ for versioning
=== Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive
* (bug 21052) Fix link color for stubs in NewPages
* (bug 24714) Usage of {{#dateformat: }} in wikis without $wgUseDynamicDates no
longer pollutes the parser cache.
-* (bug 17031) Correct which characters the parser allows in tag attributes.
+* (bug 17031) Correct which characters the parser allows in tag attributes (a
+ letter, colon or underscore followed by 0 or more letters, numbers, colons,
+ underscores, hyphens, and/or periods).
* Save 200 useless queries on each category page view
* Shell commands will now work on Linux in filesystems mounted noexec
* (bug 24804) Corrected commafying in Polish and Ukrainian
* (bug 6204) TOC not properly rendered when using $wgMaxTocLevel
* (bug 24977) The accesskey in history page now lead directly to the diff
instead of alterning focus between the two buttons.
+* (bug 24987) Special:ListUsers does not take external groups into account
+* (bug 20633) update.php has mixed language output
+* SQLite system table names are now never prefixed.
+* (bug 25292) SkinSubPageSubtitle hook now passes the Skin object as second
+ parameter
+* (bug 25167) Correctly load JS fixes for IE6 (fixing a regression in 1.16)
+* (bug 25367) wfShellExec() is more explicit when failing due to disabled
+ passthru()
=== API changes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent.
to the local alias.
* (bug 24296) Added converttitles parameter to convert titles to their
canonical language variant.
-* Fixed "link" parameter in image links with "thumb" parameter.
+* (bug 17398) Fixed "link" parameter in image links with "thumb" or "frame"
+ parameter.
* (bug 23936) Add "displaytitle" to query/info API
* (bug 24485) Make iwbacklinks a generator, optionally display iwprefix and
iwtitle
missing
* (bug 24724) list=allusers is out by 1 (shows total users - 1)
* (bug 24166) API error when using rvprop=tags
+* Introduced "asynchronous download" mode for upload-by-url. Requires
+ $wgAllowAsyncCopyUploads to be true.
+* sinumberingroup correctly gives size of 'user' group, and omits size of
+ implicit groups rather than showing 0.
+* (bug 25248) API: paraminfo errors with certain modules
+* (bug 25303) Fix API parameter integer validation to actually enforce validation
+ on the input values in addition to giving a warning. Also add flag to enforce (die)
+ if integer out of range (breaking change!)
=== Languages updated in 1.17 ===