available as input for other configuration items, either.
* Remove $wgRemoteUploads. It was not well supported and superseded by
$wgUploadNavigationUrl.
+* $wgUpgradeKey allows unlocking the web installer for upgrades without having
+ to move LocalSettings.php
+* The FailFunction "error handling" method has now been removed
+* $wgAdditionalMailParams added to allow setting extra options to mail() calls.
+* $wgSecureLogin & $wgSecureLoginStickHTTPS to optionaly login using HTTPS
=== New features in 1.17 ===
* (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via
* (bug 20976) "searchmenu-new-nocreate" message now displayed when when there
is no title match in search and the user has no rights to create pages.
* (bug 23429) Added new hook WatchlistEditorBuildRemoveLine.
-* (bug 18488) Added maintenance script refreshCategoryCounts.php
* (bug 22844) Added support for WinCache object caching.
* (bug 23580) Add two new events to LivePreview so that scripts can be
notified about the beginning and finishing of LivePreview actions.
* Maintenance scripts get a --memory-limit option to override defaults (which
is usually to set it to -1 to disable the limit)
* (bug 25397) Allow uploading (not displaying) of WebP images, disabled by default
+* (bug 23194) Special:ListFiles now has thumbnails
+* Use hreflang to specify canonical and alternate links, search engine friendly
+ when a wiki has multiple variant languages.
=== Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive
used, rvlimit is enforced to 1.
* If a action=parse request provides an oldid that is actually the current revision
id, try the parser cache, and save it to it if necessary
+* (bug 25463) Export header should not be shown if no pages were requested, to
+ reduce confusion
+* (bug 25648) API discovery information has been added as RSD link in page
+ <head> and by providing an API module action=rsd. Added hook
+ ApiRsdServiceApis for extensions to add their own service to the services
+ list.
=== Languages updated in 1.17 ===