* (bug 10837) $wgVariant is a user variant selected in the user's preferences
if the $wgContLang does not have variant, then the $wgLang is used instead.
* Oracle: maintenance/ora/user.sql script for creating DB user on oracle with
- appropriate privileges
+ appropriate privileges. Creating this user with web-install page requires
+ oci8.privileged_connect set to On in php.ini.
=== New features in 1.16 ===
* (bug 14866) Messages 'recentchangeslinked-toolbox' and
'recentchangeslinked-toolbox' were added to allow more fine grained
customisation of the user interface
+* DISPLAYTITLE now accepts a limited amount of wiki markup (the single-quote items)
+* Special:Search now could search terms in all variant-forms. ONLY apply on
+ wikis with LanguageConverter
=== Bug fixes in 1.16 ===
* (bug 18925) history.js removes class names of list elements on initialization
* Multiple whitespace in TOC anchors is now stripped, for consistency with the
link from the edit comment
+* (bug 19112) Preferences now respects $wgUseExternalEditor, $wgExternalDiffEngine
+* (bug 18173) MediaWiki now fails when unable to determine a client IP
+* (bug 19170) Special:Version should follow the content language direction
+* (bug 19160) maintenance/purgeOldText.inc is now compatible with PostgreSQL
+* Fixed performance regression in "bad image list" feature
== API changes in 1.16 ==
* (bug 18749) Add generator flag to action=paraminfo output
* Make action=block respect $wgEnableUserEmail and $wgSysopEmailBans
* Made deleting file description pages without files possible
+* (bug 18773) Add content flag to siprop=namespaces output
+* (bug 18785) Add siprop=languages to meta=siteinfo
=== Languages updated in 1.16 ===