* $wgSessionHandler can be used to configure session.save_handler
* $wgLocalFileRepo/$wgForeignFileRepos now have a 'fileMode' parameter to
be used when uploading/moving files
+* (bug 18761) $wgHiddenPrefs is a new array for specifying preferences not
+ to be shown to users
+* $wgAllowRealName and $wgAllowUserSkin were deprecated in favor of
+ $wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'realname', but the former are still retained
+ for backwards-compatibility
+* (bug 9257) $wgRCMaxAge now defaults to three months
+* $wgDevelopmentWarnings can be set to true to show warnings about deprecated
+ functions and other potential errors when developing.
+* Subpages are now enabled in the MediaWiki namespace by default. This is
+ mainly a cosmetic change, and does not in any way affect the MessageCache,
+ which was already effectively treating the namespace as if it had subpages.
+* (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. Creating this user with web-install page requires
+ oci8.privileged_connect set to On in php.ini.
=== New features in 1.16 ===
* Add CSS defintion of the 'wikitable' class to shared.css
* (bug 17163) Added MediaWiki:Talkpageheader which will be displayed when
viewing talk pages
-* Add group convertsion support for LanguageConverter. New magic word
- "{{GROUPCONVERT:xxx}}" enabled for this new feature. You can set related
- conversion rules in [[MediaWiki:Groupconversiontable-xxx/language_code]].
* Superfluous border="0" removed from images
-* Added new hook 'MessageCacheReplace' into MessageCache.php. For instance
+* Added new hook 'MessageCacheReplace' into MessageCache.php. For instance
to allow extensions to update caches in similar way as MediaWiki invalidates
a cached MonoBook sidebar
* Special:AllPages: Move hardcoded styles from code to CSS
-* (bug 6092) Add parser function equivalents of {{REVISIONID}},
- {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} (and friends) and {{REVISIONUSER}} magic words
* (bug 18529) New hook: SoftwareInfo for adding information about the software
to Special:Version
-* Added $wgExtPGAlteredFields to allow extensions to easily alter the data
+* Added $wgExtPGAlteredFields to allow extensions to easily alter the data
type of columns when using the Postgres backend.
* (bug 16950) Show move log when viewing/creating a deleted page
-* (bug 18242) Show the Subversion revision number per extensions in
+* (bug 18242) Show the Subversion revision number per extensions in
Special:Version
* (bug 18420) Missing file revisions are handled gracefully now
* (bug 9219) Auth plugins can control editing RealName/Email/Nick preferences
+* New hook: MessageNotInMwNs to handle localised messages that aren't in the
+ Mediawiki Namespace, before checking the message files
+* (bug 18466) Add note or warning when overruling a move (semi-)protection
+* (bug 18342) insertTags works in edit summary box
+* (bug 18411) The upload form also checks post_max_size
+* Watchlist now has a specialized <div> tag that contains a unique class for
+ each page
+* Added Minguo calendar support for the Taiwan Chinese language
+* Database: unionQueries function to be used for UNION sql construction, so
+ it can be overloaded on DB abstraction level for DB specific functionality
+* (bug 18849) Implement Japanese and North Korean calendars
+* (bug 5755) Introduce {{CURRENTMONTH1}} and {{LOCALMONTH1}} to display the
+ month number without the leading zero
+* (bug 13456) categoriespagetext supports PLURAL
+* (bug 18860) Blocks of IPs affecting registered users can now block email
+* (bug 17093) Date and time are separate parameters in Special:BlockList
+* (bug 11484) Added ISO speed rating to default collapsed EXIF metadata view
+* (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 18031) Make namespace selector on Special:Export remember the previous
+* (bug 18031) Make namespace selector on Special:Export remember the previous
selection
* The svn-version version numbers on Special:Version have been removed
* (bug 17374) Special:Export no longer exports two copies of the same page
* (bug 17617) HTML cleanup for ImagePage
* (bug 17964) namespaceDupes.php no longer fails on an empty interwiki table
* Improved error handling for image moving
-* (bug 17974) On Special:SpecialPages, restricted special pages are now marked
+* (bug 17974) On Special:SpecialPages, restricted special pages are now marked
with <strong> tags, helps with text-based browsers
* (bug 18259) Special:DeletedContributions now also uses
MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-logs for the link to Special:Log
* (bug 17191) Registration date now listed on preferences page.
* Note that this change will break some extensions which have not been adapted
for it.
-* (bug 17020) Adding fallback encodings for Traditional and Simplified Chinese
+* (bug 17020) Adding fallback encodings for Traditional and Simplified Chinese
languages while the the text is typed as URLs.
-* (bug 18535) Search tab tool-tops are corrupted
-* (bug 17614) Prev / Next links not need on ImagePage file history if less than limit
+* (bug 17614) Prev / Next links not need on ImagePage file history if less than
+ limit
* (bug 18207) Strange spacing before [[irc:...]] links
* Removed float from the user login form in RTL interface - caused display
problems in FF2
* (bug 15008) Redirect images are now subject to Bad image list rules
-* (bug 18677) Give proper error message when viewing &action=protect without
- sufficient rights
* (bug 6802) profileinfo.php now also work on other database servers than MySQL
-* (bug 16925) Diffs no longer fail when $wgExternalDiffEngine is set to 'wikidiff'
- or 'wikidiff2' but extension is not installed
+* (bug 16925) Diffs no longer fail when $wgExternalDiffEngine is set to
+ 'wikidiff' or 'wikidiff2' but extension is not installed
* (bug 18326) Chmod errors in file repos have been hidden
* (bug 18718) Comma after a } create a error in IE
+* (bug 18716) Removed redundant class in Modern skin CSS for category links and
+ tweaked spacing.
+* (bug 18656) Use proper directory separators in wfMkdirParents()
+* (bug 18549) Make Special:Blockip respect $wgEnableUserEmail and
+ $wgSysopEmailBans
+* (bug 16912) Tooltips on images with link= disappear
+* (bug 18389) Localise numbers in EXIF data
+* (bug 18522) Wrap MediaWiki:Protect-cascadeon in a div for identification
+* (bug 18438) Tweak HTML for preview bar for consistency and accessibility
+* (bug 18432) Updated documentation for dumpBackup.php
+* Fix array logic in Sanitizer::removeHTMLtags so that it doesn't strip good
+ tags that were redundantly defined.
+* (bug 14118) SpecialPage::getTitleFor does not return a localised name
+* (bug 18698) Renaming non entry point maintenance scripts from .inc.php to
+ .inc
+* Deprecated methods Title::getInterwikiLink, Title::userCanCreate(),
+ Title::userCanEdit() and Title::userCanMove() have been removed
+* Only show upload links on file description if $wgEnableUploads = true
+ and user can upload
+* Don't say "You need to log in to upload/move", because it's possible that
+ uploading/moving is disabled for registered users as well (e.g. only sysops)
+* (bug 18943) Handle invalid titles gracefully at Special:Mostlinked
+* (bug 8873) Enable variant conversion in text on 'alt' and 'title' attributes
+* (bug 10837) Introducing the StubUserVariant class to determine the variant
+ variable instead of using this to overrules the user language preference.
+* (bug 19014) If user had deletedhistory right, but not undeleted right, then
+ show "view" instead of "view/restore" on logs.
+* (bug 19017) TOC level calculation error in an odd case
+* (bug 18999) CSS update for RTL interwiki links
+* (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 ==
output
* (bug 18731) Show correct SVN links for extension modules in api.php?version
* (bug 18730) Add version information to action=paraminfo output
+* (bug 18743) Add ucprop=size to list=usercontribs
+* (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 ===
regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
changes to languages because of MediaZilla reports.
+* Lower Silesian (sli) (new)
+* Uyghur (Arabic script) (ug-arab) (new)
+
* (bug 18474) Sorani (ckb - Central Kurdish) (renamed from ku-arab)
* Add PLURAL function for Scots Gaelic (gd)
+* Add Estonian letters äöõšüž to linktrail (et)
+* (bug 18776) Native name of Burmese language (my)
+* (bug 18806) Use correct unicode characters in spelling of native Chuvash
+ (Чӑвашла)
+* (bug 18864) Updated autonym for Zhuang language
+* (bug 18957) Updated number formatting for German
+* (bug 18308) Updated date formatting in Occitan
+* (bug 19080) Added ăâîşţșțĂÂÎŞŢȘȚ to Romanion (ro) linktrail
== Compatibility ==