* (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.
-* (bug 18958) $wgEnableVariants is a new boolean value to turn on or off the
- entire variant conversion engine, and the default is set to true. Former
- variable $wgDisableLangConversion was superseded by this variable.
* 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 ===
* (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 18958) Added ability to disable entire variant conversion engine
- per user preferences
-* (bug 19012) Introduce {{NUMBEROFCONTRIBS}} variable to display the number
- of contributions a user has.
* (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 ===
for it.
* (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 18207) Strange spacing before [[irc:...]] 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 ==
* (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 ===
* (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 ==