* The spyc library is now no longer included in phase3.
* (bug 28343) Unused preferences contextlines/contextchars have been removed
* $wgSkinExtensionFunctions has been removed. Use $wgExtensionFunctions instead.
+* $wgProto has been removed. You now only need to set $wgServer to change the
+ URL protocol.
=== New features in 1.18 ===
* (bug 8130) Query pages should limit to content namespaces, not just main
(maintenance/fixDoubleRedirects.php).
* (bug 23315) New body classes to allow easier styling of special pages.
* (bug 27159) Make email confirmation code expiration time configurable.
-* CSS/JS for each user group is imported from MediaWiki:Sysop.js,
- MediaWiki:Autoconfirmed.css, etc.
+* CSS/JS for each user group is imported from MediaWiki:Group-sysop.js,
+ MediaWiki:Group-autoconfirmed.css, etc.
* (bug 24230) Uploads of ZIP types, such as MS Office or OpenOffice can now be
safely enabled. A ZIP file reader was added which can scan a ZIP file for
potentially dangerous Java applets. This allows applets to be blocked
left-to-right.
* (bug 28719) Do not call mLinkHolders __destruct explicitly
* (bug 21196) Article::getContributors() no longer fails on PostgreSQL.
-* (bug 28752) XCache doesn't work in CLI mode.
* (bug 28076) Thumbnail height limited to 360 pixels on Special:Listfiles
* (bug 22227) Special:Listfiles no longer throws an error on bogus file entries
* (bug 19408) user_properties.up_property: 32 bytes is not enough.
* (bug 25262) Fix for minification of hardcoded data: URIs in CSS
+* (bug 29263) Add LTR class to the shared CSS to be used for left-to-right text
+ such as SQL queries shown in dberrortext and similar messages in RTL
+ environments
+* (bug 14977) Fixed $wgServer detection in cases where an IPv6 address is used
+ as the server name.
=== API changes in 1.18 ===
* (bug 26339) Throw warning when truncating an overlarge API result.
* (bug 27549) action=query&list=users&usprop=groups doesn't show implicit
groups if a user doesn't have explicit groups.
* (bug 27670) Ordering by timestamp (and usage of start and end) isn't as clear
- in auto generated document, as it is on mw.org.
+ in auto generated document, as it is on mediawiki.org.
* (bug 27182) API: Add filter by prefix for meta=allmessages.
* (bug 27183) API: Add filter by customisation state for meta=allmessages.
* (bug 27340) API: Allow listing of "small" categories.