* The user right 'upload_by_url' is no longer given to sysops by default.
This only affects installations which have $wgAllowCopyUploads set to true.
* Removed f-prot support from $wgAntivirusSetup.
-* $wgDBerrorLogInUTC to log error in $wgDBerrorLog using an UTC date instead
- of the wiki timezone set by $wgLocalTimezone.
+* New variable $wgDBerrorLogTZ to provide dates in the error log in a
+ different timezone than the wiki timezone set by $wgLocalTimezone.
+* New variables $wgDBssl and $wgDBcompress to enable SSL and compression for database
+ connections, if either are available for the selected DB type.
=== New features in 1.20 ===
* Added TitleIsAlwaysKnown hook which gets called when determining if a page exists.
* Added SpecialPageAfterExecute hook which gets called after SpecialPage::execute.
* Added ORMTable, ORMRow and ORMResult classes for additional abstraction of
database interaction.
+* Added CacheHelper and associated SpecialCachedPage and CachedAction helper classes.
* (bug 32341) Add upload by URL domain limitation.
* &useskin=default will now always display the default skin. Useful for users with a
preference for the non-default skin to look at something using the default skin.
* (bug 35685) api.php URL and other entry point URLs are now listed on
Special:Version
* Edit notices can now be translated.
-* (bug 35680) jQuery upgraded to 1.7.2.
+* jQuery upgraded to 1.8.
* jQuery UI upgraded to 1.8.22.
* (bug 35705) QUnit upgraded from v1.2.0 to v1.8.0.
* (bug 37604) jquery.cookie upgraded to 2011 version.
* Added support in jquery.localize for placeholder attributes.
* (bug 38151) Implemented mw.user.getRights for getting and caching the current
user's user rights.
+* Session storage can now configured independently of general object cache
+ storage, by using $wgSessionCacheType. $wgSessionsInMemcached has been
+ renamed to $wgSessionsInObjectCache, with the old name retained for backwards
+ compatibility. When this feature is enabled, the expiry time can now be
+ configured with $wgObjectCacheSessionExpiry.
+* Added a Redis client for object caching.
* Implemented mw.user.getGroups for getting and caching user groups.
* (bug 37830) Added $wgRequirePasswordforEmailChange to control whether password
confirmation is required for changing an email address or not.
* HTMLForm mutators can now be chained (they return $this)
+* A new message, "api-error-filetype-banned-type", is available for formatting
+ API upload errors due to the file extension blacklist.
+* jsMessage: Redesigned in Vector/Monobook as floating bubble with auto-hide.
+* New hook 'ParserTestGlobals' allows to set globals before running parser tests.
+* Allow importing pages as subpage.
+* Add lang and hreflang attributes to language links on Login page.
+* (bug 22749) Create Special:MostInterwikis.
+* Show change tags when transclude Special:Recentchanges(linked) or Special:Newpages.
+* (bug 23226) Add |class= parameter to image links in order to add class(es) to HTML img tag.
+* (bug 39431) SVG animated status is now shown in long description
+* (bug 39376) jquery.form upgraded to 3.14
=== Bug fixes in 1.20 ===
* (bug 30245) Use the correct way to construct a log page title.
* (bug 36073) Avoid duplicate element IDs on File pages
* (bug 25095) Special:Categories should also include the first relevant item
when "from" is filled.
+* (bug 35526) jquery.tablesorter now uses a stable sort.
+* (bug 38953) --memory-limit switch not working for runJobs.php.
+* (bug 33037) Make subpage of Special:newfiles control how many files
+ are returned, like in previous versions.
+* (bug 36524) "Show" options on Special:RecentChanges and Special:RecentChangesLinked
+ are now remembered between successive clicks.
+* (bug 26069) Page title is no longer "Error" for all error pages
+* (bug 39297) Show warning if thumbnail of animated image will not be animated.
=== API changes in 1.20 ===
* (bug 34316) Add ability to retrieve maximum upload size from MediaWiki API.
* (bug 38190) Add "required" flag to some token params for hint in api docs.
* (bug 27567) Add file repo support to prop=duplicatefiles.
* (bug 27610) Add archivename for non-latest image version to list=filearchive
+* (bug 38231) Add xml parse tree to action=parse.
+* Watchlist notification timestamp may be queried by page and may be updated via the API.
+* (bug 38904) prop=revisions&rvstart=... no longer blows up when continuing.
+* (bug 39032) ApiQuery generates help in constructor.
+* (bug 11142) Improve file extension blacklist error reporting in API upload
=== Languages updated in 1.20 ===
so the WikiPage code wasn't useful there either.
* Deprecated mw.user.name in favour of mw.user.getName.
* Deprecated mw.user.anonymous in favour of mw.user.isAnon.
+* Deprecated DatabaseBase functions newFromParams(), newFromType(), set(),
+ quote_ident(), and escapeLike() were removed.
== Compatibility ==