It is still set to true for extension compatibility but doing so in extensions is deprecated.
* $wgXhtmlDefaultNamespace is no longer used by core. Setting it will no longer change the
xmlns used by MediaWiki. Reliance on this variable by extensions is deprecated.
+* $wgHandheldStyle was removed.
+* $wgJsMimeType is no longer used by core. Most usage has been removed since
+ HTML output is now exclusively HTML5.
+* $wgDBOracleDRCP added. True enables persistent connection with DRCP on Oracle.
+* $wgLogAutopatrol added to allow disabling logging of autopatrol edits in the logging table.
+ default for $wgLogAutopatrol is true.
=== New features in 1.22 ===
* (bug 44525) mediawiki.jqueryMsg can now parse (whitelisted) HTML elements and attributes.
which can be cascading (previously 'sysop' was hard-coded as the only one).
* XHTML5 support has been improved. If you set $wgMimeType = 'application/xhtml+xml'
MediaWiki will try outputting markup acording to XHTML5 rules.
+* New hook 'TitleSquidURLs' for manipulating the list of URLs to be purged from
+ HTTP caches when a page is changed.
+* Changed the patrolling system to always show the link for patrolling in case the
+ current revision is patrollable. This also removed the usage of the rcid URI parameters.
+* Oracle DB backend now supports Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP).
+ Can be enabled by setting $wgDBOracleDRCP=true.
+ Requires Oracle DB 11gR1 or above, enabled DRCP inside the DB itself and a
+ propper connect string.
+ More about DRCP can be found at:
+ http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/11g/database-resident-connection-pool-11gr1.php
+* Add a new parameter $patrolFooterShown to hook ArticleViewFooter so the hook
+ handlers can take further action based on the status of the patrol footer
+* LinkCache singleton can now be altered or cleared, letting one to specify
+ another instance that does not rely on a database backend.
=== Bug fixes in 1.22 ===
* Disable Special:PasswordReset when $wgEnableEmail is false. Previously one
strings will now start with digits 0 and 8-f as often as they should.
* (bug 45371) Removed Parser_LinkHooks and CoreLinkFunctions classes.
* (bug 41545) Allow <kbd>, <samp>, and <var> to be nested like allowed in html.
+* PLURAL magic word no longer causes a PHP notice when no matching form exists.
+* (bug 36641) Patrol page links no longer show on non-existent revisions.
+* (bug 35810) Pages not linked from Special:RecentChanges or Special:NewPages
+ are patrollable now.
+* (bug 30213) JavaScript for search suggestions is now disabled when the API
+ is disabled, and AJAX patrolling and watching are now disabled when use of
+ the write API is not allowed.
+* (bug 48294) API: Fix chunk upload async mode.
=== API changes in 1.22 ===
* (bug 46626) xmldoublequote parameter was removed. Because of a bug, the
stored in the database.
* (bug 47219) Allow specifying change type of Wikipedia feed items
* prop=imageinfo now allows setting iiurlheight without setting iiurlwidth
-* prop=info now adds the content model of the title.
+* prop=info now adds the content model and page language of the title.
* New upload log entries will now contain information on the relavent
image (sha1 and timestamp).
regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
+* Batak Toba (bbc-latn) added.
* (bug 46751) Made Buryat (Russia) (буряад) (bxr) fallback to Russian.
=== Other changes in 1.22 ===
to redirect through Special:Redirect.
* Monobook: Removed the old conditional stylesheets for Opera 6, 7 and 9.
* Support for XHTML 1.0 has been removed. MediaWiki now only outputs (X)HTML5.
+* wikibits: User-agent related globals have been deprecated. The following
+ properties now default to false and emit mw.log.warn: is_gecko, is_chrome_mac,
+ is_chrome, webkit_version, is_safari_win, is_safari, webkit_match, is_ff2,
+ ff2_bugs, is_ff2_win, is_ff2_x11, opera95_bugs, opera7_bugs, opera6_bugs,
+ is_opera_95, is_opera_preseven, is_opera, and ie6_bugs.
+* (bug 48276) MediaWiki will now flash a confirmation message upon successfully
+ editing a page.
+* (bug 40785) mediawiki.legacy.ajax has been marked as deprecated. The following
+ properties now emit mw.log.warn when accessed: sajax_debug, sajax_init_object,
+ sajax_do_call and wfSupportsAjax.
== Compatibility ==