production.
=== Configuration changes in 1.23 ===
+* When $wgJobRunRate is higher that zero, jobs are now executed via an
+ asynchronous HTTP request to a MediaWiki entry point. This may require
+ increasing the number of server worker threads.
* $wgDebugLogGroups values may be set to an associative array with a
'destination' key specifying the log destination. The array may also contain
a 'sample' key with a positive integer value N indicating that the log group
parameter, which overrides the 'options' parameter.
* Admins can expire users users passwords manually, or on a schedule using the
$wgPasswordExpirationDays configuration setting.
+* Add new hook SendWatchlistEmailNotification, this will be used to determine
+ whether to send a watchlist email notification.
=== Bug fixes in 1.23 ===
* (bug 41759) The "updated since last visit" markers (on history pages, recent
* (bug 60543) Special:PrefixIndex forgot stripprefix=1 for "Next page" link
* (bug 29762) Undoing an already-undone edit will now display an appropriate
message instead of leading the user to make a null edit.
+* (bug 52659) mediawiki.notification: Notification area remained visible when
+ empty and thus was stealing pointer events from links on the page.
=== Web API changes in 1.23 ===
* (bug 54884) action=parse&prop=categories now indicates hidden and missing
* (bug 58627) Provide language names on action=parse&prop=langlinks.
* Deprecated llurl= in favour of llprop=url for action=query&prop=langlinks.
* Added llprop=langname and llprop=autonym for action=query&prop=langlinks.
+* prop=redirects is added, to return redirects to the pages in the query.
+* list=allredirects is added, to list all redirects pointing to a namespace.
=== Languages updated in 1.23 ===
* mw.loader.go and mw.loader.version have been removed.
* (bug 52815) Preference "Enable simplified search bar (Vector skin only)"
was removed.
+* A user_password_expires column has been added to the user table. The User
+ object expects this column to exist. Use update.php to create this new field.
+* The jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was deprecated in favor of the
+ jquery.throttle-debounce module. It will be removed in MediaWiki 1.24.
==== Removed classes ====
* FakeMemCachedClient (deprecated in 1.18)