Add release notes for BagOStuff::replace() removal

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

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@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ production.
   we will send rel=alternate.
 
 === New features in 1.24 ===
+* Added new hook WatchlistEditorBeforeFormRender, allowing subscribers to
+  manipulate the list of pages and/or preload lots of data at once.
+* Added new argument &$link in hook WatchlistEditorBuildRemoveLine, allowing the
+  link to the title to be changed.
 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
   WhatLinksHere entries.
 * Added a new hook, "ContentGetParserOutput", to customize parser output for
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ production.
   Special:PageLanguage. All pages are set to wiki language by default.
   The feature needs to be enabled with $wgPageLanguageUseDB=true and
   permission needs to be set for 'pagelang'.
-* Upgrade Moment.js to v2.8.1.
+* Upgrade Moment.js to v2.8.3.
 * (bug 67042) Added support for the HTML5 <rtc> tag for East Asian typography.
 * Upgrade Sinon.JS to 1.10.3.
 * Added the es5-shim polyfill for older or non-compliant javascript engines.
@@ -177,6 +181,8 @@ production.
 * API token handling has been rewritten. Any API module using tokens will need
   to be updated. See the entry below under "Action API internal changes".
 * Added HTMLAutoCompleteSelectField.
+* Added a new hook, "SkinPreloadExistence", to allow extensions to add titles to
+  link existence cache before the page is rendered.
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
 * (bug 50572) MediaWiki:Blockip should support gender
@@ -209,6 +215,7 @@ production.
 * (bugs 57238, 65206) Blank pages can now be directly created.
 * (bug 69789) Title::getContentModel() now loads from the database when
   necessary instead of incorrectly returning the default content model.
+* (bug 69249) wfBaseConvert() now works around PHP Bug #50175 when using GMP.
 
 === Action API changes in 1.24 ===
 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
@@ -246,6 +253,9 @@ production.
   of fetching tokens are deprecated. The value needed for meta=tokens's 'type'
   parameter for each module is documented in the action=help output and is
   returned from action=paraminfo.
+* New action ClearHasMsg that can be used to clear HasMsg flag.
+* The cmstartsortkey and cmendsortkey parameters to list=categorymembers are
+  deprecated in favor of cmstarthexsortkey and cmendhexsortkey.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.24 ===
 * Methods for handling continuation are added to ApiResult, so actions other
@@ -348,6 +358,13 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   the "headelement" template key are no longer supported. Setting
   $useHeadElement = false; is no longer supported and will not cause old keys
   like "headlinks", "skinnameclass", etc. to be defined.
+* BREAKING CHANGE: The files commonElements.css, commonContent.css and
+  commonInterface.css (in skins/common/) have been removed. Skins may no longer
+  rely on their presence and include them in their style modules. ResourceLoader
+  modules introduced in MediaWiki 1.23 should be loaded instead:
+  - skins/common/commonElements.css  → 'mediawiki.skinning.elements' module
+  - skins/common/commonContent.css   → 'mediawiki.skinning.content' module
+  - skins/common/commonInterface.css → 'mediawiki.skinning.interface' module
 * The deprecated 'SpecialVersionExtensionTypes' hook was removed.
 * (bug 63891) Add 'X-Robots-Tag: noindex' header in action=render pages.
 * SpecialPage no longer supports the syntax for invoking wfSpecial*() functions.
@@ -415,8 +432,8 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   setPreloadedText() from EditPage.php. (deprecated since 1.21)
 * Removed global functions wfArrayLookup(), wfArrayMerge(), wfDebugDieBacktrace()
   and wfTime(). (deprecated since 1.22)
-* Browser support for Internet Explorer 6 lowered from Grade A to Grade C,
-  meaning that JavaScript is no longer executed in this browser.
+* Browser support for Internet Explorer 6 and 7 lowered from Grade A to Grade C,
+  meaning that JavaScript is no longer executed in these browser versions.
 * Browser support for Opera 11 lowered from Grade A to Grade C.
 * Removed IEFixes module which existed purely to provide support for MSIE versions
   below 7 (conditionally loaded only for those browsers).
@@ -434,8 +451,17 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   called unconditionally.
 * TablePager::getBody() is now 'final' and can't be overridden in subclasses.
 * TablePager::getBody() is deprecated, use getBodyOutput() or getFullOutput().
-* log_page for move log entries store the original page ID, rather than that 
+* Added $outputPage parameter to the SkinTemplateGetLanguageLink hook.
+* log_page for move log entries store the original page ID, rather than that
   of the new redirect page. This is not retroactive.
+* LCStoreAccel was removed. $wgLocalisationCacheConf can no longer be set to
+  use this store class.
+* Html::infoBox() no longer accepts paths relative to skins/common/images/.
+* Deprecated defunct Skin::getCommonStylePath().
+* Some extensions had their ResourceLoader modules depend on the "mediawiki"
+  and "jquery" modules. In the past, this behavior was undefined, now it will
+  throw an error.
+* Removed BagOStuff::replace(). (deprecated since 1.23)
 
 ==== Renamed classes ====
 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression