* Introduced $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey as a backwards-compatibility switch,
for using the old schema of the page_props table, in case the respective
schema update was not applied.
+* $wgSearchEverythingOnlyLoggedIn was removed as the 'searcheverything'
+ user option was removed. Use $wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault instead or
+ if you used to have $wgDefaultUserOptions['searcheverything'] = 1.
=== New features in 1.24 ===
* Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
* (bug 49156) Added the mediawiki.cookie ResourceLoader module, which wraps
jQuery.cookie so that getting/setting a cookie is syntactically and functionally
similar to using the WebRequest#getCookie/WebResponse#setcookie methods.
-* (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1.
+* (bug 44740) jQuery upgraded from 1.8.3 to 1.11.1. A new configuration option,
+ $wgIncludejQueryMigrate, also loads the jQuery Migrate hack to let extensions
+ and gadgets use the long-deprecated functions that were removed in jQuery 1.9.
+ This option is turned off by default, and will be removed in MediaWiki 1.25.
* Changes to content typography (fonts, etc.). See
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh for further information.
* WikitextContent will now render redirects with the expected "redirect"
can probably be changed to no longer special-case redirects.
* Header font set to a serif font stack. See
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh for further information.
-* (bug 63903) Thumbnails without an explicit size specification are
- now resized to a square bounding box. This gives better results for
- non-landscape thumbnails.
* (bug 65567) Added a new hook, "BeforeHttpsRedirect", to allow cancellation of the HTTP
to HTTPS redirect due to forceHTTPS cookie, userRequires, etc. This is only for page views,
since this hook doesn't affect UserLogin, OAuth, CentralAuth, etc.
* New methods setVolatile and isVolatile are added to PPFrame, so that
extensions such as Cite.php can mark that their output is volatile and
shouldn't be cached.
+* (bug 52817) Advanced search options are now saved on the search page itself, rather
+ than in a dedicated pane in the preferences panel.
+* (bug 44591) The dropdown actions menu (little triangle next to page tabs) in
+ the Vector skin has gained a label that should make it more discoverable.
=== Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
* (bug 49116) Footer copyright notice is now always displayed in user language
specified.
* action=logevents has a new parameter, lenamespace, to allow filtering by
namespace.
+* action=expandtemplates has a new parameter, prop, and a new output format.
+ The old format is still used if prop isn't provided, but this is deprecated.
=== Languages updated in 1.24 ===
core to their own respective repositories. See also
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Modern and
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:CologneBlue.
+* BREAKING CHANGE: Skins built for MediaWiki 1.15 and earlier that do not use
+ 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.
+* 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.
+ All special pages should subclass SpecialPage and implement the execute() method.
==== Renamed classes ====
* CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression