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[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.25

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25
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@@ -18,9 +18,21 @@ production.
   for 'languageScripts'.
 * Added a new hook, "ContentAlterParserOutput", to allow extensions to modify the
   parser output for a content object before links update.
+* (bug 35785) Enhanced recent changes and extended watchlist are now default.
+  Documentation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Enhanced_recent_changes
+  and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgDefaultUserOptions.
 * (bug 67341) SVG images will no longer be base64-encoded when being embedded
   in CSS. This results in slight size increase before gzip compression (due to
   percent-encoding), but up to 20% decrease after it.
+* Upgrade jStorage to v0.4.12.
+* MediaWiki now natively supports page status indicators: icons (or short text
+  snippets) usually displayed in the top-right corner of the page. They have
+  been in use on Wikipedia for a long time, implemented using templates and CSS
+  absolute positioning.
+  - Basic wikitext syntax: <indicator name="foo">[[File:Foo.svg|20px]]</indicator>
+  - Usage instructions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Page_status_indicators
+  - Adjusting custom skins to support indicators:
+    https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skinning#Page_status_indicators
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.25 ===
 * (bug 71003) No additional code will be generated to try to load CSS-embedded
@@ -45,6 +57,10 @@ production.
   "uselang=user" may be used to select the language from the current user's
   preferences.
 * Default output format for the API is now jsonfm.
+* Simplified continuation will return a "batchcomplete" property in the result
+  when a batch of pages is complete.
+* Pretty-printed HTML output now has nicer formatting and (if available)
+  better syntax highlighting.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
 * ApiHelp has been rewritten to support i18n and paginated HTML output.
@@ -64,6 +80,11 @@ production.
 * Api formatters will no longer be asked to display the help screen on errors.
 * ApiMain::getCredits() was removed. The credits are available in the
   'api-credits' i18n message.
+* ApiFormatBase has been changed to support i18n and syntax highlighting via
+  extensions with the new 'ApiFormatHighlight' hook. Core syntax highlighting
+  has been removed.
+* ApiFormatBase now always buffers. Output is done when
+  ApiFormatBase::closePrinter is called.
 * The following methods have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
   release:
   * ApiBase::getDescription
@@ -75,6 +96,9 @@ production.
   * ApiFormatBase::setUnescapeAmps
   * ApiFormatBase::getWantsHelp
   * ApiFormatBase::setHelp
+  * ApiFormatBase::formatHTML
+  * ApiFormatBase::setBufferResult
+  * ApiFormatBase::getDescription
   * ApiMain::setHelp
   * ApiMain::reallyMakeHelpMsg
   * ApiMain::makeHelpMsgHeader