* The UserRights hook is deprecated in favor of the new UserGroupsChanged hook.
* AuthPlugin::initUser() and AuthPlugin::updateUser() should no longer replace
the passed User object.
+* $wgBlockAllowsUTEdit is now set to true by default. This allows
+ blocked users to edit their talk pages unless explicitly disabled
+ when they are being blocked.
+* CLDRPluralRule* classes have been replaced with wikimedia/cldr-plural-rule-parser.
=== New features in 1.26 ===
* (T51506) Now action=info gives estimates of actual watchers for a page.
* Caches that need purging ability now use the WANObjectCache interface.
This corresponds to a new $wgMainWANCache setting, which defaults to using
the $wgMainCacheType settings.
+* Added MWTimestamp::getTimezoneString() which returns the localized timezone
+ string, if available. To localize this string, see the comments of
+ $wgLocaltimezone in includes/DefaultSettings.php.
* Callers needing fast light-weight data stores use $wgMainStash to select
the store type from $wgObjectCaches. The default is the local database.
* Interface message overrides in the MediaWiki namespace will now be cached in
* Upgrade jQuery Client from v1.0.0 to v2.0.0.
* Added mediawiki/at-ease 1.0.0.
* Update QUnit from v1.17.1 to v1.18.0.
+* Added wikimedia/cldr-plural-rule-parser 1.0.0
=== Bug fixes in 1.26 ===
* (T53283) load.php sometimes sends 304 response without full headers
* Watchlist tokens, SpecialResetTokens, and User::getTokenFromOption()
are deprecated. Applications using those can work via the OAuth
extension instead. New tokens types should not be added.
+* (T36948) The default file revert message's timestamp is now in $wgLocaltimezone,
+ instead of UTC.
* DatabaseBase::errorCount() was removed (unused).
* $wgDeferredUpdateList was removed.
* DeferredUpdates::addHTMLCacheUpdate() was removed.