X-Git-Url: https://git.cyclocoop.org/%27.WWW_URL.%27admin/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=942e192d7fd48836c414212e634fd04dd2eab349;hb=837d39dec7b407a9c32c5777914c7a73c5351b33;hp=bbee46af957bc805b20eaed3a02e181922f4663f;hpb=e6853e1bfab1547a3a29d92868e22fd6e05a14b2;p=lhc%2Fweb%2Fwiklou.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index bbee46af95..942e192d7f 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN === PHP 5.2 now required == -In 1.18, the lowest supported version of MediaWiki is now 5.2.x. Please upgrade +In 1.18, the lowest supported version of MediaWiki is now 5.2.3. Please upgrade PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki. === Configuration changes in 1.18 === @@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki. $wgValidSkinNames but now the value. This means for $wgValidSkinNames["monobook"] = "MonoBook"; the skin loader will no longer try loading SkinMonobook and will instead load SkinMonoBook. -* The parser now attempts to output markers for editsection tokens and defer the - rendering of them so skin and language specific markup does not need to be - saved inside the parser cache note that this changes the cache key making all - old entries in the parser cache invalid you can set $wgUseEditSectionTokens to - false to disable this and keep your old parser cache entries. - Note that this feature should reduce parser cache fragmentation when enabled. * $wgMaxUploadSize may now be set to an array to specify the upload size limit per upload type. * $wgAPICacheHelp added in 1.16 is now removed. To disable API help caching, set @@ -62,6 +56,15 @@ PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki. becomes "check to block logged-in users too". The default settings remain the same. * Most of the field names on the Special:Block form have been changed, which will probably break screen-scraping bots. +* (bug 26866) The 'trackback' right is no longer granted to sysops by default. + $wgUseTrackbacks is already false by default +* (bug 17009) the hiddenStructure CSS class, a highly hackish way of at least *appearing* + to hide article elements, has been removed. Use the ParserFunctions extension to + actually remove unwanted elements from the output. +* (bug 14202) $wgUseTeX has been superseded by the Math extension. To re-enable + math conversion after upgrading, obtain the Math extension from SVN or from + http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math and add to LocalSettings.php: + require_once "$IP/extensions/Math/Math.php"; === New features in 1.18 === * Added a special page, disabled by default, that allows users with the @@ -114,6 +117,21 @@ PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki. extension * (bug 2581, bug 6834) Added links to thumbnail in several resolutions to the file description page. The sizes are set by $wgImageLimits. +* (bug 28031) Add pageCount support to ArchivedFile +* (bug 27924) PhpHttpRequest doesn't return response body if HTTP != 200 +* Added hook BitmapHandlerTransform to allow extension to transform a file + without overriding the entire handler. +* The parser now attempts to output markers for editsection tokens and defer the + rendering of them post-cache to reduce parser cache fragmentation and ensure + skin customizability of edit section links. +* (bug 24755) AuthPlugin auto-creation of local accounts can now be aborted by + other extensions by handling the 'AbortAutoAccount' hook, similar to the + 'AbortNewAccount' triggered by explicit account creations. (They are separate + to avoid loops and confusion; auth plugins like CentralAuth need to handle + AbortNewAccount separately. +* Special:ListFiles is now transcludable. +* (bug 13879) Special:Emailuser asks for suitable target user if called without. + === Bug fixes in 1.18 === * (bug 23119) WikiError class and subclasses are now marked as deprecated @@ -157,6 +175,8 @@ PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki. * (bug 26449) Keep underlines from headings outside of tables and thumbs by adding overflow:hidden to h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 (also fixes editsection bunching). * (bug 26708) Remove background-color:white from tables in Monobook and Vector. +* (bug 28422) Remove color:black from tables in Monobook and Vector. And add it + to table.wikitable instead. * (bug 26781) {{PAGENAME}} and related parser functions escape their output better. * (bug 26716) Provide link to instructions for external editor related @@ -190,6 +210,32 @@ PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki. * Do not show enotifminoredits preference, if disabled by $wgEnotifMinorEdits. * AbortLogin returning "ABORTED" now handled. Also allows message identifier for "ABORTED" reason to be returned and displayed to user. +* (bug 28034) uploading file to local wiki when file exists on shared repository + (commons) gives spurious info in the warning message +* Usernames get lost when selecting different sorts on Special:listfiles +* (bug 14005) editing section 0 of an existing but empty page gives no such + section error +* (bug 26939) Installer does not set $wgMetaNamespace +* (bug 28166) UploadBase assumes that 'edit' and 'upload' rights are not per + page restrictions +* Make truncate function automatically consider length of '...' string, + since length can vary by localization. +* (bug 28242) Make redirects generated by urls containing a local interwiki + prefix be a 301 instead of a 302. +* (bug 15641) blocked administrators are now prevented from deleting or protecting + their own talk page; and all blocked users are more comprehensively prevented + from performing other actions +* (bug 15641) Fixed positioning of permissions checks in Special:Import which + allowed users without the 'import' permission to import pages if they directly + submitted the form. +* (bug 27893) Edit-on-doubleclick now applies only on view and purge actions; + no longer triggers unexpectedly on delete, history etc. +* (bug 28417) Fix PHP notice when importing revision without a listed id +* (bug 28430) Make html and TeX output of always be left-to-right. +* (bug 28306) Fix exposure of suppressed usernames in ForeignDBRepo +* (bug 28372) Fix bogus link to suppressed file versions in ForeignDBRepo +* (bug 27473) Fix regression: bold, italic no longer interfere with linktrail for ca, kaa +* (bug 28444) Fix regression: edit-on-doubleclick retains revision id again === API changes in 1.18 === * (bug 26339) Throw warning when truncating an overlarge API result @@ -247,7 +293,48 @@ PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki. * (bug 27670) Ordering by timestamp (and usage of start and end) isn't as clear in auto generated document, as it is on mw.org * (bug 27182) API: Add filter by prefix for meta=allmessages - +* (bug 27183) API: Add filter by customisation state for meta=allmessages +* (bug 27340) API: Allow listing of "small" categories +* (bug 27342) Add audir param to list=allusers +* (bug 27203) add fato param to list=filearchive +* (bug 27341) Add drto param to list=deletedrevs +* (bug 26630) Add api for Special:ActiveUsers +* (bug 27020) API: Allow title prefix search of logevents (only when not in + miser mode) +* (bug 26629) add Special:MIMESearch to api +* (bug 27585) add pagecount to list=filearchive +* (bug 28104) Namespace for local pages in interwiki backlinks (iwbacklinks) + is missing +* (bug 27343) Add parseddescription to list=filearchive +* (bug 27469) label implicit groups in list=allusers&auprop=groups/ + list=users&usprop=groups +* Addition of APIQuerySiteInfoGeneralInfo hook to add extra information to + the general site info results +* (bug 16288) API: consider making closure status of wikis more clear + with meta=siteinfo +* (bug 27589) list=allimages&aiprop=archivename is useless +* (bug 27586) Remove duplication of props in ApiQueryStashImageInfo + by using ApiQueryImageInfo +* (bug 28226) prop=extlinks&eloffset should be an integer +* (bug 28070) Fix watchlist RSS for databases that store timestamps in a + real timestamp field. +* API upload errors may now return the parameter that needs to be changed and + a sessionkey to fix the error. +* (bug 28249) allow dupes in meta=allmessages&amargs +* (bug 28263) cannot import xml with the api, when have not "import" user + right, but "importupload" +* (bug 28365) Added description for uiprop=preferencestoken in meta=userinfo +* (bug 28394) Set forgotten parameters types in ApiUnblock +* (bug 28395) Set forgotten parameters types in ApiParse +* (bug 28368) add hint for multipart/form-data to api information of + action=import&xml= +* (bug 28391) action=feedwatchlist&allrev should be a bool +* (bug 28364) add registration date to meta=userinfo +* (bug 28254) action=paraminfo: Extract type from PARAM_DFLT if + PARAM_TYPE is not set +* (bug 27712) add parent_id to list=deletedrevs +* (bug 28455) Add 'toponly' to recentchanges API module +* (bug 26873) API: Add 'toponly' filter in usercontribs module === Languages updated in 1.18 === @@ -255,8 +342,9 @@ MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports. -* Liv (liv) (new) - +* Liv (Livonian) (new) +* Tokipona: 'tp' language code no longer supported; 'tokipona' is still + valid, however. * (bug 17160) Gender specific display text for User namespace * Link trail added for sl and sh * (bug 27633) Add characters to linkTrail for Potuguese (pt and pt-br) @@ -265,11 +353,12 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports. * (bug 27681) Set $namespaceGenderAliases for Portuguese (pt and pt-br) * (bug 27785) Fallback language for Kabardian (kbd) is English now. * (bug 27825) Raw watchlist edit message now uses formatted numbers. +* (bug 28040) Turkish: properly lower case 'I' to 'ı' (dotless i) and + uppercase 'i' to 'İ' (dotted i) == Compatibility == -MediaWiki 1.18 requires PHP 5.1 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer -supported. +MediaWiki 1.18 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported. MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade. At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.