* (bug 9257) $wgRCMaxAge now defaults to three months

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index c4a4a12..b6d3920 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
   to be shown to users
 * $wgAllowRealName was deprecated in favor of $wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'realname',
   but the former is still retained for backwards-compatibility
+* (bug 9257) $wgRCMaxAge now defaults to three months
 
 === New features in 1.16 ===
 

diff --git a/includes/DefaultSettings.php b/includes/DefaultSettings.php
index 59c3db9..9b3fd4b 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/DefaultSettings.php
+++ b/includes/DefaultSettings.php
@@ -2150,9 +2150,9 @@ $wgPutIPinRC = true;
 /**
  * Recentchanges items are periodically purged; entries older than this many
  * seconds will go.
- * For one week : 7 * 24 * 3600
+ * Default: 13 weeks = about three monts
  */
-$wgRCMaxAge = 7 * 24 * 3600;
+$wgRCMaxAge = 13 * 7 * 24 * 3600;
 
 /**
  * Filter $wgRCLinkDays by $wgRCMaxAge to avoid showing links for numbers higher than what will be stored.