From e247b108d4e80d200325ad1ce437949d2089039f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brion Vibber Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 06:42:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update release notes with 1.2.x past stuff and new 1.3.x features --- RELEASE-NOTES | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 6a8813807d..4aea33fbd3 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -2,12 +2,86 @@ == Version 1.3.0pre-alpha == -Various things will be happening for 1.3.0... -* More advanced parser -* New schema... -* Magic goodies! -* Included PHPTAL 0.7.0 from http://phptal.sourceforge.net/ -* stuff +Look & layout: +* New default layout 'MonoBook' +* Print stylesheet now built-in to every page +* More or less correct XHTML 1.0 (served as text/html by default) + +Wiki features: +* Image captions can now include links and other basic formatting +* Templates have been expanded with parameters, and separated from + the MediaWiki: localization scheme. +* Categories more or less work + +Editing: +* Automatic merging of edit conflicts that don't directly interfere +* Edit summaries can now include basic formatting and links + +Metadata and output: +* Linked Creative Commons copyright metadata (optional) +* RSS 2.0 feeds for Recent Changes, New Pages + +Optional modules: +* WikiHiero hieroglyphic module can be added (separate download) +* TeX now has an experimental MathML output mode (incomplete) + +Installation and upgrading: +* The old install.php and update.php have been removed. In-place + installation introduced in 1.2 is now the standard installation + and upgrade method, see INSTALL for directions. + +Database: +* The links table has been changed to use a cur_id for l_from. + The link tables must be converted on upgrade, which may entail + some downtime. + +Code and compatibility: +* Should now run clean with error reporting set to E_ALL. +* register_globals hack from 1.2 has been replaced with safer code +* Bundled PHPTAL 0.7.0 from http://phptal.sourceforge.net/ + +=== Caveats === + +Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not +produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to +set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem +cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for +MathML to display properly in Mozilla.) + + +== Version 1.2.4, 2004-04-13 == + +* Fixed edit toolbar in Mozilla +* Diff links in Contributions for 'top' edits +* Fixed Nostalgia skin drop-down for register_globals off +* Backported optional open proxy blocker +* Backported $wgWhitelistRead +* $wgCapitalLinks option to force full case sensitivity in titles +* Cleaned up error handling when can't talk to database +* Disabled unsafe command-line installer (remove the "die()" call to use) + +== Version 1.2.3, 2004-04-02 == + +* Fixed an in-place install bug with non-root MySQL user +* Fixed history diff checkboxes bug on titles with ampersands +* Fixed printable link bug on special pages with parameters +* Fixed bug that broke IP blocking w/o memcached +* Turns off E_NOTICE warnings if PHP settings have them on + (you can grope in and turn this off if you like to debug) + +== Version 1.2.2, 2004-03-28 == + +* Fixed an upgrade bug introduced in 1.2.1. +* Disabled $wgUseCategoryMagic, which feature is incomplete broken + +== Version 1.2.1, 2004-03-27 == + +Installation, compatibility, security fixlets: +* Detect use of PHP as CGI and disable index.php/Title URLs +* Try to auto-create math tmp & output directories if not present +* Disable Asksql in default install ($wgAllowSysopQueries) +* Better handling of get_magic_quotes_gpc (apostrophe problems) +* French localisation no longer hard-codes "Wikipedia" name == Version 1.2.0 == -- 2.20.1