RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

   1 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
   2 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.24 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
  12
  13 === New features in 1.24 ===
  14 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
  15   WhatLinksHere entries.
  16
  17 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
  18 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  19   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  20   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  21   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  22   claimed it would.
  23
  24 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  25
  26 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  27
  28 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  29 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  30 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  31
  32 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  33 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  34 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  35 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  36   were removed as they were unused.
  37
  38 ==== Renamed classes ====
  39 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  40 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  41 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  42 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  43
  44 == Compatibility ==
  45
  46 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
  47
  48 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  49 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
  50 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  51
  52 The supported versions are:
  53
  54 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
  55 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  56 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
  57 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  58 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
  59
  60 == Upgrading ==
  61
  62 1.24 has several database changes since 1.22, and will not work without schema
  63 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
  64 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
  65 many hours on a large site).
  66
  67 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  68 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  69 due to database schema changes.
  70
  71 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  72 new database fields are filled with data.
  73
  74 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
  75 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
  76 with MediaWiki 1.21.
  77
  78 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  79
  80 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  81
  82 For notes on 1.21.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  83
  84 == Online documentation ==
  85
  86 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
  87 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
  88 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
  89
  90         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
  91
  92 == Mailing list ==
  93
  94 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
  95
  96         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
  97
  98 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
  99
 100         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 101
 102 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 103 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 104
 105 == IRC help ==
 106
 107 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.