Merge "Made the DB profiler use startAtomic()"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
index 2885995..0cd1131 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ production.
   Special:PageLanguage. All pages are set to wiki language by default.
   The feature needs to be enabled with $wgPageLanguageUseDB=true and
   permission needs to be set for 'pagelang'.
   Special:PageLanguage. All pages are set to wiki language by default.
   The feature needs to be enabled with $wgPageLanguageUseDB=true and
   permission needs to be set for 'pagelang'.

-* Upgrade Moment.js to v2.8.1.
+* Upgrade Moment.js to v2.8.3.

 * (bug 67042) Added support for the HTML5 <rtc> tag for East Asian typography.
 * Upgrade Sinon.JS to 1.10.3.
 * Added the es5-shim polyfill for older or non-compliant javascript engines.
 * (bug 67042) Added support for the HTML5 <rtc> tag for East Asian typography.
 * Upgrade Sinon.JS to 1.10.3.
 * Added the es5-shim polyfill for older or non-compliant javascript engines.


@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ production.
 * (bug 15484) Users will now be redirected to the login page when they need to
   log in, rather than being shown a page asking them to log in and having to click
   another link to actually get to the login page.
 * (bug 15484) Users will now be redirected to the login page when they need to
   log in, rather than being shown a page asking them to log in and having to click
   another link to actually get to the login page.

-* A JSONContent and JSONContentHandler were added for extensions to extend.
+* A JsonContent and JsonContentHandler were added for extensions to extend.

 * (bug 35045) Redirects to sections will now update the URL in browser's address
   bar using the HTML5 History API. When [[Dog]] redirects to [[Animals#Dog]],
   the user will now see "Animals#Dog" in their browser instead of "Dog#Dog".
 * (bug 35045) Redirects to sections will now update the URL in browser's address
   bar using the HTML5 History API. When [[Dog]] redirects to [[Animals#Dog]],
   the user will now see "Animals#Dog" in their browser instead of "Dog#Dog".


@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ production.
 * (bug 69789) Title::getContentModel() now loads from the database when
   necessary instead of incorrectly returning the default content model.
 * (bug 69249) wfBaseConvert() now works around PHP Bug #50175 when using GMP.
 * (bug 69789) Title::getContentModel() now loads from the database when
   necessary instead of incorrectly returning the default content model.
 * (bug 69249) wfBaseConvert() now works around PHP Bug #50175 when using GMP.

+* (bug 57909) URLs in the externallinks table will no longer have certain
+  characters decoded in the query string.

 
 === Action API changes in 1.24 ===
 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
 
 === Action API changes in 1.24 ===
 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of


@@ -253,6 +255,11 @@ production.
   of fetching tokens are deprecated. The value needed for meta=tokens's 'type'
   parameter for each module is documented in the action=help output and is
   returned from action=paraminfo.
   of fetching tokens are deprecated. The value needed for meta=tokens's 'type'
   parameter for each module is documented in the action=help output and is
   returned from action=paraminfo.

+* New action ClearHasMsg that can be used to clear HasMsg flag.
+* The cmstartsortkey and cmendsortkey parameters to list=categorymembers are
+  deprecated in favor of cmstarthexsortkey and cmendhexsortkey.
+* (bug 63326) Add blockedtimestamp field to output of blockinfo property for
+  the list=allusers and list=users modules.

 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.24 ===
 * Methods for handling continuation are added to ApiResult, so actions other
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.24 ===
 * Methods for handling continuation are added to ApiResult, so actions other


@@ -429,8 +436,8 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   setPreloadedText() from EditPage.php. (deprecated since 1.21)
 * Removed global functions wfArrayLookup(), wfArrayMerge(), wfDebugDieBacktrace()
   and wfTime(). (deprecated since 1.22)
   setPreloadedText() from EditPage.php. (deprecated since 1.21)
 * Removed global functions wfArrayLookup(), wfArrayMerge(), wfDebugDieBacktrace()
   and wfTime(). (deprecated since 1.22)

-* Browser support for Internet Explorer 6 lowered from Grade A to Grade C,
-  meaning that JavaScript is no longer executed in this browser.
+* Browser support for Internet Explorer 6 and 7 lowered from Grade A to Grade C,
+  meaning that JavaScript is no longer executed in these browser versions.

 * Browser support for Opera 11 lowered from Grade A to Grade C.
 * Removed IEFixes module which existed purely to provide support for MSIE versions
   below 7 (conditionally loaded only for those browsers).
 * Browser support for Opera 11 lowered from Grade A to Grade C.
 * Removed IEFixes module which existed purely to provide support for MSIE versions
   below 7 (conditionally loaded only for those browsers).


@@ -448,8 +455,17 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
   called unconditionally.
 * TablePager::getBody() is now 'final' and can't be overridden in subclasses.
 * TablePager::getBody() is deprecated, use getBodyOutput() or getFullOutput().
   called unconditionally.
 * TablePager::getBody() is now 'final' and can't be overridden in subclasses.
 * TablePager::getBody() is deprecated, use getBodyOutput() or getFullOutput().

-* log_page for move log entries store the original page ID, rather than that 
+* Added $outputPage parameter to the SkinTemplateGetLanguageLink hook.
+* log_page for move log entries store the original page ID, rather than that

   of the new redirect page. This is not retroactive.
   of the new redirect page. This is not retroactive.

+* LCStoreAccel was removed. $wgLocalisationCacheConf can no longer be set to
+  use this store class.
+* Html::infoBox() no longer accepts paths relative to skins/common/images/.
+* Deprecated defunct Skin::getCommonStylePath().
+* Some extensions had their ResourceLoader modules depend on the "mediawiki"
+  and "jquery" modules. In the past, this behavior was undefined, now it will
+  throw an error.
+* Removed BagOStuff::replace(). (deprecated since 1.23)

 
 ==== Renamed classes ====
 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
 
 ==== Renamed classes ====
 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression