3 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
5 MediaWiki 1.32 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
8 === Configuration changes in 1.32 ===
9 * (T115414) The $wgEnableAPI and $wgEnableWriteAPI settings, deprecated in 1.31,
11 * The $wgUseAjax setting, deprecated in 1.31, is now ignored.
12 * The $wgSiteSupportPage setting, unused since 1.5, was removed.
13 * The default quality of JPEG thumbnails generated by GD was reduced from 95 to
14 80. The quality of JPEG thumbnails is now configurable through the new setting
15 $wgJpegQuality (default 80). This aligns the quality to what ImageMagick uses.
16 * $wgExperimentalHtmlIds, deprecated since 1.30, has been removed. The
17 'html5-legacy' value for $wgFragmentMode is no longer accepted.
18 * The experimental Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy drivers were removed.
19 RemexHtml, which is the default, should be used instead.
20 * (T135963) You can now define a Content Security Policy for your wiki. This
21 adds a defense-in-depth feature to stop an attacker who has found a bug in
22 the parser allowing them to insert malicious attributes. Disabled by default,
23 you can configure this via $wgCSPHeader and $wgCSPReportOnlyHeader.
25 === New features in 1.32 ===
26 * (T112474) Generalized the ResourceLoader mechanism for overriding modules
27 using a particular page during edit previews.
28 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
30 === External library changes in 1.32 ===
33 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
34 * Updated QUnit from 2.4.0 to 2.6.0.
36 ==== New external libraries ====
39 ==== Removed and replaced external libraries ====
42 === Bug fixes in 1.32 ===
45 === Action API changes in 1.32 ===
46 * Added templated parameters.
47 * A module can define a templated parameter like "{fruit}-quantity", where
48 the actual parameters recognized correspond to the values of a multi-valued
49 parameter. Then clients can make requests like
50 "fruits=apples|bananas&apples-quantity=1&bananas-quantity=5".
51 * action=paraminfo will return templated parameter definitions separately
52 from normal parameters. All parameter definitions now include an "index"
53 key to allow clients to maintain parameter ordering when merging normal and
56 === Action API internal changes in 1.32 ===
57 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
58 * Parameter names may no longer contain '{' or '}', as these are now used for
61 === Languages updated in 1.32 ===
62 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
63 Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
64 because of Phabricator reports.
66 * (T193566) Added language support for Ambonese Malay (abs).
68 === Breaking changes in 1.32 ===
69 * $wgRequestTime, deprecated in 1.25, was removed. Use
70 $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'] or WebRequest::getElapsedTime() instead.
71 * The MediaWikiI18N class, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
72 * QuickTemplate::setTranslator(), deprecated in 1.31, was removed. Use
74 * wfInitShellLocale(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
75 * wfShellExecDisabled(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
76 * The type string for the parameter $lang of DateFormatter::getInstance,
77 deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
78 * The EDIT_TOKEN_SUFFIX constant deprecated in 1.27, was removed. Use
79 MediaWiki\Session\Token::SUFFIX instead.
80 * EditPage::isOouiEnabled() deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
81 * mw.util.wikiGetlink(), deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use mw.util.getUrl()
83 * (T61113) The following methods and constants from the Revision class, which
84 were deprecated in 1.25, have now been removed:
85 * Revision::getRawUser()
86 * Revision::getRawUserText()
87 * Revision::getRawComment()
88 * window.gM() from mediawiki.jqueryMsg, deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use
89 mw.msg() or mw.message() instead.
90 * mw.util.escapeId(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed. Use
91 mw.util.escapeIdForAttribute or mw.util.escapeIdForLink instead.
92 * mw.util.updateTooltipAccessKeys(), deprecated in 1.24, was removed. Use
93 jquery.accessKeyLabel instead.
94 * The SqlDataUpdate class, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
95 * The Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy driver classes were removed, along with the
96 Balancer tidy implementation. Both implementations were experimental, and were replaced
99 === Deprecations in 1.32 ===
100 * Use of a StartProfiler.php file is deprecated in favour of placing
101 configuration in LocalSettings.php.
102 * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive() is deprecated. No need to call it. Submit
103 button is already marked as progressive.
104 * Skin::setupSkinUserCss() is deprecated. Adding of modules to load
105 has been centralised to Skin::getDefaultModules(), which is now capable
106 of queueing style modules as well.
107 * OutputPage::addModuleScripts() and ParserOutput::addModuleScripts are
108 deprecated. Use addModules() instead.
109 * Overriding SearchEngine::{searchText,searchTitle,searchArchiveTitle}
110 in extending classes is deprecated. Extend related doSearch* methods
113 === Other changes in 1.32 ===
117 MediaWiki 1.32 requires PHP 5.5.9 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
118 supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 5.5.9 or later for long term
121 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
122 but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
123 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
125 The supported versions are:
127 * MySQL 5.5.8 or later
128 * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
129 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
130 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
131 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
134 1.32 has several database changes since 1.31, and will not work without schema
135 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
136 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
137 many hours on a large site).
139 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
141 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
142 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
144 For notes on 1.31.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
146 == Online documentation ==
147 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
148 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
149 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
151 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
154 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
156 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
158 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
160 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
162 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
163 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
166 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.