RELEASE-NOTES

   1 = MediaWiki release notes =
   2
   3 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
   4 setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.
   5
   6 == MediaWiki 1.12 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
  11 quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
  12 "ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.
  13
  14 Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
  15 from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature developments
  16 will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.
  17
  18 Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
  19 it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
  20
  21 === Configuration changes in 1.12 ===
  22
  23 === New features in 1.12 ===
  24 * Add a warning for non-descriptive filenames at Special:Upload
  25
  26 === Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
  27
  28 * Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
  29 * (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
  30   ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
  31
  32 === API changes in 1.12 ===
  33
  34 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  35
  36 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
  37
  38 * Danish (da)
  39 * German (de)
  40 * Persian (fa)
  41 * Kazakh (kk)
  42
  43 == Compatibility ==
  44
  45 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  46
  47 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  48 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  49 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  50
  51 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  52 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  53
  54
  55 == Upgrading ==
  56
  57 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
  58 updates.
  59
  60 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  61 new database fields are filled with data.
  62
  63 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  64 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  65 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  66
  67 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  68
  69
  70 === Caveats ===
  71
  72 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
  73 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
  74 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
  75 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
  76 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
  77
  78 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
  79
  80
  81 === Online documentation ===
  82
  83 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
  84 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
  85 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
  86 the public domain) :
  87
  88   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
  89
  90
  91 === Mailing list ===
  92
  93 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
  94 wikitech-l list:
  95
  96   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
  97
  98 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
  99
 100   http://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
 106 === IRC help ===
 107
 108 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net