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 1.10 ==
   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 development happen
  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 ==
  22
  23 == Major new features ==
  24
  25 == Changes since 1.9 ==
  26
  27 * (bug 7292) Fix site statistics when moving pages in/out of content namespaces
  28 * (bug 6937) Introduce "statistics-footer" message, appended to Special:Statistics
  29 * (bug 8531) Correct local name of Lingála (patch by Raymond)
  30 * (bug 6638) List block flags in block log entries
  31 * New script maintenance/language/checkExtensioni18n.php used to check i18n
  32   progress in the extension repository.
  33 * Running maintenance/parserTests.php with '--record' option, will now automaticly
  34   tries to create its database tables.
  35 * Made the PLURAL: parser function return singular on -1 per default.
  36 * Fixed up the AjaxSearch
  37 * (bugs 5051, 5376) Tooltips and accesskeys no longer require JavaScript
  38 * Added SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec hook before SkinTemplate::outputPage()
  39   starts page output (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2007-January/028554.html)
  40 * Fix SpecialVersion->formatCredits input. Version and Url parameters should be null
  41   to be treated properly with isset.
  42 * Branch page_restrictions column out into its own table, also creating a "cascading protection"
  43    feature, which automagically disallows edits to pages transcluded into a page protected with
  44    this new option. Various other code tidiness fixes and refactoring in the log messages of
  45    branches/werdna/restrictions-separation.
  46 * The minimum permissions needed to edit a page in each namespace can
  47   now be customized via the $wgNamespaceProtection array.  By default,
  48   editing pages in the MediaWiki namespace requires "editinterface"
  49   permissions, just as before.
  50 * (bug 8567) Added hook RawPageViewBeforeOutput just before the text is blown out in action=raw,
  51              so extensions might influence the output.
  52 * Correct tooltip accesskey hint for Opera on the Macintosh (it uses Shift-Esc-, not Ctrl-).
  53 * (bug 3446) Add user preference to hide page content below diffs, can be overridden by adding
  54              diffonly=1 or diffonly=0 to the URL of the diff page
  55 * (bug 8002) Math should render left-to-right even in right-to-left wikis
  56 * Pass e-mail and real name fields to AuthPlugin::addUser, as additional
  57   optional fields, which may be considered useful at registration time.
  58 * Fixed Postgres upgrade script.
  59 * (bug 8613) Fix error when viewing "Recent Changes" and using Postgres.
  60 * Initialise site_stats table at upgrade time if data was missing
  61 * (bug 7250) Updated Unicode normalization tables to Unicode 5.0
  62 * Add 'purge' privilege to replace the hardcoded check for login state in
  63   determining whether action=purge can be done via GET. Switching the
  64   permission on for anons can be helpful for benchmarking.
  65 * Unmaintained Oracle support files have been removed.
  66 * Made Linker::userToolLinks() show the contribs link red when the user has zero edits
  67 * Use browser default for printing size, don't force to 11pt
  68 * (bug 8632) Fix regression in page protection null edit update
  69
  70
  71 == Languages updated ==
  72
  73 * Belarusian (be)
  74 * Breton (br)
  75 * Finnish (fi)
  76 * French (fr)
  77 * German (de)
  78 * Hebrew (he)
  79 * Indonesian (id)
  80 * Lithuanian (lt)
  81 * Sicilian (scn)
  82 * Swedish (sv)
  83
  84 == Compatibility ==
  85
  86 MediaWiki 1.10 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  87
  88 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  89 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  90 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  91
  92 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  93 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  94
  95
  96 == Upgrading ==
  97
  98 Some minor database changes have been made since 1.7:
  99 * new fields and indexes on ipblocks
 100 * index change on recentchanges
 101
 102 Several changes from 1.5 and 1.6 do require updates to be run on upgrade.
 103 To ensure that these tables are filled with data, run refreshLinks.php after
 104 the upgrade.
 105
 106 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 107 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 108 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 109
 110 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 111
 112
 113
 114 === Caveats ===
 115
 116 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 117 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 118 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 119 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 120 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 121
 122
 123 For notes on 1.9.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 124
 125
 126 === Online documentation ===
 127
 128 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 129 built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 130 License:
 131
 132   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 133
 134
 135 === Mailing list ===
 136
 137 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 138 wikitech-l list:
 139
 140   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 141
 142 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 143
 144   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 145
 146 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 147 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 148
 149
 150 === IRC help ===
 151
 152 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net