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 1.11 ==
   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 since 1.10 ==
  22
  23
  24 == New features since 1.10 ==
  25
  26 * (bug 8868) Separate "blocked" message for autoblocks
  27 * Adding expiry of block to block messages
  28
  29 == Bugfixes since 1.10 ==
  30
  31 * (bug 9712) Use Arabic comma in date/time formats for Arabic and Farsi
  32 * (bug 9670) Follow redirects when render edit section links to transcluded
  33   templates.
  34 * (bug 6204) Fix incorrect unindentation with $wgMaxTocLevel
  35 * (bug 3431) Suppress "next page" link in Special:Search at end of results
  36 * Don't show unblock form if the user doesn't have permission to use it
  37   (cosmetic change, no vulnerabilities existed)
  38
  39 == Maintenance script changes since 1.10 ==
  40
  41 * Add support for wgMaxTocLevel option in parserTests
  42
  43
  44 == Languages updated since 1.10 ==
  45
  46 * Arabic (ar)
  47 * German (de)
  48 * Farsi (fa)
  49 * Finnish (fi)
  50 * French (fr)
  51 * Hebrew (he)
  52 * Indonesian (id)
  53 * Italian (it)
  54 * Japanese (ja)
  55 * Kazakh (kk)
  56 * Lithuanian (lt)
  57 * Norwegian (no)
  58 * Polish (pl)
  59 * Russian (ru)
  60 * Somali (so)
  61 * Chinese (PRC) (zh-cn)
  62 * Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-tw)
  63 * Cantonese (zh-yue)
  64
  65 == Compatibility ==
  66
  67 MediaWiki 1.11 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  68
  69 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  70 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  71 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  72
  73 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  74 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  75
  76
  77 == Upgrading ==
  78
  79 1.11 has several database changes since 1.10, and will not work without schema
  80 updates.
  81
  82 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  83 new database fields are filled with data.
  84
  85 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  86 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  87 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  88
  89 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  90
  91 === Caveats ===
  92
  93 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
  94 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
  95 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
  96 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
  97 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
  98
  99
 100 For notes on 1.10.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 101
 102
 103 === Online documentation ===
 104
 105 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 106 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 107 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 108 the public domain) :
 109
 110   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 111
 112
 113 === Mailing list ===
 114
 115 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 116 wikitech-l list:
 117
 118   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 119
 120 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 121
 122   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 123
 124 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 125 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 126
 127
 128 === IRC help ===
 129
 130 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net