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 * Add {{filepath:}} parser function to get full path to an uploaded file,
  26   complementing {{fullurl:}} for pages.
  27 * (bug 11136) If using Postgres, search path is explicitly set if wgDBmwschema is
  28   not set to 'mediawiki', allowing multiple mediawiki instances per user.
  29
  30 === Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
  31
  32 * Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
  33 * (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
  34   ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
  35 * (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
  36   getUserPermissionsErrors.
  37 * Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
  38 * (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
  39   translations
  40 * (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
  41   message, the level of protection.
  42 * (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
  43   message.
  44 * (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
  45   where rollback is given to non-sysops.
  46 * (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
  47   editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
  48 * (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
  49 * (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
  50 * Fixed notice when accessing special page without read permission and whitelist
  51   is not defined
  52 * (bug 9252) Fix for tidy funkiness when using editintro mode
  53 * (bug 4021) Fix for MySQL wildcard search
  54 * (bug 10699) Fix for MySQL phrase search
  55 * (bug 11321) Fix width of gallerybox when option "width=xxx" is used
  56 * (bug 7890) Special:BrokenRedirects links deleted redirects to a non-existent page
  57 * Fix initial statistics when installing: add correct values
  58 * (bug 11342) Fix several 'returnto' links in permissions/error pages which
  59   linked to the main page instead of targetted page
  60 * Strike the link to the redirect rather than using an asterisk in Special:Listredirects
  61 * (bug 11355) Fix false positives in Safe Mode and other config detection
  62   when boolean settings are disabled with 'Off' via php_admin_value/php_value
  63
  64 === API changes in 1.12 ===
  65
  66 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  67
  68 * (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
  69 * (bug 11308) Allow the API to output the image metadata
  70 * (bug 11296) Temporary fix for escaping of ampersands inside links in pretty-printed
  71   help document.
  72
  73 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
  74
  75 * Arabic (ar)
  76 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
  77 * Bikol Central (bcl)
  78 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
  79 * Bengali (bn)
  80 * Catalan (ca)
  81 * Czech (cs)
  82 * Cassubian (csb)
  83 * Welsh (cy)
  84 * Danish (da)
  85 * German (de)
  86 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
  87 * Greek (el)
  88 * Spanish (es)
  89 * Extremaduran (ext)
  90 * Persian (fa)
  91 * Võro (fiu-vro)
  92 * Frisian (fy)
  93 * French (fr)
  94 * Hebrew (he)
  95 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
  96 * Indonesian (id)
  97 * Icelandic (is)
  98 * Kazakh (kk)
  99 * Korean (ko)
 100 * Low Saxon (nds)
 101 * Dutch (nl)
 102 * Russian (ru)
 103 * Sakha (sah)
 104 * Sicilian (scn)
 105 * Slovak (sk)
 106 * Serbian (Cyrillic) (sr-ec)
 107 * Sundanese (su)
 108 * Tamil (ta)
 109 * Tetun (tet) (new)
 110 * Walloon (wa)
 111 * Zhuang (za)
 112 * Zealandic (zea)
 113
 114 == Compatibility ==
 115
 116 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 117
 118 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 119 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 120 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 121
 122 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 123 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 124
 125
 126 == Upgrading ==
 127
 128 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
 129 updates.
 130
 131 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 132 new database fields are filled with data.
 133
 134 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 135 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 136 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 137
 138 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 139
 140
 141 === Caveats ===
 142
 143 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 144 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 145 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 146 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 147 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 148
 149 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 150
 151
 152 === Online documentation ===
 153
 154 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 155 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 156 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 157 the public domain) :
 158
 159   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 160
 161
 162 === Mailing list ===
 163
 164 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 165 wikitech-l list:
 166
 167   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 168
 169 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 170
 171   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 172
 173 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 174 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 175
 176
 177 === IRC help ===
 178
 179 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net