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 1.13 ==
   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 1.13 ===
  22
  23 * ...
  24
  25 === New features in 1.13 ===
  26
  27 * __HIDDENCAT__ on a category page causes the category to be hidden on the
  28   article page.
  29 * Don't show edit permissions errors on a red link click, just redirect to the
  30   article. This is so that readers who don't know what a red link is aren't
  31   confused when they are told they are range-blocked.
  32 * One can turn off syndicatino feeds by setting $wgFeed to false
  33 * (bug 13137) Allow setting 'editprotected' right separately from 'protect',
  34   so groups may optionally edit protected pages without being able to protect
  35   pages themselves
  36
  37 === Bug fixes in 1.13 ===
  38
  39 * (bug 10677) Add link to the file description page on the shared repository
  40 * (bug 13084) Increase size of source/destination filename fields in upload form
  41 * (bug 13115) rebuildrecentchanges should print the current value of $wgRCMaxAge
  42 * (bug 13140) Show parent categories in category namespace
  43 * (bug 13149) Correctly format 'fileexists' message on Upload page.
  44 * Make filepageexists accurate.
  45 * (bug 12988) $wgMinimalPasswordLength no longer breaks create user by email
  46
  47 === API changes in 1.13 ===
  48
  49 * Fixing main page display in meta=siteinfo
  50 * (bug 13128) Add patrolled flag to list=recentchanges
  51 * Implemented {bl,ei,iu}redirect (lists links through redirects as well)
  52 * (bug 13154) Introducing subpages flag to meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces
  53
  54 === Languages updated in 1.13 ===
  55
  56 * Afrikaans (af)
  57 * Gheg Albanian (aln)
  58 * Amharic (am)
  59 * Aragonese (an)
  60 * Arabic (ar)
  61 * Asturian (ast)
  62 * Kotava (avk)
  63 * Samogitian (bat-smg)
  64 * Bulgarian (bg)
  65 * Catalan (ca)
  66 * Crimean Turkish (Cyrillic) (crh-cyrl)
  67 * Crimean Turkish (Latin) (crh-latn)
  68 * Czech (cs)
  69 * Welsh (cy)
  70 * Danish (da)
  71 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
  72 * Greek (el)
  73 * Esperanto (eo)
  74 * Spanish (es)
  75 * Estonian (et)
  76 * Extremaduran (ext)
  77 * Finnish (fi)
  78 * Faroese (fo)
  79 * French (fr)
  80 * Franco-Provençal (frp)
  81 * Friulian (fur)
  82 * Irish (ga)
  83 * Gan (gan)
  84 * Galician (gl)
  85 * Croatian (hr)
  86 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
  87 * Hungarian (hu)
  88 * Eastern Canadian (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics) (ike-cans)
  89 * Icelandic (is)
  90 * Italian (it)
  91 * Japanese (ja)
  92 * Georgian (ka)
  93 * Kalaallisut (kl)
  94 * Khmer (km)
  95 * Latin (la)
  96 * Luxembourgish (lb)
  97 * Limburgish (li)
  98 * Lao (lo)
  99 * Lithuanian (lt)
 100 * Malayalam (ml)
 101 * Moldavian (mo)
 102 * Marathi (mr)
 103 * Low German (nds)
 104 * Dutch (nl)
 105 * Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)
 106 * Norwegian (bokmål)‬ (no)
 107 * Polish (pl)
 108 * Pashto (ps)
 109 * Portuguese (pt)
 110 * Russian (ru)
 111 * Yakut (sah)
 112 * Sassaresu (sdc)
 113 * Slovak (sk)
 114 * Somali (so)
 115 * Albanian (sq)
 116 * Sranan Tongo (srn)
 117 * Seeltersk (stq)
 118 * Swedish (sv)
 119 * Tamil (ta)
 120 * Telugu (te)
 121 * Tajik (tg)
 122 * Thai (th)
 123 * Turkish (tr)
 124 * Tuvinian (tyv)
 125 * Venda (ve)
 126 * Vietnamese (vi)
 127 * Volapük (vo)
 128 * Wolof (wo)
 129 * Mingrelian (xmf)
 130 * Yiddish (yi)
 131
 132 == Compatibility ==
 133
 134 MediaWiki 1.13 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 135
 136 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 137 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 138 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 139
 140 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 141 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 142
 143
 144 == Upgrading ==
 145
 146 1.13 has several database changes since 1.12, and will not work without schema
 147 updates.
 148
 149 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 150 new database fields are filled with data.
 151
 152 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
 153 make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
 154 database schema changes.
 155
 156 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 157 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 158 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 159
 160 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 161
 162
 163 === Caveats ===
 164
 165 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 166 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 167 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 168 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 169 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 170
 171 For notes on 1.12.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 172
 173
 174 === Online documentation ===
 175
 176 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 177 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 178 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 179 the public domain) :
 180
 181   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 182
 183
 184 === Mailing list ===
 185
 186 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 187 wikitech-l list:
 188
 189   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 190
 191 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 192
 193   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 194
 195 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 196 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 197
 198
 199 === IRC help ===
 200
 201 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net