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 * (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
  32   getUserPermissionsErrors.
  33 * Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
  34 * Fix inconsistent section edit link size for some browsers.
  35 * (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
  36   translations
  37 * (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
  38   message, the level of protection.
  39 * (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
  40   message.
  41 * (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
  42   where rollback is given to non-sysops.
  43 * (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
  44   editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
  45 * (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
  46 * (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
  47 * (bug 11158) Fix escaping in API HTML-formatted JSON
  48
  49
  50 === API changes in 1.12 ===
  51
  52 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  53
  54 * (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
  55
  56 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
  57
  58 * Arabic (ar)
  59 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
  60 * Bikol Central (bcl)
  61 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
  62 * Bengali (bn)
  63 * Cassubian (csb)
  64 * Welsh (cy)
  65 * Danish (da)
  66 * German (de)
  67 * Persian (fa)
  68 * Võro (fiu-vro)
  69 * Frisian (fy)
  70 * French (fr)
  71 * Hebrew (he)
  72 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
  73 * Kazakh (kk)
  74 * Korean (ko)
  75 * Dutch (nl)
  76 * Slovak (sk)
  77 * Serbian (Cyrillic) (sr-ec)
  78 * Sakha (sah)
  79 * Zealandic (zea)
  80
  81 == Compatibility ==
  82
  83 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  84
  85 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  86 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  87 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  88
  89 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  90 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  91
  92
  93 == Upgrading ==
  94
  95 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
  96 updates.
  97
  98 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  99 new database fields are filled with data.
 100
 101 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 102 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 103 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 104
 105 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 106
 107
 108 === Caveats ===
 109
 110 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 111 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 112 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 113 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 114 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 115
 116 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 117
 118
 119 === Online documentation ===
 120
 121 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 122 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 123 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 124 the public domain) :
 125
 126   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 127
 128
 129 === Mailing list ===
 130
 131 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 132 wikitech-l list:
 133
 134   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 135
 136 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 137
 138   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 139
 140 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 141 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 142
 143
 144 === IRC help ===
 145
 146 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net