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
  47 === API changes in 1.12 ===
  48
  49 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  50
  51 * (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
  52
  53 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
  54
  55 * Arabic (ar)
  56 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
  57 * Bikol Central (bcl)
  58 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
  59 * Bengali (bn)
  60 * Cassubian (csb)
  61 * Welsh (cy)
  62 * Danish (da)
  63 * German (de)
  64 * Persian (fa)
  65 * Frisian (fy)
  66 * French (fr)
  67 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
  68 * Kazakh (kk)
  69 * Dutch (nl)
  70 * Slovak (sk)
  71 * Sakha (sah)
  72 * Zealandic (zea)
  73
  74 == Compatibility ==
  75
  76 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  77
  78 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  79 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  80 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  81
  82 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
  83 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
  84
  85
  86 == Upgrading ==
  87
  88 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
  89 updates.
  90
  91 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  92 new database fields are filled with data.
  93
  94 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  95 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
  96 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
  97
  98 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
  99
 100
 101 === Caveats ===
 102
 103 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 104 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 105 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 106 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 107 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 108
 109 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 110
 111
 112 === Online documentation ===
 113
 114 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 115 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 116 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 117 the public domain) :
 118
 119   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 120
 121
 122 === Mailing list ===
 123
 124 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 125 wikitech-l list:
 126
 127   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 128
 129 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 130
 131   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 132
 133 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 134 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 135
 136
 137 === IRC help ===
 138
 139 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net