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 * (bug 13022) Fix upload from URL on PHP 5.0.x
  47
  48 === API changes in 1.13 ===
  49
  50 * Fixing main page display in meta=siteinfo
  51 * (bug 13128) Add patrolled flag to list=recentchanges
  52 * Implemented {bl,ei,iu}redirect (lists links through redirects as well)
  53 * (bug 13154) Introducing subpages flag to meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces
  54
  55 === Languages updated in 1.13 ===
  56
  57 * Afrikaans (af)
  58 * Gheg Albanian (aln)
  59 * Amharic (am)
  60 * Aragonese (an)
  61 * Arabic (ar)
  62 * Asturian (ast)
  63 * Kotava (avk)
  64 * Samogitian (bat-smg)
  65 * Bulgarian (bg)
  66 * Catalan (ca)
  67 * Crimean Turkish (Cyrillic) (crh-cyrl)
  68 * Crimean Turkish (Latin) (crh-latn)
  69 * Czech (cs)
  70 * Welsh (cy)
  71 * Danish (da)
  72 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
  73 * Greek (el)
  74 * Esperanto (eo)
  75 * Spanish (es)
  76 * Estonian (et)
  77 * Extremaduran (ext)
  78 * Finnish (fi)
  79 * Faroese (fo)
  80 * French (fr)
  81 * Franco-Provençal (frp)
  82 * Friulian (fur)
  83 * Irish (ga)
  84 * Gan (gan)
  85 * Galician (gl)
  86 * Croatian (hr)
  87 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
  88 * Hungarian (hu)
  89 * Eastern Canadian (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics) (ike-cans)
  90 * Icelandic (is)
  91 * Italian (it)
  92 * Japanese (ja)
  93 * Georgian (ka)
  94 * Kalaallisut (kl)
  95 * Khmer (km)
  96 * Latin (la)
  97 * Luxembourgish (lb)
  98 * Limburgish (li)
  99 * Lao (lo)
 100 * Lithuanian (lt)
 101 * Malayalam (ml)
 102 * Moldavian (mo)
 103 * Marathi (mr)
 104 * Low German (nds)
 105 * Dutch (nl)
 106 * Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)
 107 * Norwegian (bokmål)‬ (no)
 108 * Polish (pl)
 109 * Pashto (ps)
 110 * Portuguese (pt)
 111 * Russian (ru)
 112 * Yakut (sah)
 113 * Sassaresu (sdc)
 114 * Slovak (sk)
 115 * Somali (so)
 116 * Albanian (sq)
 117 * Sranan Tongo (srn)
 118 * Seeltersk (stq)
 119 * Swedish (sv)
 120 * Tamil (ta)
 121 * Telugu (te)
 122 * Tajik (tg)
 123 * Thai (th)
 124 * Turkish (tr)
 125 * Tuvinian (tyv)
 126 * Venda (ve)
 127 * Vietnamese (vi)
 128 * Volapük (vo)
 129 * Wolof (wo)
 130 * Mingrelian (xmf)
 131 * Yiddish (yi)
 132
 133 == Compatibility ==
 134
 135 MediaWiki 1.13 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 136
 137 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 138 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 139 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 140
 141 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 142 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 143
 144
 145 == Upgrading ==
 146
 147 1.13 has several database changes since 1.12, and will not work without schema
 148 updates.
 149
 150 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 151 new database fields are filled with data.
 152
 153 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
 154 make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
 155 database schema changes.
 156
 157 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 158 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 159 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 160
 161 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 162
 163
 164 === Caveats ===
 165
 166 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 167 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 168 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 169 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 170 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 171
 172 For notes on 1.12.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 173
 174
 175 === Online documentation ===
 176
 177 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 178 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 179 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 180 the public domain) :
 181
 182   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 183
 184
 185 === Mailing list ===
 186
 187 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 188 wikitech-l list:
 189
 190   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 191
 192 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 193
 194   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 195
 196 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 197 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 198
 199
 200 === IRC help ===
 201
 202 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net