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 * New option $wgFeed can be set false to turn off syndication feeds
  24 * (bug 13137) Allow setting 'editprotected' right separately from 'protect',
  25   so groups may optionally edit protected pages without being able to protect
  26   pages themselves
  27
  28 === New features in 1.13 ===
  29
  30 * __HIDDENCAT__ on a category page causes the category to be hidden on the
  31   article page.
  32 * Don't show edit permissions errors on a red link click, just redirect to the
  33   article. This is so that readers who don't know what a red link is aren't
  34   confused when they are told they are range-blocked.
  35 * Add a new hook ImageBeforeProduceHTML to allow extensions to modify wikitext
  36   image syntax output.
  37 * (bug 13100) Added 'preloadtitle' parameter to action=edit&section=new that
  38   pre-fills the section title field.
  39 * (bug 13112) Added Special:RelatedChanges alias to Special:Recentchangeslinked
  40
  41
  42 === Bug fixes in 1.13 ===
  43
  44 * (bug 10677) Add link to the file description page on the shared repository
  45 * (bug 13084) Increase size of source/destination filename fields in upload form
  46 * (bug 13115) rebuildrecentchanges should print the current value of $wgRCMaxAge
  47 * (bug 13140) Show parent categories in category namespace
  48 * (bug 13149) Correctly format 'fileexists' message on Upload page
  49 * Make the default filepageexists message accurate
  50 * (bug 12988) $wgMinimalPasswordLength no longer breaks create user by email
  51 * (bug 13022) Fix upload from URL on PHP 5.0.x
  52 * (bug 13132) Unable to unprotect pages protected with earlier versions of MediaWiki
  53 * (bug 12723) OpenSearch description name now uses more compact language code
  54   to avoid passing the length limit as often, is customizable per site via
  55   'opensearch-desc' message.
  56 * (bug 13135) Special:Userrights now passes IDs through form submission
  57   to allow functionality on not-quite-right usernames
  58
  59
  60 === API changes in 1.13 ===
  61
  62 * Fixing main page display in meta=siteinfo
  63 * (bug 13128) Added patrolled flag to list=recentchanges
  64 * Implemented {bl,ei,iu}redirect (lists links through redirects as well)
  65 * (bug 13154) Introduced subpages flag to meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces
  66 * (bug 13157) Added ucuserprefix parameter to list=usercontibs
  67 * (bug 12394) Added rctitles parameter to list=recentchanges, making rcid retrieval easier
  68
  69 === Languages updated in 1.13 ===
  70
  71 * Afrikaans (af)
  72 * Gheg Albanian (aln)
  73 * Amharic (am)
  74 * Aragonese (an)
  75 * Arabic (ar)
  76 * Asturian (ast)
  77 * Kotava (avk)
  78 * Samogitian (bat-smg)
  79 * Bulgarian (bg)
  80 * Catalan (ca)
  81 * Crimean Turkish (Cyrillic) (crh-cyrl)
  82 * Crimean Turkish (Latin) (crh-latn)
  83 * Czech (cs)
  84 * Welsh (cy)
  85 * Danish (da)
  86 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
  87 * Greek (el)
  88 * Esperanto (eo)
  89 * Spanish (es)
  90 * Estonian (et)
  91 * Extremaduran (ext)
  92 * Finnish (fi)
  93 * Faroese (fo)
  94 * French (fr)
  95 * Franco-Provençal (frp)
  96 * Friulian (fur)
  97 * Irish (ga)
  98 * Gan (gan)
  99 * Galician (gl)
 100 * Croatian (hr)
 101 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
 102 * Hungarian (hu)
 103 * Indonesian (id)
 104 * Eastern Canadian (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics) (ike-cans)
 105 * Icelandic (is)
 106 * Italian (it)
 107 * Japanese (ja)
 108 * Georgian (ka)
 109 * Kalaallisut (kl)
 110 * Khmer (km)
 111 * Latin (la)
 112 * Luxembourgish (lb)
 113 * Limburgish (li)
 114 * Lao (lo)
 115 * Lithuanian (lt)
 116 * Malayalam (ml)
 117 * Moldavian (mo)
 118 * Marathi (mr)
 119 * Low German (nds)
 120 * Dutch (nl)
 121 * Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)
 122 * Norwegian (bokmål)‬ (no)
 123 * Polish (pl)
 124 * Pashto (ps)
 125 * Portuguese (pt)
 126 * Russian (ru)
 127 * Yakut (sah)
 128 * Sassaresu (sdc)
 129 * Slovak (sk)
 130 * Somali (so)
 131 * Albanian (sq)
 132 * Sranan Tongo (srn)
 133 * Seeltersk (stq)
 134 * Swedish (sv)
 135 * Tamil (ta)
 136 * Telugu (te)
 137 * Tajik (tg)
 138 * Thai (th)
 139 * Turkish (tr)
 140 * Tuvinian (tyv)
 141 * Venda (ve)
 142 * Vietnamese (vi)
 143 * Volapük (vo)
 144 * Wolof (wo)
 145 * Mingrelian (xmf)
 146 * Yiddish (yi)
 147
 148 == Compatibility ==
 149
 150 MediaWiki 1.13 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 151
 152 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 153 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 154 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 155
 156 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 157 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 158
 159
 160 == Upgrading ==
 161
 162 1.13 has several database changes since 1.12, and will not work without schema
 163 updates.
 164
 165 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 166 new database fields are filled with data.
 167
 168 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
 169 make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
 170 database schema changes.
 171
 172 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 173 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 174 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 175
 176 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 177
 178
 179 === Caveats ===
 180
 181 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 182 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 183 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 184 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 185 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 186
 187 For notes on 1.12.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 188
 189
 190 === Online documentation ===
 191
 192 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 193 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 194 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 195 the public domain) :
 196
 197   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 198
 199
 200 === Mailing list ===
 201
 202 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 203 wikitech-l list:
 204
 205   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 206
 207 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 208
 209   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 210
 211 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 212 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 213
 214
 215 === IRC help ===
 216
 217 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net