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 * (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
  35   translations
  36 * (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
  37   message, the level of protection.
  38 * (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
  39   message.
  40 * (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
  41   where rollback is given to non-sysops.
  42 * (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
  43   editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
  44 * (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
  45 * (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
  46 * Fixed notice when accessing special page without read permission and whitelist
  47   is not defined
  48 * (bug 9252) Fix for tidy funkiness when using editintro mode
  49 * (bug 4021) Fix for MySQL wildcard search
  50 * (bug 10699) Fix for MySQL phrase search
  51 * (bug 11321) Fix width of gallerybox when option "width=xxx" is used
  52
  53 === API changes in 1.12 ===
  54
  55 Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  56
  57 * (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
  58 * (bug 11308) Allow the API to output the image metadata
  59
  60 === Languages updated in 1.12 ===
  61
  62 * Arabic (ar)
  63 * Mapudungun (arn) (new)
  64 * Bikol Central (bcl)
  65 * Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
  66 * Bengali (bn)
  67 * Czech (cs)
  68 * Cassubian (csb)
  69 * Welsh (cy)
  70 * Danish (da)
  71 * German (de)
  72 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
  73 * Extremaduran (ext)
  74 * Persian (fa)
  75 * Võro (fiu-vro)
  76 * Frisian (fy)
  77 * French (fr)
  78 * Hebrew (he)
  79 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
  80 * Icelandic (is)
  81 * Kazakh (kk)
  82 * Korean (ko)
  83 * Dutch (nl)
  84 * Russian (ru)
  85 * Sakha (sah)
  86 * Slovak (sk)
  87 * Serbian (Cyrillic) (sr-ec)
  88 * Sudanese (su)
  89 * Tamil (ta)
  90 * Zealandic (zea)
  91
  92 == Compatibility ==
  93
  94 MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  95
  96 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
  97 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
  98 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
  99
 100 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 101 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 102
 103
 104 == Upgrading ==
 105
 106 1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
 107 updates.
 108
 109 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 110 new database fields are filled with data.
 111
 112 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 113 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 114 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 115
 116 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 117
 118
 119 === Caveats ===
 120
 121 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 122 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 123 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 124 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 125 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 126
 127 For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 128
 129
 130 === Online documentation ===
 131
 132 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 133 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 134 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 135 the public domain) :
 136
 137   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 138
 139
 140 === Mailing list ===
 141
 142 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 143 wikitech-l list:
 144
 145   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 146
 147 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 148
 149   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 150
 151 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 152 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 153
 154
 155 === IRC help ===
 156
 157 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net