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