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 * (bug 13132) Unable to unprotect pages protected with earlier versions of MediaWiki
  49
  50 === API changes in 1.13 ===
  51
  52 * Fixing main page display in meta=siteinfo
  53 * (bug 13128) Add patrolled flag to list=recentchanges
  54 * Implemented {bl,ei,iu}redirect (lists links through redirects as well)
  55 * (bug 13154) Introducing subpages flag to meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces
  56 * (bug 13157) Adding ucuserprefix parameter to list=usercontibs
  57
  58 === Languages updated in 1.13 ===
  59
  60 * Afrikaans (af)
  61 * Gheg Albanian (aln)
  62 * Amharic (am)
  63 * Aragonese (an)
  64 * Arabic (ar)
  65 * Asturian (ast)
  66 * Kotava (avk)
  67 * Samogitian (bat-smg)
  68 * Bulgarian (bg)
  69 * Catalan (ca)
  70 * Crimean Turkish (Cyrillic) (crh-cyrl)
  71 * Crimean Turkish (Latin) (crh-latn)
  72 * Czech (cs)
  73 * Welsh (cy)
  74 * Danish (da)
  75 * Lower Sorbian (dsb)
  76 * Greek (el)
  77 * Esperanto (eo)
  78 * Spanish (es)
  79 * Estonian (et)
  80 * Extremaduran (ext)
  81 * Finnish (fi)
  82 * Faroese (fo)
  83 * French (fr)
  84 * Franco-Provençal (frp)
  85 * Friulian (fur)
  86 * Irish (ga)
  87 * Gan (gan)
  88 * Galician (gl)
  89 * Croatian (hr)
  90 * Upper Sorbian (hsb)
  91 * Hungarian (hu)
  92 * Eastern Canadian (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics) (ike-cans)
  93 * Icelandic (is)
  94 * Italian (it)
  95 * Japanese (ja)
  96 * Georgian (ka)
  97 * Kalaallisut (kl)
  98 * Khmer (km)
  99 * Latin (la)
 100 * Luxembourgish (lb)
 101 * Limburgish (li)
 102 * Lao (lo)
 103 * Lithuanian (lt)
 104 * Malayalam (ml)
 105 * Moldavian (mo)
 106 * Marathi (mr)
 107 * Low German (nds)
 108 * Dutch (nl)
 109 * Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)
 110 * Norwegian (bokmål)‬ (no)
 111 * Polish (pl)
 112 * Pashto (ps)
 113 * Portuguese (pt)
 114 * Russian (ru)
 115 * Yakut (sah)
 116 * Sassaresu (sdc)
 117 * Slovak (sk)
 118 * Somali (so)
 119 * Albanian (sq)
 120 * Sranan Tongo (srn)
 121 * Seeltersk (stq)
 122 * Swedish (sv)
 123 * Tamil (ta)
 124 * Telugu (te)
 125 * Tajik (tg)
 126 * Thai (th)
 127 * Turkish (tr)
 128 * Tuvinian (tyv)
 129 * Venda (ve)
 130 * Vietnamese (vi)
 131 * Volapük (vo)
 132 * Wolof (wo)
 133 * Mingrelian (xmf)
 134 * Yiddish (yi)
 135
 136 == Compatibility ==
 137
 138 MediaWiki 1.13 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 139
 140 PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
 141 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
 142 Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
 143
 144 MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
 145 At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
 146
 147
 148 == Upgrading ==
 149
 150 1.13 has several database changes since 1.12, and will not work without schema
 151 updates.
 152
 153 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 154 new database fields are filled with data.
 155
 156 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
 157 make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
 158 database schema changes.
 159
 160 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 161 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 162 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 163
 164 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 165
 166
 167 === Caveats ===
 168
 169 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
 170 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
 171 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
 172 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
 173 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
 174
 175 For notes on 1.12.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 176
 177
 178 === Online documentation ===
 179
 180 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 181 built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 182 License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
 183 the public domain) :
 184
 185   http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 186
 187
 188 === Mailing list ===
 189
 190 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 191 wikitech-l list:
 192
 193   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 194
 195 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 196
 197   http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 198
 199 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 200 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 201
 202
 203 === IRC help ===
 204
 205 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net