RELEASE-NOTES-1.19

   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 1.19 ==
   7
   8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   9
  10 MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
  11 production.
  12
  13 === Configuration changes in 1.19 ===
  14 * Removed SkinTemplateSetupPageCss hook; use BeforePageDisplay instead.
  15 * (bug 27132) movefile right granted by default to registered users.
  16
  17 === New features in 1.19 ===
  18 * (bug 19838) Possibility to get all interwiki prefixes if the interwiki
  19   cache is used.
  20 * $wgDnsBlacklistUrls now accepts an array with url and key as the
  21   elements to work with DNSBLs that require keys, such as
  22   Project Honeypot.
  23 * (bug 30022) Add support for custom loadScript sources to ResourceLoader.
  24 * (bug 19052) Unicode space separator characters (Zs) now terminates external
  25   links and images links.
  26 * (bug 30160) Add public method to mw.loader to get module names from registry.
  27 * (bug 15558) Parameters to special pages included in wikitext can now be passed
  28   as with templates.
  29 * Installer now issues a warning if mod_security is present.
  30 * (bug 29455) Add support for a filter callback function in jQuery byteLimit plugin.
  31 * Extensions can now participate in the extraction of titles from url paths
  32 * Added two new GetLocalURL hooks to better serve extensions working on a limited
  33   type of titles.
  34
  35 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  36 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
  37   $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
  38   until the second was introduced in 1.17.
  39 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages.
  40 * (bug 27894) Move 'editondblclick' event listener down from body to
  41   div#bodyContent.
  42 * (bug 30172) The check for posix_isatty() in maintenance scripts did not detect
  43   when the function exists but is disabled. Introduced Maintenance::posix_isatty()
  44 * (bug 30264) Changed installer-generated LocalSettings.php to use require_once()
  45   instead require() for included extensions.
  46 * Do not convert text in the user interface language to another script.
  47
  48 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  49 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
  50 * (bug 29748) Add API search prefix support.
  51 * (bug 29684) Set forgotten parameter types in ApiQueryIWLinks.
  52 * (bug 29685) do not output NULL parentid with list=deletedrevs&drprop=parentid.
  53 * siprop=interwikimap and siprop=languages can use silanguagecode to have
  54   a best effort language name translation. Use CLDR extension for best result.
  55 * (bug 30230) action=expandtemplates should not silently override invalid title inputs
  56 * (bug 18634) Create API to fetch MediaWiki's language fallback tree structure
  57
  58 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  59
  60 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  61 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  62 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  63
  64 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
  65
  66 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
  67 * jquery.mwPrototypes module was renamed to jquery.mwExtension.
  68 * The maintenance script populateSha1.php was renamed to the more concise
  69   populateImageSha1.php
  70
  71 == Compatibility ==
  72
  73 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  74
  75 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  76 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  77 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
  78
  79 The supported versions are:
  80
  81 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  82 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  83 * SQLite 3
  84 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
  85
  86 == Upgrading ==
  87
  88 1.19 has several database changes since 1.18, and will not work without schema
  89 updates.
  90
  91 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
  92 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
  93 due to database schema changes.
  94
  95 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
  96 new database fields are filled with data.
  97
  98 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
  99 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 100 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 101
 102 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 103
 104 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 105
 106 == Online documentation ==
 107
 108 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 109 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 110 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 111
 112         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 113
 114 == Mailing list ==
 115
 116 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 117
 118         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 119
 120 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 121
 122         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 123
 124 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 125 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 126
 127 == IRC help ==
 128
 129 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.