1 = MediaWiki release notes =
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.
8 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
10 MediaWiki 1.19 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
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 * Default cookie lifetime ($wgCookieExpiration) is increased to 180 days.
17 * (bug 31204) Removed old user.user_options
18 * $wgMaxImageArea now applies to jpeg files if they are not scaled with
20 * Introduced $wgQueryPageDefaultLimit (defaults to 50) for the number of
21 items to show by default on query pages (special pages such as Whatlinkshere).
23 === New features in 1.19 ===
24 * (bug 19838) Possibility to get all interwiki prefixes if the interwiki
26 * $wgDnsBlacklistUrls now accepts an array with url and key as the
27 elements to work with DNSBLs that require keys, such as
29 * (bug 30022) Add support for custom loadScript sources to ResourceLoader.
30 * (bug 19052) Unicode space separator characters (Zs) now terminates external
31 links and images links.
32 * (bug 30160) Add public method to mw.loader to get module names from registry.
33 * (bug 15558) Parameters to special pages included in wikitext can now be passed
35 * Installer now issues a warning if mod_security is present.
36 * (bug 29455) Add support for a filter callback function in jQuery byteLimit
38 * Extensions can now participate in the extraction of titles from url paths
39 * Added two new GetLocalURL hooks to better serve extensions working on a
40 limited type of titles.
41 * Added a --no-updates flag to importDump.php that skips updating the links
43 * Most presentational html attributes like valign are now converted to inline
44 css style rules. These attributes were removed from html5 and so we clean
45 them up when $wgHtml5 is enabled. This can be disabled using
46 $wgCleanupPresentationalAttributes.
47 * Magic words (time and number-formatting ones, plus DIRECTIONMARK, but not
48 NAMESPACE) now depend on the page content language instead of the site
49 language. In theory this sets the right magic words in system messages,
50 although they are not used there.
51 * (bug 30451) Add page_props to RefreshLinks::deleteLinksFromNonexistent
52 * (bug 30450) Clear page_props table on page deletion
53 * Hook added to check for exempt from account creation throttle
54 * (bug 30344) Add configuration variable for setting custom priorities when
56 * (bug 96170) Add array support for space-separated list attributes (like
57 'class') in the Html helper class.
58 * (bug 26470) Add checkered background image on hover on files pages.
59 * (bug 30774) mediawiki.html: Add support for numbers and booleans in the
60 attribute values and element contents.
61 * Conversion script between Tifinagh and Latin for the Tachelhit language
62 * (bug 16755) Add options 'noreplace' and 'noerror' to {{DEFAULTSORT:...}}
63 to stop it from replace an already existing default sort, and suppress error.
64 * (bug 18578) Rewrote revision delete related messages to allow better
66 * (bug 30364) LanguageConverter now depends on the page content language
67 instead of the wiki content language
68 * Jump links will now be usable in css-capable browsers instead of only
69 in outdated text browsers.
70 * New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles
71 of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
72 * Some deprecated presentational html attributes will now be automatically
74 * (bug 31297) Add support for namespaces in Special:RecentChanges subpage filter
76 * The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
77 * (bug 25306) Add link of old page title to MediaWiki:Delete_and_move_reason
78 * Added hook BitmapHandlerCheckImageArea
79 * (experimental) $wgRealNameInInterface can be enabled to display a user's
80 real name in some parts of the interface instead of a username.
81 * (bug 30062) Add $wgDBprefix option to cli installer
83 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
84 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
85 $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
86 until the second was introduced in 1.17.
87 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages.
88 * (bug 27894) Move 'editondblclick' event listener down from body to
90 * (bug 30172) The check for posix_isatty() in maintenance scripts did not detect
91 when the function exists but is disabled. Introduced
92 Maintenance::posix_isatty().
93 * (bug 30264) Changed installer-generated LocalSettings.php to use
94 require_once() instead require() for included extensions.
95 * Do not convert text in the user interface language to another script.
96 * (bug 26283) Previewing user JS/CSS pages didn't load other user JS/CSS pages
97 * (bug 11374) Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
98 * (bug 26486) ResourceLoader modules with paths to nonexistent files cause PHP
99 warnings/notices to be thrown.
100 * (bug 30335) Fix for HTMLForms using GET breaking when non-friendly URLs are
102 * (bug 28649) Avoiding half truncated multi-byte unicode characters when
103 truncating log comments.
104 * Show --batch-size option in help of maintenance scripts that support it
105 * (bug 4381) Magic quotes cleaning was not comprehensive, key strings were not
107 * (bug 23057) Importers no longer can 'edit' or 'create' a fully-protected page by
108 importing a new revision into it
109 * Allow moving the associated talk pages of subpages even if the base page
111 * Per page edit-notices now work in namespaces without subpages enabled.
112 * (bug 30245) Use the correct way to construct a log page title
113 * (bug 31081) $wgEnotifUseJobQ caused many unnecessary jobs to be queued
114 * (bug 30202) File names are now restricted on upload to 240 bytes, because of
115 restrictions on some of the database fields.
116 * Timezones are now recognised in user preferences when offset is different
118 * (bug 31692) "summary" parameter now also work when undoing revisions
119 * (bug 18823) "move succeeded" text displayed bluelinks even when redirect was
121 * (bug 31921) Magic words REVISIONDAY, REVISIONMONTH and REVISIONYEAR now give
122 current values on preview
123 * (bug 19186) Special:UserLogin's title on Special:SpecialPages now says
124 "create account" when the user cannot create an account
125 * (bug 31818) 'usercreated' message now supports GENDER
126 * (bug 32022) Our phpunit.php script can now be executed from another directory
127 * (bug 26020) Setting $wgEmailConfirmToEdit to true no longer removes diffs
128 from recent changes feeds
129 * (bug 30232) add current time to message wlnote on Special:Watchlist
130 * (bug 29110) $wgFeedDiffCutoff did not affect new pages
131 * (bug 32168) Add wfRemoveDotSegments for use in wfExpandUrl
132 * (bug 32358) Do not display "No higher resolution available" for dimensionless
133 files (like audio files)
135 === API changes in 1.19 ===
136 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
137 * (bug 29748) Add API search prefix support.
138 * (bug 29684) Set forgotten parameter types in ApiQueryIWLinks.
139 * (bug 29685) do not output NULL parentid with list=deletedrevs&drprop=parentid.
140 * siprop=interwikimap and siprop=languages can use silanguagecode to have
141 a best effort language name translation. Use CLDR extension for best result.
142 * (bug 30230) action=expandtemplates should not silently override invalid title
144 * (bug 18634) Create API to fetch MediaWiki's language fallback tree structure.
145 * (bug 26885) Allow show/hide of account blocks, temporary blocks and single IP
146 address blocks for list=blocks.
147 * (bug 30591) Add support to only return keys in ApiAllMessages.
148 * The API now respects $wgShowHostnames and won't share the hostname in
149 severedby if it's set to false
151 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
153 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
154 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
155 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
157 * Canadian English (en-ca) (new).
158 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
159 * (bug 30217) Make pt-br a fallback of pt.
160 * (bug 31193) Set fallback language of Assamese from Bengali to English.
161 * Update date format for dsb and hsb: month names need the genitive.
163 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
164 * jquery.mwPrototypes module was renamed to jquery.mwExtension.
165 * The maintenance script populateSha1.php was renamed to the more concise
166 populateImageSha1.php
167 * The Client-IP header is no longer checked for when trying to resolve a client's
169 * (bug 22096) Although IE5.x and below was already unsupported officially, stylesheets
170 existing exclusively for IE5.0 and IE5.5 have now been removed (which were in skins
171 'chick' and 'monobook').
172 * The constructor for CategoryView has changed, the second parameter is now a
173 Context source and is required.
177 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
179 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
180 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
181 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
183 The supported versions are:
186 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
188 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
192 1.19 has several database changes since 1.18, and will not work without schema
195 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
196 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
197 due to database schema changes.
199 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
200 new database fields are filled with data.
202 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
203 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
204 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
206 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
208 For notes on 1.17.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
210 == Online documentation ==
212 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
213 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
214 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
216 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
220 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
222 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
224 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
226 http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
228 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
229 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
233 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.