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 * $wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups (deprecated in 1.13) has been removed
  15 * $wgInputEncoding and $wgOutputEncoding (deprecated in 1.5) have now been removed
  16 * $wgAllowUserSkin (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  17 * $wgExtraRandompageSQL (deprecated in 1.16) has now been removed
  18 * LogReader and LogViewer classes (deprecated in 1.14) have now been removed
  19 * (bug 26033) Added $wgArticleCountMethod to select the method to use to say
  20   whether a page is an article or not. $wgUseCommaCount is now deprecated.
  21
  22 === New features in 1.19 ===
  23 * (bug 28916) A way to to toggle mw.config legacy globals settings from
  24   LocalSettings.php has been created by introducing $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals.
  25 * (bug 28503) Support for ircs:// URL protocols
  26 * (bug 26033) It is now possible to count all non-redirect pages in content
  27   namespaces as articles
  28 * Images can now be embedded in an XML dump stream using backupDump.php
  29   --include-files and can be imported using importDump.php --uploads;
  30   furthermore, it can import files from the filesystem using --image-base-path
  31 * Three new hooks in Special:Undelete, 'UndeleteForm::showHistory',
  32   'UndeleteForm::showRevision' and 'UndeleteForm::undelete', so that extensions
  33   may override the usage of PageArchive class and replace it with their own
  34   class that extends PageArchive.
  35 * (bug 28915) Implement QUnit test suite for MediaWiki JavaScript.
  36   Also built-in support for distribution through a TestSwarm instance.
  37 * (bug 29036) For cascade-protected pages, the mw-textarea-cprotected class is
  38   added to the textarea on the edit form.
  39
  40 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  41 * (bug 10154) Don't allow user to specify days beyond $wgRCMaxAge.
  42 * (bug 28868) Show total pages in the subtitle of an image on the
  43   file description page for multi-paged documents.
  44 * (bug 28883) Message names for different compression types commonly
  45   used in Tiff files.
  46 * When translcuding a special page, do not let it interpret url parameters.
  47 * (bug 28887) Special page classes are no longer re-used during 1 request.
  48 * New title field of Special:MovePage is now length limited on client side.
  49 * (bug 28888) Searching for something starting with a # sign no longer tells
  50   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
  51 * (bug 23002) Imagelinks table not updated after imagemove.
  52 * (bug 27864) Transcluding {{Special:Prefix}} with empty prefix now lists all
  53   pages.
  54 * (bug 18803) JPEG2000 images can no longer be uploaded as JPEG image.
  55 * (bug 11868) If using links to count articles, the checking will now be based
  56   on the real presence of an internal link instead of the "[[" string
  57 * (bug 28287) The "your changes" box for edit conflicts is now read-only.
  58 * (bug 28940) When making a thumb of an SVG, and only specifying the height
  59   make the width be the max SVG size, not the natrual width of the SVG.
  60 * (bug 1780) Uploading files with non-ascii characters are now forbidden on
  61   Windows.
  62 * (bug 23464) File: prefixes are now chopped off during uploading.
  63 * (bug 28174) Message config-logo-help amended to not explicitly assume any
  64   LTR/RTL screen layout.
  65 * (bug 28992) Revision numbers in the patrol log are transformed in the user
  66   language.
  67 * (bug 27073) ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles should be dynamically appended to
  68   the document if it doesn't exist.
  69 * (bug 27023) After dom ready event, using mediawiki.loader.using will
  70   call callback too early.
  71 * (bug 4330) External URLs without custom title should be treated as LTR,
  72   also in RTL text.
  73
  74 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  75 * (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
  76 * (bug 28963) add langbacklinks module to api
  77 * (bug 27593) API: add error message when sha1/sha1base36 is invalid
  78
  79 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  80
  81 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  82 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  83 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  84
  85 * Bhojpuri (bho) (renamed from "bh").
  86
  87 == Compatibility ==
  88
  89 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
  90
  91 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
  92 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
  93 DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
  94
  95 The supported versions are:
  96
  97 * MySQL 4.0 or later
  98 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  99 * SQLite 3
 100
 101 == Upgrading ==
 102
 103 1.19 has several database changes since 1.17, and will not work without schema
 104 updates.
 105
 106 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 107 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 108 due to database schema changes.
 109
 110 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 111 new database fields are filled with data.
 112
 113 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 114 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 115 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 116
 117 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 118
 119 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 120
 121 == Online documentation ==
 122
 123 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 124 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 125 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 126
 127         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 128
 129 == Mailing list ==
 130
 131 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 132
 133         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 134
 135 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 136
 137         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 138
 139 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 140 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 141
 142 == IRC help ==
 143
 144 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.