=== Configuration changes in 1.17 ===
* DatabaseFunctions.php that was needed for compatibility with pre-1.3
extensions has been removed.
+* $wgLogAutocreatedAccounts controls whether autocreation of accounts is logged
+ to new users log.
+* $wgAllowImageTag can be set to true to whitelist the <img> tag in wikitext.
=== New features in 1.17 ===
* (bug 10183) Users can now add personal styles and scripts to all skins via
'unblockself' permission (which they have by default)
* (bug 18499) Added "enhanced" URL parameter to switch between old and enhanced
changes list
+* (bug 22925) "sp-contributions-blocked-notice-anon" message now displayed when
+ viewing contributions of a blocked IP address
+* (bug 22474) {{urlencode:}} now takes an optional second paramter for type of
+ escaping.
+* Special:Listfiles now supports a username parameter
+* Special:Random carries over query string parameters
+* (bug 23206) Add Special::Search hook for detecting successful "Go"
+* When visiting a "red link" of a deleted file, a deletion and move log excerpt
+ is provided on the Upload form.
+* (bug 22647) Add category details in search results.
+* (bug 23276) Add hook to Special:NewPages to modify query
+* Add accesskey 's' and tooltip to 'Save' button at Special:Preferences
+* Add accesskey 'b' and tooltip to the summary field of edit mode
+* (bug 20186) Allow filtering Special:Contributions for RevisionDeleted edits
+* (bug 22858) $wgLocalStylePath is by default set to the same value as
+ $wgStylePath but should never point to a different domain than the site is
+ on, allowing skins to use .htc files which are not cross-domain friendly.
+* ajaxwatch now uses the API and JQuery, and can be used to animate arbitrary
+ watch links, not just to watch the page the link is on.
+* (bug 20193) Added $wgVectorShowVariantName global configuration variable
+ which causes Vector to render the the variants drop-down menu with a label
+ showing the current variant name. This is off by default, pending further
+ research into its user experience implications.
=== Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive
* (bug 22496) Viewing diff of a redirect page without specifying "oldid"
parameter no longer makes the page displayed as being the redirect target
* (bug 22918) Feed cache keys now use $wgRenderHashAppend
+* (bug 21916) Last-Modified header is now correct when outputting cached feed
+* (bug 20049) Fixed PHP notice in search highlighter that occurs in some cases
+* (bug 23017) Special:Disambiguations now list pages in content namespaces
+ rather than only main namespace
+* (bug 23063) $wgMaxAnimatedGifArea is checked against the total size of all
+ frames, and $wgMaxImageArea against the size of the first frame, rather than
+ the other way around. Both now default to 12.5 megapixels. Also, images
+ exceeding $wgMaxImageArea can still be embedded at original size
+* (bug 23078) "All public logs" option on Special:Log is now always the first
+ item
+* (bug 16817) Group names in user rights log are now singular and in lowercase
+* Special:Preferences no longer crashes if the wiki default date formatting
+ style is not valid for the user's interface language
+* (bug 23167) Check the watch checkbox by default if the watchcreations
+ preference is set
+* Maintenance script cleanupTitles is now able to fix titles stored
+in a negative namespace (which is invalid).
+* (bug 19858) Removed obsolete <big> in interface messages.
+* (bug 21456) "Bad title" error when showing non-local interwiki pages no longer
+ displays incorrect tabs
+* (bug 23190) Improved math representation for text browsers.
+* (bug 22015) Improved upload-by-url error handling and error display
+* (bug 17941) $wgMaxUploadSize is now honored by all upload sources
+* (bug 23080) New usernames now limited to 235 bytes so that custom skin files
+ work.
+* (bug 23075) Correct MediaTransformError default width in gallery.
+* (bug 16487) The Anonymous user account used on Postgres is no longer
+ displayed on Special:Listusers.
+* (bug 23313) Move watchlisthidepatrolled above token in watchlist preferences
+ to enhance preference grouping.
+* (bug 23298) Interwiki links with prefix only in log summaries now link to the
+ correct link
+* (bug 23284) Times are now rounded correctly
=== API changes in 1.17 ===
* (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent
* Latgalian (ltg) (new)
* Rusyn (rue) (new)
+* (bug 23156) Commafy and search normalization updated for Belarusian
+ (Taraškievica)
+* (bug 23283) Native name for Old English -> Ænglisc
+
== Compatibility ==
MediaWiki 1.17 requires PHP 5.1 (5.2 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer