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 * Default cookie lifetime ($wgCookieExpiration) is increased to 180 days.
  17
  18 === New features in 1.19 ===
  19 * (bug 30497) Add client-nojs and client-js classes on document element
  20   to let styles easily hide or show things based on general JS availability
  21 * (bug 19838) Possibility to get all interwiki prefixes if the interwiki
  22   cache is used.
  23 * $wgDnsBlacklistUrls now accepts an array with url and key as the
  24   elements to work with DNSBLs that require keys, such as
  25   Project Honeypot.
  26 * (bug 30022) Add support for custom loadScript sources to ResourceLoader.
  27 * (bug 19052) Unicode space separator characters (Zs) now terminates external
  28   links and images links.
  29 * (bug 30160) Add public method to mw.loader to get module names from registry.
  30 * (bug 15558) Parameters to special pages included in wikitext can now be passed
  31   as with templates.
  32 * Installer now issues a warning if mod_security is present.
  33 * (bug 29455) Add support for a filter callback function in jQuery byteLimit
  34   plugin.
  35 * Extensions can now participate in the extraction of titles from url paths
  36 * Added two new GetLocalURL hooks to better serve extensions working on a
  37   limited type of titles.
  38 * Added a --no-updates flag to importDump.php that skips updating the links
  39   tables.
  40 * Most presentational html attributes like valign are now converted to inline
  41   css style rules. These attributes were removed from html5 and so we clean
  42   them up when $wgHtml5 is enabled. This can be disabled using
  43   $wgCleanupPresentationalAttributes.
  44 * Magic words (time and number-formatting ones, plus DIRECTIONMARK, but not
  45   NAMESPACE) now depend on the page content language instead of the site
  46   language. In theory this sets the right magic words in system messages,
  47   although they are not used there.
  48 * (bug 30451) Add page_props to RefreshLinks::deleteLinksFromNonexistent
  49 * (bug 30450) Clear page_props table on page deletion
  50 * Hook added to check for exempt from account creation throttle
  51 * (bug 30344) Add configuration variable for setting custom priorities when
  52   generating sitemaps
  53 * (bug 16428) Include permalink in printable version
  54
  55 === Bug fixes in 1.19 ===
  56 * $wgUploadNavigationUrl should be used for file redlinks if
  57   $wgUploadMissingFileUrl is not set. The first was used for this
  58   until the second was introduced in 1.17.
  59 * (bug 25355) Parser generates edit section links for special pages.
  60 * (bug 27894) Move 'editondblclick' event listener down from body to
  61   div#bodyContent.
  62 * (bug 30172) The check for posix_isatty() in maintenance scripts did not detect
  63   when the function exists but is disabled. Introduced
  64   Maintenance::posix_isatty().
  65 * (bug 30264) Changed installer-generated LocalSettings.php to use
  66   require_once() instead require() for included extensions.
  67 * Do not convert text in the user interface language to another script.
  68 * (bug 26283) Previewing user JS/CSS pages doesn't load other user JS/CSS pages
  69 * (bug 11374) Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
  70 * (bug 26486) ResourceLoader modules with paths to nonexistent files cause PHP
  71   warnings/notices to be thrown.
  72 * (bug 30335) Fix for HTMLForms using GET breaking when non-friendly URLs are
  73   used
  74 * (bug 28649) Avoiding half truncated multi-byte unicode characters when
  75   truncating log comments.
  76 * Show --batch-size option in help of maintenance scripts that support it
  77 * (bug 4381) Magic quotes cleaning is not comprehensive, key strings not
  78   unescaped
  79
  80 === API changes in 1.19 ===
  81 * (bug 19838) siprop=interwikimap can now use the interwiki cache.
  82 * (bug 29748) Add API search prefix support.
  83 * (bug 29684) Set forgotten parameter types in ApiQueryIWLinks.
  84 * (bug 29685) do not output NULL parentid with list=deletedrevs&drprop=parentid.
  85 * siprop=interwikimap and siprop=languages can use silanguagecode to have
  86   a best effort language name translation. Use CLDR extension for best result.
  87 * (bug 30230) action=expandtemplates should not silently override invalid title
  88   inputs.
  89 * (bug 18634) Create API to fetch MediaWiki's language fallback tree structure.
  90 * (bug 26885) Allow show/hide of account blocks, temporary blocks and single IP
  91   address blocks for list=blocks.
  92 * (bug 30591) Add support to only return keys in ApiAllMessages.
  93
  94 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
  95
  96 MediaWiki supports over 330 languages. Many localisations are updated
  97 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  98 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  99
 100 * Kichwa (qug) (new).
 101 * Uighur (Latin) (ug-latn) was incorrectly marked as right-to-left language.
 102 * (bug 30217) Make pt-br a fallback of pt
 103
 104 === Other changes in 1.19 ===
 105 * jquery.mwPrototypes module was renamed to jquery.mwExtension.
 106 * The maintenance script populateSha1.php was renamed to the more concise
 107   populateImageSha1.php
 108 * The Client-IP header is no longer checked for when trying to resolve a client's
 109   real IP address.
 110
 111 == Compatibility ==
 112
 113 MediaWiki 1.19 requires PHP 5.2.3. PHP 4 is no longer supported.
 114
 115 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 116 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for IBM
 117 DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.
 118
 119 The supported versions are:
 120
 121 * MySQL 4.0 or later
 122 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 123 * SQLite 3
 124 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 125
 126 == Upgrading ==
 127
 128 1.19 has several database changes since 1.18, and will not work without schema
 129 updates.
 130
 131 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 132 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 133 due to database schema changes.
 134
 135 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 136 new database fields are filled with data.
 137
 138 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
 139 changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
 140 break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 141
 142 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 143
 144 For notes on 1.15.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 145
 146 == Online documentation ==
 147
 148 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 149 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 150 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 151
 152         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 153
 154 == Mailing list ==
 155
 156 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 157
 158         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 159
 160 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 161
 162         http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 163
 164 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 165 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 166
 167 == IRC help ==
 168
 169 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.