RELEASE-NOTES-1.24

   1 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals. If you
   2 have it on, turn it '''off''' if you can.
   3
   4 == MediaWiki 1.24 ==
   5
   6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
   7
   8 MediaWiki 1.24 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
   9 production.
  10
  11 === Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
  12 * The server's canonical hostname is available as $wgServerName, which is
  13   exposed in both mw.config and ApiQuerySiteInfo.
  14
  15 === New features in 1.24 ===
  16 * Added a new hook, "WhatLinksHereProps", to allow extensions to annotate
  17   WhatLinksHere entries.
  18 * Added a new hook, "ContentGetParserOutput", to customize parser output for
  19   a given content object.
  20 * Deprecated the hook "ShowRawCssJs", use "ContentGetParserOutput" instead.
  21 * HTMLForm's HTMLTextField now supports the 'url' type.
  22 * HTMLForm fields may now be dynamically hidden based on the values of other
  23   fields in the form.
  24 * HTMLForm now supports multiple copies of an input field or set of input
  25   fields, e.g. the form may request "one or more usernames" without having to
  26   have the user enter delimited list of names into a text field.
  27 * Added a new hook, "SidebarBeforeOutput", to allow to edit the structure of
  28   the sidebar just before its display.
  29
  30 === Bug fixes in 1.24 ===
  31 * (bug 62258) A bug was fixed in File::getUnscaledThumb when a height
  32   restriction was present in the parameters.  Images with both the "frame"
  33   option and a size specification set will now always ignore the provided
  34   size and display an unscaled image, as the documentation has always
  35   claimed it would.
  36 * (bug 39035) Improved Vector skin performance by removing collapsibleNav,
  37   which used to collapse some sidebar elements by default.
  38 * (bug 890) Links in Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist no longer
  39   follow redirects to their target pages.
  40 * Parser now dies early if called recursively, instead of producing subtle bugs.
  41
  42 === Web API changes in 1.24 ===
  43 * action=parse API now supports prop=modules, which provides the list of
  44   ResourceLoader modules that should be used to enhance the parsed content.
  45
  46 === Languages updated in 1.24 ===
  47
  48 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
  49 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
  50 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
  51
  52 === Other changes in 1.24 ===
  53 * The deprecated jquery.delayedBind ResourceLoader module was removed.
  54 * The deprecated function mw.util.toggleToc was removed.
  55 * The Special:Search hooks SpecialSearchGo and SpecialSearchResultsAppend
  56   were removed as they were unused.
  57 * mediawiki.util.$content no longer supports old versions of the Vector,
  58   Monobook, Modern and CologneBlue skins that don't yet implement the "mw-body"
  59   and/or "mw-body-primary" class name in their html.
  60
  61 ==== Renamed classes ====
  62 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression
  63 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Fragment to CLDRPluralRuleConverterFragment
  64 * CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Operator to CLDRPluralRuleConverterOperator
  65 * CLDRPluralRuleEvaluator_Range to CLDRPluralRuleEvaluatorRange
  66 * CSSJanus_Tokenizer to CSSJanusTokenizer
  67 * MediaWiki_I18N to MediaWikiI18N
  68 * RevDel_ArchiveItem to RevDelArchiveItem
  69 * RevDel_ArchiveList to RevDelArchiveList
  70 * RevDel_ArchivedFileItem to RevDelArchivedFileItem
  71 * RevDel_ArchivedFileList to RevDelArchivedFileList
  72 * RevDel_ArchivedRevisionItem to RevDelArchivedRevisionItem
  73 * RevDel_FileItem to RevDelFileItem
  74 * RevDel_FileList to RevDelFileList
  75 * RevDel_Item to RevDelItem
  76 * RevDel_List to RevDelList
  77 * RevDel_LogItem to RevDelLogItem
  78 * RevDel_LogList to RevDelLogList
  79 * RevDel_RevisionItem to RevDelRevisionItem
  80 * RevDel_RevisionList to RevDelRevisionList
  81 * WebInstaller_Complete to WebInstallerComplete
  82 * WebInstaller_Copying to WebInstallerCopying
  83 * WebInstaller_DBConnect to WebInstallerDBConnect
  84 * WebInstaller_DBSettings to WebInstallerDBSettings
  85 * WebInstaller_Document to WebInstallerDocument
  86 * WebInstaller_ExistingWiki to WebInstallerExistingWiki
  87 * WebInstaller_Install to WebInstallerInstall
  88 * WebInstaller_Language to WebInstallerLanguage
  89 * WebInstaller_Name to WebInstallerName
  90 * WebInstaller_Options to WebInstallerOptions
  91 * WebInstaller_Readme to WebInstallerReadme
  92 * WebInstaller_ReleaseNotes to WebInstallerReleaseNotes
  93 * WebInstaller_Restart to WebInstallerRestart
  94 * WebInstaller_Upgrade to WebInstallerUpgrade
  95 * WebInstaller_UpgradeDoc to WebInstallerUpgradeDoc
  96 * WebInstaller_Welcome to WebInstallerWelcome
  97
  98 ==== Removed classes ====
  99 * IPBlockForm - Use SpecialBlock directly
 100 * WatchlistEditor - Use SpecialEditWatchlist directly
 101
 102 == Compatibility ==
 103
 104 MediaWiki 1.24 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.
 105
 106 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
 107 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
 108 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
 109
 110 The supported versions are:
 111
 112 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
 113 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
 114 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
 115 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
 116 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
 117
 118 == Upgrading ==
 119
 120 1.24 has several database changes since 1.23, and will not work without schema
 121 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
 122 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
 123 many hours on a large site).
 124
 125 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
 126 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
 127 due to database schema changes.
 128
 129 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
 130 new database fields are filled with data.
 131
 132 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
 133 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
 134 with MediaWiki 1.21.
 135
 136 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
 137
 138 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
 139
 140 For notes on 1.22.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
 141
 142 == Online documentation ==
 143
 144 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
 145 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
 146 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
 147
 148         https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
 149
 150 == Mailing list ==
 151
 152 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
 153
 154         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
 155
 156 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
 157
 158         https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
 159
 160 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
 161 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
 162
 163 == IRC help ==
 164
 165 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.