3 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
5 MediaWiki 1.32 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
8 === Configuration changes in 1.32 ===
9 * (T115414) The $wgEnableAPI and $wgEnableWriteAPI settings, deprecated in 1.31,
11 * The $wgUseAjax setting, deprecated in 1.31, is now ignored.
12 * The $wgSiteSupportPage setting, unused since 1.5, was removed.
13 * The default quality of JPEG thumbnails generated by GD was reduced from 95 to
14 80. The quality of JPEG thumbnails is now configurable through the new setting
15 $wgJpegQuality (default 80). This aligns the quality to what ImageMagick uses.
16 * $wgExperimentalHtmlIds, deprecated since 1.30, has been removed. The
17 'html5-legacy' value for $wgFragmentMode is no longer accepted.
18 * The experimental Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy drivers were removed.
19 RemexHtml, which is the default, should be used instead.
20 * (T135963) You can now define a Content Security Policy for your wiki. This
21 adds a defense-in-depth feature to stop an attacker who has found a bug in
22 the parser allowing them to insert malicious attributes. Disabled by default,
23 you can configure this via $wgCSPHeader and $wgCSPReportOnlyHeader.
25 === New features in 1.32 ===
26 * (T112474) Generalized the ResourceLoader mechanism for overriding modules
27 using a particular page during edit previews.
28 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
29 * (T174313) Added checkbox on Special:ListUsers to display only users in temporary
32 === External library changes in 1.32 ===
35 ==== Upgraded external libraries ====
36 * Updated QUnit from 2.4.0 to 2.6.0.
38 ==== New external libraries ====
41 ==== Removed and replaced external libraries ====
44 === Bug fixes in 1.32 ===
47 === Action API changes in 1.32 ===
48 * Added templated parameters.
49 * A module can define a templated parameter like "{fruit}-quantity", where
50 the actual parameters recognized correspond to the values of a multi-valued
51 parameter. Then clients can make requests like
52 "fruits=apples|bananas&apples-quantity=1&bananas-quantity=5".
53 * action=paraminfo will return templated parameter definitions separately
54 from normal parameters. All parameter definitions now include an "index"
55 key to allow clients to maintain parameter ordering when merging normal and
57 * It is now an error to submit too many values for a multi-valued parameter.
58 This has generated a warning since MediaWiki 1.14.
60 === Action API internal changes in 1.32 ===
61 * Added 'ApiParseMakeOutputPage' hook.
62 * Parameter names may no longer contain '{' or '}', as these are now used for
65 === Languages updated in 1.32 ===
66 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
67 Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
68 because of Phabricator reports.
70 * (T193566) Added language support for Ambonese Malay (abs).
72 === Breaking changes in 1.32 ===
73 * $wgRequestTime, deprecated in 1.25, was removed. Use
74 $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'] or WebRequest::getElapsedTime() instead.
75 * The MediaWikiI18N class, deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
76 * QuickTemplate::setTranslator(), deprecated in 1.31, was removed. Use
78 * wfInitShellLocale(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
79 * wfShellExecDisabled(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
80 * The type string for the parameter $lang of DateFormatter::getInstance,
81 deprecated in 1.31, was removed.
82 * The EDIT_TOKEN_SUFFIX constant deprecated in 1.27, was removed. Use
83 MediaWiki\Session\Token::SUFFIX instead.
84 * EditPage::isOouiEnabled() deprecated in 1.30, was removed.
85 * mw.util.wikiGetlink(), deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use mw.util.getUrl()
87 * (T61113) The following methods and constants from the Revision class, which
88 were deprecated in 1.25, have now been removed:
89 * Revision::getRawUser()
90 * Revision::getRawUserText()
91 * Revision::getRawComment()
92 * window.gM() from mediawiki.jqueryMsg, deprecated in 1.23, was removed. Use
93 mw.msg() or mw.message() instead.
94 * mw.util.escapeId(), deprecated in 1.30, was removed. Use
95 mw.util.escapeIdForAttribute or mw.util.escapeIdForLink instead.
96 * mw.util.updateTooltipAccessKeys(), deprecated in 1.24, was removed. Use
97 jquery.accessKeyLabel instead.
98 * The SqlDataUpdate class, deprecated in 1.28, has been removed.
99 * The Html5Internal and Html5Depurate tidy driver classes were removed, along with the
100 Balancer tidy implementation. Both implementations were experimental, and were replaced
103 === Deprecations in 1.32 ===
104 * Use of a StartProfiler.php file is deprecated in favour of placing
105 configuration in LocalSettings.php.
106 * HTMLForm::setSubmitProgressive() is deprecated. No need to call it. Submit
107 button is already marked as progressive.
108 * Skin::setupSkinUserCss() is deprecated. Adding of modules to load
109 has been centralised to Skin::getDefaultModules(), which is now capable
110 of queueing style modules as well.
111 * OutputPage::addModuleScripts() and ParserOutput::addModuleScripts are
112 deprecated. Use addModules() instead.
113 * Overriding SearchEngine::{searchText,searchTitle,searchArchiveTitle}
114 in extending classes is deprecated. Extend related doSearch* methods
116 * CollationFa has been removed completely as it's not needed anymore
117 * The following 'mediawiki.api' plugin modules were merged into mediawiki.api
118 and deprecated: mediawiki.api.category, mediawiki.api.edit,
119 mediawiki.api.login, mediawiki.api.options, mediawiki.api.parse,
120 mediawiki.api.upload, mediawiki.api.user, mediawiki.api.watch,
121 mediawiki.api.messages, and mediawiki.api.rollback.
122 * ApiBase::truncateArray() is deprecated. No replacement, as nothing is known
125 === Other changes in 1.32 ===
126 * Soft hyphens (U+00AD) are now automatically removed from titles; these
127 characters can accidentally end up in copy-and-pasted titles.
128 * Strip Unicode 6.3.0 directional formatting characters (U+061C, U+2066,
129 U+2067, U+2068, U+2069) from the title.
133 MediaWiki 1.32 requires PHP 5.5.9 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
134 supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 5.5.9 or later for long term
137 MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
138 but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
139 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
141 The supported versions are:
143 * MySQL 5.5.8 or later
144 * PostgreSQL 9.2 or later
145 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
146 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
147 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
150 1.32 has several database changes since 1.31, and will not work without schema
151 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
152 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
153 many hours on a large site).
155 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
157 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions, including
158 important information when upgrading from versions prior to 1.11.
160 For notes on 1.31.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
162 == Online documentation ==
163 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
164 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
165 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
167 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
170 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
172 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
174 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
176 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
178 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
179 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
182 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.