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= MediaWiki release notes =
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Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
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setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.
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== MediaWiki 1.12 ==
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THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
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MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
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quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
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"ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.
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Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
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from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature developments
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will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.
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Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
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it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
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=== Configuration changes in 1.12 ===
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=== New features in 1.12 ===
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* Add a warning for non-descriptive filenames at Special:Upload
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=== Bug fixes in 1.12 ===
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2007-09-06 20:08:08 +00:00
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* Subpages are now indexed for searching properly when using PostgreSQL
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* (bug 3846) Suppress warnings from, e.g. open_basedir when scanning for
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ImageMagick, diff3 et al. during installation [patch by Jan Reininghaus]
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2007-09-09 08:13:31 +00:00
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* (bug 7027) Shift handling of deletion permissions-checking to
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getUserPermissionsErrors.
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* Login and signup forms are now more correct for right-to-left languages.
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2007-09-10 00:45:32 +00:00
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* Fix inconsistent section edit link size for some browsers.
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2007-09-10 01:53:24 +00:00
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* (bug 5387) Block log items on RecentChanges don't make use of possible
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translations
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2007-09-10 05:28:09 +00:00
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* (bug 11211) Pass, as a parameter to the protectedpagetext interface
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message, the level of protection.
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* (bug 9611) Supply the blocker and reason for the cantcreateaccounttext
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message.
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* (bug 8759) Fixed bug where rollback was allowed on protected pages for wikis
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where rollback is given to non-sysops.
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2007-09-10 08:10:48 +00:00
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* (bug 8834) Split off permission for editing user JavaScript and CSS from
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editinterface to a new permission key editusercssjs.
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* (bug 11266) Set fallback language for Fulfulde (ff) to French
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* (bug 11179) Include image version deletion comment in public log
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* (bug 11158) Fix escaping in API HTML-formatted JSON
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=== API changes in 1.12 ===
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Full API documentation is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
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2007-09-10 14:17:33 +00:00
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* (bug 11275) Enable descending sort in categorymembers
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=== Languages updated in 1.12 ===
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* Arabic (ar)
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* Mapudungun (arn) (new)
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* Bikol Central (bcl)
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* Belarusian Taraskievica orthography (be-tarask)
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* Bengali (bn)
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* Cassubian (csb)
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* Welsh (cy)
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* Danish (da)
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* German (de)
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* Persian (fa)
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* Frisian (fy)
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* French (fr)
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* Upper Sorbian (hsb)
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* Kazakh (kk)
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* Dutch (nl)
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* Slovak (sk)
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* Sakha (sah)
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* Zealandic (zea)
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== Compatibility ==
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MediaWiki 1.12 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
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PHP 5.0.x fails on 64-bit systems due to serious bugs with array processing:
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http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34879
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Upgrade affected systems to PHP 5.1 or higher.
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MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported; some older hosts may need to upgrade.
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At this time we still recommend 4.0, but 4.1/5.0 will work fine in most cases.
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== Upgrading ==
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1.12 has several database changes since 1.11, and will not work without schema
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updates.
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If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
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new database fields are filled with data.
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If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, some major database
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changes are made, and there is a slightly higher chance that things could
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break. Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
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See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
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=== Caveats ===
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Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
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produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
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set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
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cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
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MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
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For notes on 1.11.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
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=== Online documentation ===
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Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
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built up on MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
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License (except for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in
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the public domain) :
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http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
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=== Mailing list ===
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A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
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wikitech-l list:
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http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
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http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
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It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
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going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
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=== IRC help ===
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There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net
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