HISTORY: Add MediaWiki 1.5 post-release change notes

Add MediaWiki 1.5 post-release change notes, sourced from
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.5

Bug: T213714
Change-Id: I6c29cca7903df3f9f718aa13512c500c5fced63c
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Nikita Rana 2019-03-28 00:36:44 +05:30 committed by James D. Forrester
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@ -16487,6 +16487,39 @@ place on the development trunk and will appear in the next quarterly release.
Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can [[Download
from SVN|obtain it from source control]].
=== What's new in 1.6 ===
'''User interface:'''
* The account creation form has been separated from the user login form.
* Page protection/unprotection uses a new, expanded form
'''Templates:'''
* Categories and "what links here" now update as expected when adding or
removing links in a template.
* Template parameters can now have default values, as <nowiki>{{{name|default
value}}}</nowiki>
'''Uploads:'''
* Optional support for rasterizing SVG images to PNG for inline display
'''Feeds:'''
* Feed generation upgraded to Atom 1.0
* Diffs in RSS and Atom feeds are now colored for improved readability.
'''Database:'''
* MySQL 3.23.x support dropped; 4.0 or later required
* Experimental support for Unicode mode of MySQL 4.1/5.0 (moderately tested)
* Experimental Oracle support (not well tested!)
'''Anti-spam extension support:'''
* [[meta:SpamBlacklist extension|SpamBlacklist extension]] now has support for
automated cleanup.
* Support for a [[meta:ConfirmEdit extension|captcha extension]] to restrict
automated spam edits.
Numerous bug fixes and other behind-the-scenes changes have been made; see the
file HISTORY for a complete change list.
== Changes since 1.5 ==
* (bug 2885) More PHP 5.1 fixes: skin, search, log, undelete
@ -17231,39 +17264,6 @@ fully support the editing toolbar, but was found to be too confusing.
* (bug 2139) Show page title in subtitle when viewing "read only" page
* (bug 5452) Update language name for Cree
=== What's new in 1.6 ===
'''User interface:'''
* The account creation form has been separated from the user login form.
* Page protection/unprotection uses a new, expanded form
'''Templates:'''
* Categories and "what links here" now update as expected when adding or
removing links in a template.
* Template parameters can now have default values, as <nowiki>{{{name|default
value}}}</nowiki>
'''Uploads:'''
* Optional support for rasterizing SVG images to PNG for inline display
'''Feeds:'''
* Feed generation upgraded to Atom 1.0
* Diffs in RSS and Atom feeds are now colored for improved readability.
'''Database:'''
* MySQL 3.23.x support dropped; 4.0 or later required
* Experimental support for Unicode mode of MySQL 4.1/5.0 (moderately tested)
* Experimental Oracle support (not well tested!)
'''Anti-spam extension support:'''
* [[meta:SpamBlacklist extension|SpamBlacklist extension]] now has support for
automated cleanup.
* Support for a [[meta:ConfirmEdit extension|captcha extension]] to restrict
automated spam edits.
Numerous bug fixes and other behind-the-scenes changes have been made; see the
file HISTORY for a complete change list.
== Compatibility ==
Older PHP 4.2 and 4.1 releases are no longer supported; PHP 4 users must
@ -17302,7 +17302,11 @@ Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not produce
recommended on live sites. (This must be set for MathML to display properly in
Mozilla.)
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= MediaWiki 1.5 =
== MediaWiki 1.5.9 ==
* (bug 3359) Add hooks on completion of file upload
== MediaWiki 1.5.8 ==