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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 1.8 ==
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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 development happen
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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 ==
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* None yet!
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== Major new features ==
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* (bug 550) Allow blocks on anonymous users only.
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* (bug 6420) Render thumbnails for DJVU images, support multipage DJVU display
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on image pages. Added new 'page=' thumbnail option to select a page from a
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multipage djvu for thumbnail generation.
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* Full Postgres support is now enabled. It requires version 8.0 or better, and
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needs to have both plpgsql and tsearch2 already installed.
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== Changes since 1.7 ==
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* (bug 6562) Removed unmaintained ParserXml.php for now
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* History paging overlap bug fixed
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* (bug 6586) Regression in "unblocked" subtitle
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* Don't put empty-page message into view-source when page text is blank
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* (bug 6587) Remove redundant "allnonarticles" message
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* Block improvements: Allow blocks on anonymous users only. Optionally allow
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or disallow account creation from blocked IP addresses. Prevent duplicate
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blocks. Fixed the problem of expiry and unblocking erroneously affecting
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multiple blocks. Fixed confusing lack of error message when a blocked user
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attempts to create an account. Fixed inefficiency of Special:Ipblocklist in
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the presence of large numbers of blocks; added indexes and implemented an
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indexed pager.
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* (bug 6448) Allow filtering of Special:Newpages according to username
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* (bug 6618) Improve permissions/error detection in Special:Lockdb
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* Quick hack for extension testing: parser test doesn't create new message
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cache object.
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* (bug 6299) Maintain parser's revision ID across recursive calls to fix
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{{REVISIONID}} when Cite extension is used
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* (bug 6622) Removed deprecated function Image::newFromTitle
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* (bug 6627) Fix regression in Special:Ipblocklist with table prefix
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* Removed forced dereferencements (new() returns a reference in PHP5)
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* Note about $wgUploadSizeWarning using byte
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* (bug 6592) Add most viewed pages summary to Special:Statistics
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* Pre-strip characters ignored in IDNs from URLs so they can't be used
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to break the blacklists for regular URLs
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* Fix regression in blocking of user accounts
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* (bug 6635) Fix regression searching for range blocks on Ipblocklist
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* Fix regression searching Ipblocklist with ugly URLs
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* (bug 6639) Use a consistent default for upload directories
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* Preserve entered reason when reporting unconfirmed lock on Special:Lockdb
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* (bug 6642) Don't offer to unlock the database when it isn't locked
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* cleanupTitles.php changed from --dry-run option to --fix, so default
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behavior is now a non-invasive check as with namespaceDupes.php
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* (bug 6660) Fix behaviour of EditPage::blockedPage() when the article does
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not exist; now doesn't show the source box if the user hasn't provided it
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(blocked mid-edit) and the page doesn't exist
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* Improve default value of "blockedtext"
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* (bug 6680) Added localisation for Dutch bookstore list (nl)
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* Renamed maintainace script redundanttrans.php to unusedMessages.php - clearer usage
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* Fix regression which allowed some blocked users to create additional accounts
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* (bug 6657) Fix Hungarian linktrail
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* (bug 6751) Fix preview of blanked section with edit on first preview option
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* (bug 5456) Separate MediaWiki:Search into messages for both noun and verb,
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introduced 'MediaWiki:Searchbutton'
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* Made lines from initialiseMessages() appear as list items during installation
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* Moved the bulk of the localisation data from the Language*.php files to the
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Messages*.php files. Deleted most of the Languages*.php files.
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* Introduced "stub global" framework to provide deferred initialisation of core
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modules.
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* Removed placeholder values for $wgTitle and $wgArticle, these variables will
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now be null during the initialisation process, until they are set by index.php
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or another entry point.
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* Added DBA cache type, for BDB-style caches.
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* Removed custom date format functions, replacing them with a format string in
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the style of PHP's date(). Used string identifiers instead of integer
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identifiers, in both the language files and user preferences. Migration should
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be transparent in most cases.
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* Simplified the initialisation API for LoadBalancer objects.
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* Removed the broken altencoding feature.
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* Moved default user options and toggles from Language to User. Language objects
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are still able to define default preference overrides and extra user toggles,
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via a slightly different interface.
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* Don't include the date option in the parser cache rendering hash unless
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$wgUseDynamicDates is enabled.
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* Merged LanguageUtf8 with Language. Removed LanguageUtf8.php.
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* Removed inclusion of language files from the bottom of Language.php. This is
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now consistently done from Language::factory().
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* Add the name of the executing maintenance script to the debug log. Start the
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profiler during maintenance scripts.
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* Added "serialized" directory, for storing precompiled data in serialized form.
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* Fix regression in auto-set NS_PROJECT_TALK namespace
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* Fix regression in ordering of namespaces
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* (bug 6806, 6030) Added several global JS variables for article path, user name,
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page title, etc.
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* hooks registered with addOnloadHook are now called at the one of the html body
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by all skins.
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* Split ajax aided search from core ajax framework. Use wgUseAjax to enable the
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framework and wgAjaxSearch to enable the suggest feature for the search box.
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* Added experimental installer for extensions.
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See maintenance/installExtension.php
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* Added Tajic (tg) language file.
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* (bug 6903) Added Cantonese localisation (zh-yue)
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* Fix regression in Korean and Japanese date formatting (day of week)
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* (bug 6919) Add English alias magic words for Tatar (tt) language file.
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* (bug 6753) Fixed broken Kazakh linktrail (kk)
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* (bug 6700) Added Kazakh language variants to Names.php
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* (bug 6827) some i18n specific maintenance scripts fails after merge of localisation-work branch
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* Throwed an exception for the deprecated functions OutputPage::sysopRequired and
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OutputPage::developerRequired - use OutputPage::permissionRequired instead.
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* Removed the deprecated functions User::isSysop, User::isBureaucrat and User::isDeveloper -
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use User::isAllowed instead.
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* (bug 769) OutputPage::permissionRequired() should suggest groups with the needed permission
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* (bug 6971) Fix regression in Special:Export history view
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* Revamped Special:Imagelist
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* (bug 7000) updated MessagesPl.php
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* (bug 6946) Fix unexpected behavior change with GET hits to Special:Export
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* (bug 1866) Improve navigation on Special:Listusers; user now a starting
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point as with Special:Allpages, rather than a pure limit.
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* Clean up tab order on Special:Blockip
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* (bug 5969) Clean up tab order on Special:Userlogin forms
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* (bug 3512) namespaceDupes now handles spaces and initial caps properly
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* (bug 7037) Fix regression in login tab order
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* (bug 7031) Report missing email on 'email password' instead of false success
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* (bug 7010) Don't send email notifications for watched talk pages when user
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has selected to receive only updates for their own talk page
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* Added {{CURRENTHOUR}}
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* Added [[:Image:Foo.png]] style links to the pagelinks table
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* Avoid duplicate revision imports with Special:Import
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* (bug 7054) Validate email address before sending email confirmation message
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* (bug 7061) Format title on "from (page)" links on Special:Allpages
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* (bug 7044) Introduce "padleft" and "padright" colon functions
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== Languages updated ==
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* Albanian (sq)
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* Belarusian (be)
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* Bishnupriya (bpy) stub file
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* Brazilian Portuguese (pt-br)
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* Catalan (ca)
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* Cantonese (zh-yue)
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* Dutch (nl)
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* English (en)
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* French (fr)
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* German (de)
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* Georgian (ka)
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* Hebrew (he)
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* Hungarian (hu)
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* Indonesian (id)
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* Korean (ko)
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* Polish (pl)
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* Romani (rmy)
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* Russian (ru)
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* Spanish (es)
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* Tajic (tg)
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* Tatar (tt)
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* Telugu (te)
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== Compatibility ==
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MediaWiki 1.8 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
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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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Several changes to the database have been made from 1.6:
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* A new "langlinks" table tracks interlanguage links
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* A new "filearchive" table stores information on deleted files
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* A new "querycache_info" table stores information on query page updates
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To ensure that these tables are filled with data, run refreshLinks.php after
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the upgrade.
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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 1.5.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 Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
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License:
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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://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
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http://mail.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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