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Petr Pchelko a1aa3e0827 Hard-deprecate all public property access on CacheTime and ParserOutput.
- Added a test where ParserOutput objects with CacheTime
properties set are unserialized from previous versions.
- Generate new serialization tests for 1.38

Now all serialization in production is JSON, so changing
property visibility shouldn't affect ParserCache.

Bug: T263851
Depends-On: I283340ff559420ceee8f286ba3ef202c01206a23
Change-Id: I70d6feb1c995a0a0f763b21261141ae8ee6dc570
2021-10-13 13:27:16 -04:00

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= MediaWiki 1.38 =
== MediaWiki 1.38.0-PRERELEASE ==
THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
MediaWiki 1.38 is an alpha-quality development branch, and is not recommended
for use in production.
== Upgrading notes for 1.38 ==
Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
See the file UPGRADE for more detailed per-version upgrade instructions from the
oldest supported upgrading version, MediaWiki 1.29.
Some specific notes for MediaWiki 1.38 upgrades are below:
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For notes on 1.36.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
=== Configuration changes for system administrators in 1.38 ===
* …
==== New configuration ====
* $wgBrowserFormatDetection This setting allows overriding browsers' automatic
detection and handling of formats. It's initially used to prevent auto-linking
of possible telephone numbers in wiki pages' output in Safari on iOS; this can
be re-enabled if you wish, or locally extended for other browsers' quirks.
* …
==== Changed configuration ====
* $wgMaxImageArea - This setting may now be set to false to disable size
checking before scaling. Extensions can still override its value by
using the BitmapHandlerCheckImageArea hook.
* …
==== Removed configuration ====
* $wgShellLocale - This setting has been removed as it was a flawed solution
to the problem of locale dependence, MediaWiki will now always set a locale
of C.UTF-8 or C and works around the remaining problems of the C locale by
not using escapeshellarg. This follows the direction of PHP 8.0, which sets
a locale of C by default instead of respecting LC_CTYPE.
* $wgIncludejQueryMigrate - Deprecated in 1.36. We only support jQuery v3.
* …
=== New user-facing features in 1.38 ===
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=== New developer features in 1.38 ===
* Added a deleteUserEmail maintenance script - This file enables the deletion
of a given user's associated email address. It can be helpful for
privacy-preserving operations.
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=== External library changes in 1.38 ===
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==== New external libraries ====
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===== New development-only external libraries =====
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==== Changed external libraries ====
* Updated wikimedia/parsoid from v0.14.0-a14 to v0.15.0-a1.
* Updated wikimedia/purtle from 1.0.7 to 1.0.8.
* Updated wikimedia/shellbox from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0.
* Updated pear/mail_mime from 1.10.9 to 1.10.11.
* Updated pear/net_smtp from 1.9.2 to 1.10.0.
* Updated psr/log from 1.1.3 to 1.1.4.
* Updated wikimedia/wrappedstring from 3.2.0 to 4.0.1.
* …
===== Changed development-only external libraries =====
* Updated doctrine/dbal for PHP < 7.3 from 2.10.4 to 2.13.3.
* Updated doctrine/dbal for PHP >= 7.3 from 3.0.0 to 3.1.2.
* Updated composer/spdx-licenses from 1.5.4 to 1.5.5.
* Updated composer/semver from 3.5.4 to 3.5.5.
* …
==== Removed external libraries ====
* …
=== Bug fixes in 1.38 ===
* …
=== Action API changes in 1.38 ===
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=== Action API internal changes in 1.38 ===
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=== Languages updated in 1.38 ===
MediaWiki supports over 400 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
because of Phabricator reports.
* (T292166) Updated namespace names for the Lombard language.
* (T291899) Added language support for Xiang Chinese (hsn).
* (T292612) Added language support for S'gaw Karen (ksw).
=== Breaking changes in 1.38 ===
* (T291008) The IP class, deprecated since 1.35 in favor of the IPUtils library,
has been removed. The IP related regexes which were also deprecated in favor
of the IPUtils library were also removed, IPUtils::RE_* should be used
instead.
* LinkCache::singleton(), deprecated since 1.28, has been removed.
* RepoGroup::singleton(), ::destroySingletons() and setSingleton(), all
deprecated since 1.34, have been removed.
* The following methods from FileDeleteForm were removed:
- ::__construct (the class is no longer newable)
- ::execute()
- ::haveDeletableFile()
Use FileDeleteAction instead.
* MessageCache::singleton(), deprecated since 1.34, has been removed.
* LockManagerGroup::singleton() and ::destroySingletons(), both deprecated since
1.34, have been removed.
* FileBackendGroup::singleton() and ::destroySingletons(), both deprecated since
1.35, have been removed.
* TemplateParser used to support disabling the cache with a boolean parameter
in its constructor. This was deprecated in 1.35 and has now been removed.
* The ArticleUndeleteLogEntry hook, deprecated in 1.37, was removed.
* The BeforeResetNotificationTimestamp hook, deprecated in 1.37, was removed.
* The global function mimeTypeMatch() has been removed without a deprecation
process.
* The signature of PageUpdater::markAsRevert method was changed. It has never
been used outside of MediaWiki core.
* If you want to use interwiki titles with HTMLTitleTextField, you now need
to pass 'interwiki' => true. In 1.37, the default behavior was to let
interwiki title through by default, logging a deprecation warning.
* The `UndeleteForm::undelete` hook, deprecated in 1.37, was removed.
* The `jquery.mw-jump` ResourceLoader module was removed.
* Several Skin methods, hard deprecated in 1.36, have been removed. These
include Skin::privacyLink(), aboutLink(), disclaimerLink(), makeUrl()
getIndicatorsHTML(), getLogo(), subPageSubtitle(), getSearchLink(),
makeVariablesScript(), getAllowedSkins(), getSkinNames() and
mainPageLink(). Use Skin::footerLink for footer links instead of
privacyLink, aboutLink and disclaimerLink. For others use
Skin::getIndicatorsData, ResourceLoaderSkinModule::getAvailableLogos,
Skin::prepareSubtitle, Skin::getSearchPageTitle,
ResourceLoader::makeInlineScript(), SkinFactory::getAllowedSkins
or SkinFactory::getInstalledSkins().
* Parser::getUser and ::mUser, as well as ParserOptions::getUser, deprecated
since 1.37, has been removed.
* DatabaseBlock::setBlocker() no longer accepts a username as blocker, it
must always be a UserIdentity. This was deprecated since 1.36.
* The following deprecated constructor options of DatabaseBlock class
have been removed:
- 'byText' property with blocker's name,
use 'by' property with UserIdentity value instead.
- 'by' property with blocker's ID,
use 'by' property with UserIdentity value instead.
* The following functions, hard deprecated since 1.37, have been removed:
- Title::isWatchable()
- WatchAction::doWatchOrUnwatch(), WatchAction::doWatch(),
WatchAction::doUnwatch(), WatchAction::getWatchToken()
- User::isWatched(), User::isTempWatched(), User::addWatch(),
User::removeWatch()
* ParserOptions::setTidy() that had no effect and was deprecated since 1.35
has been removed.
* The constant ApiBase::PARAM_VALUE_LINKS, deprecated since 1.35 has been
removed.
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=== Deprecations in 1.38 ===
* The MWGrants class is deprecated in favor of the new GrantsInfo and
GrantsLocalization services.
* PageArchive::undeleteAsUser(), ::getFileStatus() and ::getRevisionStatus()
were deprecated. Use UndeletePage instead.
* The global functions wfReadOnly() and wfReadOnlyReason() have been
deprecated in favor of the ReadOnlyMode service.
* PageProps::getInstance() has been deprecated. Use
MediaWikiServices::getPageProps() instead.
* User::setOption(), deprecated since 1.35, now emits deprecation warnings.
* Linker::formatComment(), ::formatLinksInComment(), ::commentBlock() and
revComment() were soft-deprecated. Use the new CommentFormatter service.
* Skin::getSkinStylePath has been hard deprecated. Direct string path
should be used instead.
* DatabaseBlock::purgeExpired(), deprecated since 1.36, now emit
deprecation warnings.
* SkinTemplate::getPersonalToolsList(), deprecated since 1.35, now emits
deprecation warnings.
* The following methods from the User class were hard deprecated:
- ::blockedBy
- ::getBlockId
* Content::getParserOutput() was deprecated.
Use ContentRenderer::getParserOutput and override
ContentHandler::fillParserOutput instead.
* Article::doDelete() was deprecated. Use WikiPage::doDeleteArticleReal if
you only need to delete the article. If you also need things to happen
with OutputPage, you may want to check the hooks in DeleteAction instead.
* MessageContent class was hard-deprecated.
* Message::content() was hard-deprecated.
* The following methods from the ParserOutput class were hard deprecated:
- ::hideNewSection() - use ::setHideNewSection()
- ::preventClickjacking() - use ::{get,set}PreventClickjacking()
* The following methods from the ParserOutput class were soft deprecated:
- ::getProperty() - use ::getPageProperty()
- ::setProperty() - use ::setPageProperty()
- ::unsetProperty() - use ::unsetPageProperties()
- ::getProperties() - use ::getPageProperties()
* The following methods were soft-deprecated; use ::setPreventClickjacking(..)
instead:
- OutputPage::preventClickjacking()
- OutputPage::allowClickjacking()
- ImageHistoryList::preventClickjacking()
- ImageHistoryPseudoPager::preventClickjacking()
- ContribsPager::preventClickjacking()
* Collation::singleton() and ::factory() were hard-deprecated.
* Return values in the parameter $pageLang of the hook PageContentLanguage
with other types than a Language object, deprecated since 1.33, now emmits
deprecation warnings.
* All external access to ParserOutput and CacheTime classes properties
was hard-deprecated. Use getters and setters instead.
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=== Other changes in 1.38 ===
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== Compatibility ==
MediaWiki 1.38 requires PHP 7.3.19 or later and the following PHP extensions:
* ctype
* dom
* fileinfo
* iconv
* intl
* json
* mbstring
* xml
MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
but support for them is somewhat less mature.
The supported versions are:
* MySQL 5.5.8 or later
* PostgreSQL 9.4 or later
* SQLite 3.8.0 or later
== Online documentation ==
Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation
== Mailing list ==
A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
== IRC help ==
There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.libera.chat.