r101936 MediaWiki - Code Review archive

Repository:MediaWiki
Revision:r101935‎ | r101936 | r101937 >
Date:00:59, 4 November 2011
Author:reedy
Status:ok
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Comment:
Resync 1.18 RELEASE-NOTES files
Modified paths:
  • /branches/REL1_18/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES-1.18 (modified) (history)
  • /trunk/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES-1.18 (modified) (history)

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Index: trunk/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES-1.18
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
9292 === New features in 1.18 ===
9393 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch / action=unwatch now requires a token.
9494 * (bug 27860) Minor edit after clicking 'new section' tab
95 -Now the "This is a minor edit" checkbox is not available when you
96 -create a page or new section.
 95+ Now the "This is a minor edit" checkbox is not available when you
 96+ create a page or new section.
9797 * (bug 8130) Query pages should limit to content namespaces, not just main
9898 namespace.
9999 * Special:Contribs now redirects to Special:Contributions.
@@ -479,6 +479,8 @@
480480 * (bug 32086) Special:PermanentLink now show an error message when no subpage
481481 was specified.
482482 * (bug 31822) Error during upgrade due to output buffer reset in stdout
 483+* (bug 31913) Special:MostLinkedTemplates had an incorrect GROUP BY clause
 484+ under Microsoft SQL.
483485
484486 === API changes in 1.18 ===
485487 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch now requires POST and token.
@@ -661,8 +663,6 @@
662664 * (bug 30817) Restored linktrail for kk (Kazakh)
663665 * (bug 27398) Add $wgExtraGenderNamespaces for configured gendered namespaces
664666 * (bug 30846) New LanguageOs class
665 -* (bug 31913) Special:MostLinkedTemplates had an incorrect GROUP BY clause
666 - under Microsoft SQL.
667667
668668 === Other changes in 1.18 ===
669669 * Removed legacy wgAjaxWatch javascript global object, no longer in use.
Index: branches/REL1_18/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES-1.18
@@ -86,11 +86,15 @@
8787 category collations.
8888 * (bug 31233) New OutputPage::addJsConfigVars() method to make the output page specific
8989 mw.config map extendable.
 90+* $wgGroupPermissions now supports per namespace permissions.
9091 * $wgEnableAutoRotation enables or disables auto-rotation. Leaving it set to
9192 null will cause MediaWiki to determine if auto-rotation is available.
9293
9394 === New features in 1.18 ===
9495 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch / action=unwatch now requires a token.
 96+* (bug 27860) Minor edit after clicking 'new section' tab
 97+ Now the "This is a minor edit" checkbox is not available when you
 98+ create a page or new section.
9599 * (bug 8130) Query pages should limit to content namespaces, not just main
96100 namespace.
97101 * Search suggestions (other than in the Vector skin) will now use the HTML5
@@ -179,10 +183,11 @@
180184 * (bug 28904) (bug 29773) Update jQuery version from 1.4.4 to 1.6.2 (the latest version)
181185 * (bug 29441) Expose CapitalLinks config in JS to allow modules to properly
182186 handle titles on case-sensitive wikis.
183 -* In MySQL 4.1.9+ with replication enabled, fetch the slave lag from SHOW SLAVE
184 - STATUS instead of SHOW PROCESSLIST. This ensures that lag is reported
185 - correctly in the case where there are no write events occurring. Note that
186 - the DB user now needs to have the REPLICATION CLIENT privilege if you are
 187+* (bug 29397) Implement mw.Title module in core.
 188+* In MySQL 4.1.9+ with replication enabled, fetch the slave lag from SHOW SLAVE
 189+ STATUS instead of SHOW PROCESSLIST. This ensures that lag is reported
 190+ correctly in the case where there are no write events occurring. Note that
 191+ the DB user now needs to have the REPLICATION CLIENT privilege if you are
187192 using replication.
188193 * Language codes in $wgDummyLanguageCodes are now excluded on localization
189194 statistics (maintenance/language/transstat.php)
@@ -201,26 +206,36 @@
202207 * AjaxCategories: Easily add, edit or delete categories on article pages.
203208 Suggests possible categories when typing, all saves are done via AJAX.
204209 Supports editing of multiple categories and then saving them in one batch.
 210+* $wgAutopromoteOnce was added, allowing for users to be automatically promoted to explicit usergroups.
 211+ If a group is removed from a user via Special:UserRights, it will not automatically be re-added.
 212+ Configuration is similar to $wgAutopromote (see DefaultSettings.php)
 213+* The PerformRetroactiveAutoblock hook was added to allow overriding or complementing
 214+ retroactive autoblock handling. This runs when blocking a user with the 'autoblock' option.
205215 * MediaWiki now supports using protocol-relative URLs in links, interwiki
206216 targets and $wgServer.
207217 * Introduced $wgVaryOnXFPForAPI which will cause the API to send
208218 Vary: X-Forwarded-Proto headers.
209219 * New maintenance script to refresh image metadata (maintenance/refreshImageMetadata.php)
210220 * (bug 16428) Include permalink in printable version
211 -* (bug 30940) Add a hook in User:getDefaultOptions.
212 - To give extensions a better and more flexible way of providing default
213 - values for preferences a hook has been introdiced in User:getDefaultOptions().
214 - Setting preferences in $wgDefaultUserOptions still work fine, but when reading
215 - them (i.e. with array_keys) to get a list of all preferences, then
216 - $wgDefaultUserOptions should no longer be used as it will contain those set via
217 - User:getDefaultOptions().
218221 * (bug 30722) Add an identity collation that sorts things based on what the
219222 unicode code point is (aka pre-1.17 behaviour)
 223+* (bug 30940) Add a hook in User:getDefaultOptions.
 224+ To give extensions a better and more flexible way of providing default
 225+ values for preferences a hook has been introdiced in User:getDefaultOptions().
 226+ Setting preferences in $wgDefaultUserOptions still work fine, but when reading
 227+ them (i.e. with array_keys) to get a list of all preferences, then
 228+ $wgDefaultUserOptions should no longer be used as it will contain those set via
 229+ User:getDefaultOptions().
 230+* (bug 30497) Add client-nojs and client-js classes on document element
 231+ to let styles easily hide or show things based on general JS availability
220232 * (bug 31293) If Special:Userlogin is loaded over HTTPS, display
221233 MediaWiki:loginend-https instead of MediaWiki:loginend, if it's not empty.
222234 Same for signupend on the account creation page.
 235+* (bug 31233) New OutputPage::addJsConfigVars() method to make the output page specific
 236+ mw.config map extendable.
223237
224238 === Bug fixes in 1.18 ===
 239+* (bug 27860) Minor edit after clicking 'new section' tab
225240 * mw.util.getScript has been implemented (like wfScript in GlobalFunctions.php)
226241 * (bug 23119) WikiError class and subclasses are now marked as deprecated.
227242 * (bug 10871) Javascript and CSS pages in MediaWiki namespace are no longer
@@ -445,6 +460,8 @@
446461 * Installer checked for magic_quotes_runtime instead of register_globals.
447462 * (bug 30131) XCache with variable caching disabled no longer used for variable caching (CACHE_ACCEL)
448463 * $wgSVGMaxSize is now applied to the smaller of width or height, making very wide pano/timeline/diagram SVGs renderable at saner sizes
 464+* (bug 30219) The page shown when LocalSettings.php does not exist was broken on
 465+ Windows servers.
449466 * (bug 30074) Moving user JS subpages resulted in JS errors because
450467 #REDIRECT [[Foo]] is invalid JS
451468 * (bug 30335) Fix for HTMLForms using GET breaking when non-friendly URLs
@@ -456,16 +473,25 @@
457474 * $wgOverrideSiteFeed no longer double escapes urls.
458475 * The preprocessor no longer fails with a PHP warning about XML_PARSE_HUGE when
459476 processing complex pages using newer versions of libxml2.
460 -* (bug 30192) Thumbnails of archived files are now deleted
461477 * (bug 30907) Special:Unusedcategories should sort ascendingly.
462478 * (bug 28545) When using the uca-default collation, sortkey's starting with a
463479 space (U+20) will sort under an invisible header like in 1.16 rather than a U+6DE
464 -* (bug 30497) Add client-nojs and client-js classes on document element
465 - to let styles easily hide or show things based on general JS availability
 480+* (bug 30192) Thumbnails of archived files are now deleted
 481+* (bug 30843) mediawiki.Title should not convert extensions (anything after the
 482+ last full stop) to lower case)
 483+* (bug 31213) Exception thrown when trying to move file cross-namespace
466484 * (bug 18424) Special:Prefixindex and Special:Allpages paging links are
467485 really small, and somewhat inconsistent with each other.
468 -* (bug 31213) Exception thrown when trying to move file cross-namespace
 486+* (bug 30466) Entries in iwlinks table are now cleared when moving a page over
 487+ redirect
469488 * (bug 31674) Can't edit watchlist if it contains special pages
 489+* (bug 32100) Installer complains about Suhosin GET limit even if it is
 490+ already set above 1024 bytes
 491+* (bug 32086) Special:PermanentLink now show an error message when no subpage
 492+ was specified.
 493+* (bug 31822) Error during upgrade due to output buffer reset in stdout
 494+* (bug 31913) Special:MostLinkedTemplates had an incorrect GROUP BY clause
 495+ under Microsoft SQL.
470496
471497 === API changes in 1.18 ===
472498 * BREAKING CHANGE: action=watch now requires POST and token.
@@ -609,7 +635,7 @@
610636 * (bug 24781) The API will include an XML namespace if the includexmlnamespace
611637 parameter is set.
612638 * (bug 29392) Setting the start or end parameter now works with lists blocks,
613 - categorymembers, deletedrevs, logevents, protectedtitles, usercontributions
 639+ categorymembers, deletedrevs, logevents, protectedtitles, usercontributions
614640 and watchlist in Postgres
615641
616642 === Languages updated in 1.18 ===
@@ -628,7 +654,7 @@
629655 * Tokipona (tp) (removed) 'tokipona' is still valid.
630656 * (bug 17160) Gender specific display text for User namespace.
631657 * Link trail added for sl and sh.
632 -* (bug 27633) Add characters to linkTrail for Potuguese (pt and pt-br).
 658+* (bug 27633) Add characters to linkTrail for Portuguese (pt and pt-br).
633659 * (bug 27426) Set $namespaceGenderAliases for Arabic (ar).
634660 * (bug 27385) Set Polish $namespaceGenderAliases.
635661 * (bug 27681) Set $namespaceGenderAliases for Portuguese (pt and pt-br).
@@ -644,6 +670,7 @@
645671 * Aromanian (rup) (renamed from "rua-rup").
646672 * Kashmiri (ks) split into Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic) (ks-arab) and Kashmiri
647673 (Devanagari) (ks-deva). Defaults to ks-arab.
 674+* (bug 30864) Use bengali numerals for <ol> for Assamese
648675 * (bug 30817) Restored linktrail for kk (Kazakh)
649676 * (bug 27398) Add $wgExtraGenderNamespaces for configured gendered namespaces
650677 * (bug 30846) New LanguageOs class

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