r43402 MediaWiki - Code Review archive

Repository:MediaWiki
Revision:r43401‎ | r43402 | r43403 >
Date:00:40, 12 November 2008
Author:simetrical
Status:old
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Comment:
RELEASE-NOTES cleanup (79 chars, etc.)
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  • /trunk/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES (modified) (history)

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Index: trunk/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
2727 * $wgForwardSearchUrl has been removed entirely. Documented setting since 1.4
2828 has been $wgSearchForwardUrl.
2929 * (bug 15080) $wgOverrideSiteFeed has been added. Setting either
30 - $wgSiteFeed['rss'] or 'atom' to a URL will override the default Recent Changes
31 - feed that appears on all pages.
 30+ $wgSiteFeed['rss'] or 'atom' to a URL will override the default Recent
 31+ Changes feed that appears on all pages.
3232 * $wgSQLiteDataDirMode has been introduced as the default directory mode for
33 - SQLite data directories on creation. Note this setting is separate from
34 - $wgDirectoryMode, which applies to all normal directories created by MediaWiki.
 33+ SQLite data directories on creation. Note that this setting is separate from
 34+ $wgDirectoryMode, which applies to all normal dirs created by MediaWiki.
3535 * $wgGroupsAddToSelf and $wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf now work more like
3636 $wgAddGroups and $wgRemoveGroups, where the user must belong to a specified
3737 group in order to add or remove those groups from themselves.
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
6565 === Migrated extensions ===
6666 The following extensions are migrated into MediaWiki 1.14:
6767
68 -* Special:DeletedContributions to show deleted user contributions (was extension
69 - DeletedContributions)
 68+* Special:DeletedContributions to show deleted user contributions (was
 69+ extension DeletedContributions)
7070 * Special:Log/newusers recording new users (was extension Newuserlog)
7171 * Special:LinkSearch to search for external links (was extension LinkSearch)
7272 * RenderHash
@@ -151,22 +151,22 @@
152152 deleted page, even if they are unable to edit it.
153153 * Added Wantedfiles special pages, allowing users to find image links with no
154154 image.
155 -* (bug 12650) It is now possible to set different expiration times for different
156 - restriction types on the protection form.
 155+* (bug 12650) It is now possible to set different expiration times for
 156+ different restriction types on the protection form.
157157 * (bug 8440) Allow preventing blocked users from editing their talk pages
158158 * Improved upload file type detection for OpenDocument formats
159159 * Added the ability to set the target attribute on external links with
160160 $wgExternalLinkTarget
161 -* api.php now sends "Retry-After" and "X-Database-Lag" HTTP headers if the maxlag
162 - check fails, just like index.php does
 161+* api.php now sends "Retry-After" and "X-Database-Lag" HTTP headers if the
 162+ maxlag check fails, just like index.php does
163163 * Added "link" parameter to image links, to allow images to link to an
164164 arbitrary title or URL. This should replace inaccessible and incomplete
165165 solutions such as CSS-based overlays and ImageMap.
166166 * (bug 368) Don't use caption for alt attribute; allow manual specification
167167 using new "alt=" parameter for images
168 -* (bug 44) The {{ns:}} core parser function now also accepts localized namespace
169 - names and aliases; also, its output now uses spaces instead of underscores to
170 - match the behavior of the {{NAMESPACE}} magic word
 168+* (bug 44) The {{ns:}} core parser function now also accepts localized
 169+ namespace names and aliases; also, its output now uses spaces instead of
 170+ underscores to match the behavior of the {{NAMESPACE}} magic word
171171 * Added the ability to display user edit counts in Special:ListUsers. Off by
172172 default, enabled with $wgEdititis = true (named after the medical condition
173173 marked by unhealthy obsession with edit counts).
@@ -174,9 +174,10 @@
175175 several uses of the same image.
176176 * (bug 1250) Users can still use "show preview" and "show changes" even if the
177177 wiki is set to read-only mode.
178 -* Added a call to the 'UnwatchArticleComplete' hook to the watchlist editor. This
179 - should make it so that ALL user-accessible methods of removing a page from a watchlist
180 - lead to this hook being called (it was previously only called from within Article.php
 178+* Added a call to the 'UnwatchArticleComplete' hook to the watchlist editor.
 179+ This should make it so that ALL user-accessible methods of removing a page
 180+ from a watchlist lead to this hook being called (it was previously only
 181+ called from within Article.php
181182 * Maximum execution time for shell processes on linux is now configured with
182183 $wgMaxShellTime (180 seconds by default)
183184 * (bug 1306) 'Email user' link no longer shown on user page when emailing
@@ -185,12 +186,14 @@
186187 linked from articles
187188 * Make search matches bold only, not red as well
188189 * Added 'UserRights::showEditUserGroupsForm' hook to allow extensions to alter
189 - the groups that the user can be added to or removed from in Special:UserRights
 190+ the groups that the user can be added to/removed from in Special:UserRights
190191 * (bug 10080) Blocks can be modified without unblocking first
191 -* (bug 15820) Special:BlockIP shows a notice if the user being blocked is already
192 - directly blocked
193 -* (bug 13710) Allow to force "watch this" checkbox via URL using para "watchthis"
194 -* (bug 15125) Add Public Domain to default options when installing. Patch by Nathan Larson.
 192+* (bug 15820) Special:BlockIP shows a notice if the user being blocked is
 193+ already directly blocked
 194+* (bug 13710) Allow to force "watch this" checkbox via URL using parameter
 195+ "watchthis"
 196+* (bug 15125) Add Public Domain to default options when installing. Patch by
 197+ Nathan Larson.
195198 * Set a special temporary directory for ImageMagick with $wgImageMagickTempDir
196199 * (bug 16113) Show/hide for redirects in Special:NewPages
197200 * (bug 15903) Upload link was added to Nostalgia skin
@@ -201,7 +204,8 @@
202205 * New 'AbortDiffCache' hook can be used to cancel the caching of a diff
203206 * (bug 15835) Added Content-Style-Type meta tag
204207 * Add class="disambiguationpage" to <body> tag for disambiguations
205 -* (bug 11027) Add parameter to MW:Randompage-nopages so that user can see the namespace.
 208+* (bug 11027) Add parameter to MW:Randompage-nopages so that user can see the
 209+ namespace.
206210 * Add id="mw-user-domain-section" to <tr> tag in Userlogin.php template so that
207211 admins with a single domain can hide the domain section using CSS
208212
@@ -225,12 +229,12 @@
226230 Patch by Max Semenik.
227231 * (bug 15055) Talk page notifications no longer attempt to send mail when
228232 user's e-mail address is invalid or unconfirmed
229 -* (bug 12370) Add throttle on password attempts. Defaults to max 5 attempts in 5
230 - minutes.
 233+* (bug 12370) Add throttle on password attempts. Defaults to max 5 attempts in
 234+ 5 minutes.
231235 * (bug 15016) 'Templates used on this page' list in view source should be
232236 wrapped in a div with class "templatesUsed"
233 -* (bug 14868) Setting $wgFeedDiffCutoff to 0 now disables generation of the diff
234 - entirely, not just the display of it.
 237+* (bug 14868) Setting $wgFeedDiffCutoff to 0 now disables generation of the
 238+ diff entirely, not just the display of it.
235239 * (bug 6387) Introduced new setting $wgCategoryPrefixedDefaultSortkey which
236240 allows having the unprefixed page title as the default category sortkey
237241 * (bug 15079) Add class="ns-talk" / "ns-subject" to <body>. Also added
@@ -273,13 +277,14 @@
274278 * (bug 15543) Only include user touched timestamp to generated CSS
275279 * (bug 15497) Removed encoding attribute from <?xml ?> tag
276280 * (bug 12284) Special:Preferences now sets a returnto parameter on the link to
277 - Special:Userlogin. Patch by Marooned.
 281+ Special:UserLogin. Patch by Marooned.
278282 * Fixed the HTTP accept language string detection length in
279283 LanguageConverter.php, instead of the fixed length language codes.
280 -* Special:Recentchangeslinked no longer shows outgoing links for nonexistent pages
281 - even if there are broken link records with source article id 0 in the database
282 -* (bug 15598) Special:Newpages default limit uses user preference for recentchanges
283 - limit instead of hardcoded 50.
 284+* Special:RecentChangesLinked no longer shows outgoing links for nonexistent
 285+ pages even if there are broken link records with source article id 0 in the
 286+ database
 287+* (bug 15598) Special:Newpages default limit uses user preference for
 288+ recentchanges limit instead of hardcoded 50.
284289 * (bug 15617) $wgFeedClassesOutputPage::getHeadLinks() respects $wgFeedClasses,
285290 instead of hardcoding rss and atom. Patch by Juliano F. Ravasi.
286291 * (bug 14638) Special:Blockip now provides a link to the block log if the user
@@ -300,40 +305,44 @@
301306 * (bug 15846) Categories "leak" from older revisions in certain circumstances
302307 * (bug 15928) Special pages dropdown should be inline in non-MonoBook skins
303308 * (bug 14178) Some uses of UserLoadFromSession hook cause segfault
304 -* (bug 15925) Postitive bytes added on recentchanges and watchlists are now bolded
305 - if above the threshold, previously it only worked for negatives
306 -* Specify apple-touch-icon before favicon in HTML head section to make the Konqueror
307 - browser correctly use the latter
 309+* (bug 15925) Postitive bytes added on recentchanges and watchlists are now
 310+ bolded if above the threshold, previously it only worked for negatives
 311+* Specify apple-touch-icon before favicon in HTML head section to make the
 312+ Konqueror browser correctly use the latter
308313 * (bug 15717) Set $separatorTransformTable for language 'eu'
309314 * (bug 15605) Enabled $datePreferences for language 'hr'. Added standard date
310315 preferences.
311316 * (bug 13701) {{NUMBEROFVIEWS}} magic word to show number of total views.
312 -* (bug 5101) Image from Commons doesn't show up when searched in Wikipedia search box
313 -* (bug 14609) User's namespaces to be searched default not updated after adding new namespace
314 -* Purge form uses valid XHTML and (bug 8992) uses $wgRequest instead of $_SERVER
 317+* (bug 5101) Image from Commons doesn't show up when searched in Wikipedia
 318+ search box
 319+* (bug 14609) User's namespaces to be searched default not updated after adding
 320+ new namespace
 321+* Purge form uses valid XHTML
315322 * (bug 12764) Special:LonelyPages shows transcluded pages
316 -* (bug 16073) Enhanced RecentChanges uses onclick handler with better fallback if
317 - JavaScript is disabled.
 323+* (bug 16073) Enhanced RecentChanges uses onclick handler with better fallback
 324+ if JavaScript is disabled
318325 * (bug 4253) Recentchanges IRC messages no longer include title in diff URLs
319326 * Allow '0' to be an accesskey.
320327 * (bug 8063) Use language-dependent sorting in client-side sortable tables
321328 * (bug 16160) Suggestions box should be resized from left for RTL wikis
322329 * (bug 11533) Fixed insane slowdown when in read-only mode for long periods
323330 of time with CACHE_NONE (default objectcache table configuration).
324 -* Trying to set two different default category sort keys for one page now produces
325 - a warning
326 -* (bug 16143) Fix redirect loop on special pages starting with lower case letters
 331+* Trying to set two different default category sort keys for one page now
 332+ produces a warning
 333+* (bug 16143) Fix redirect loop on special pages starting with lower case
 334+ letters
327335 * (bug 15737) Fix notices while expanding using PPCustomFrame
328336 * (bug 15544) Non-index entry points cause the "Wiki not set up" message to
329337 have corrupt URLs
330 -* (bug 5101) Image from Commons doesn't show up when searched in Wikipedia search box
 338+* (bug 5101) Image from Commons doesn't show up when searched in Wikipedia
 339+ search box
331340 * (bug 4362) [[MediaWiki:History copyright]] no more used with most recent
332341 revision when passing oldid parameter in the url
333342 * (bug 16265) When caching thumbs with the ForeignApiRepo, we now use the same
334343 filename as the remote site.
335344 * (bug 8345) Don't autosummarize where a redirect was left unchanged
336 -* Made thumb caching in ForeignApiFile objects integrated with normal thumb path
337 - naming (/thumbs/hash/file), retired 'apiThumbCacheDir' as a result.
 345+* Made thumb caching in ForeignApiFile objects integrated with normal thumb
 346+ path naming (/thumbs/hash/file), retired 'apiThumbCacheDir' as a result.
338347 * (bug 5530) Consistency between character encoding in {{PAGENAMEE}},
339348 {{SUBPAGENAMEE}} and {{FULLPAGENAMEE}}
340349
@@ -356,15 +365,15 @@
357366 * list=search doesn't list missing pages any more
358367 * (bug 15178) Added clshow to prop=categories to allow filtering for hidden/
359368 non-hidden categories
360 -* (bug 15228) Combining revids= and redirects now throws a warning instead of an
361 - error, and still resolves redirects generated by the generator.
 369+* (bug 15228) Combining revids= and redirects now throws a warning instead of
 370+ an error, and still resolves redirects generated by the generator.
362371 * list={backlinks,embeddedin,imageusage} now return arrays with keys 0, 1, 2,
363372 etc. (AKA lists) instead of arrays with pageIDs as keys (AKA hash tables)
364373 for consistency with other list modules.
365374 * Added action=watch
366375 * (bug 15275) apprefix and related parameters ignore spaces at the end
367 -* action=edit no longer throws unknown error 228 when trying to create an empty
368 - section with section=new
 376+* action=edit no longer throws unknown error 228 when trying to create an
 377+ empty section with section=new
369378 * Database replication lag doesn't cause all action=edit requests to return the
370379 nochange flag any more
371380 * (bug 15392) ApiFormatBase::formatHTML now uses $wgUrlProtocols.
@@ -458,8 +467,8 @@
459468 1.14 has several database changes since 1.13, and will not work without schema
460469 updates.
461470
462 -If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons repository,
463 -make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
 471+If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons reposito-
 472+ry, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise due to
464473 database schema changes.
465474
466475 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure

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