r55885 MediaWiki - Code Review archive

Repository:MediaWiki
Revision:r55884‎ | r55885 | r55886 >
Date:15:50, 6 September 2009
Author:mkroetzsch
Status:deferred
Tags:
Comment:
mention that outdated SMW features are no longer supported
Modified paths:
  • /trunk/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/INSTALL (modified) (history)
  • /trunk/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/RELEASE-NOTES (modified) (history)

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Index: trunk/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/INSTALL
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
9595
9696 '''Remark:''' Semantic MediaWiki uses ten additional namespace indexes (see
9797 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Custom_namespaces), in the range from
98 -100 to 109. 100 and 101 are only needed if $smwgSMWBetaCompatible is set.
 98+100 to 109. 100 and 101 are not used (they were used in early beta versions).
9999 106 and 107 are reserved for the SemanticForms extension. If you have your own
100100 custom namespaces, you have to set the parameter $smwgNamespaceIndex before
101101 including SMW_Settings.php. See the documentation $within SMW_Settings.php for
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@
175175 following list gives the version in which a setting was first introduced, so it
176176 can be ignored if you already run this version or a more recent one.
177177
 178+* [1.4] Version 1.4 still supported a setting $smwgSMWBetaCompatible to enable
 179+the old <ask> query syntax and the Relation namespace. This backwards
 180+compatibility has now been dropped and the setting is no longer used. Please
 181+update your wiki to not use the outdated (and now undocumented) features.
 182+
178183 * [1.3] Since SMW 1.3, the Factbox is hidden by default and will not appear.
179184 As a compensation, the toolbox (usually on the left below the search field)
180185 shows a link to Special:Browse. To use the display behaviour of the Factbox as
@@ -185,10 +190,9 @@
186191 default, since this was known to cause problems. To re-enable this, set
187192 $smwgLinksInValues = true;
188193
189 -* [1.2] If your wiki uses <ask> syntax or the Relation: namespace, you may want
190 -to set $smwgSMWBetaCompatible = true; before the line including
191 -SMW_Settings.php in LocalSettings.php. Consider changing <ask> to #ask to be
192 -able to drop SMW beta compatibility.
 194+* [1.2] The <ask> syntax and the Relation: namespace have still been officially
 195+supported in SMW 1.2, and were optionally available until SMW 1.4.*. Both are
 196+now disabled and can no longer be used.
193197
194198 * [1.2] If you had a setting $smwgQDisjunctionSupport = false, then you now
195199 need the following settings:
Index: trunk/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
66 * Support for inverse properties: use "-" in front of property names anywhere to
77 refer to the inverse direction of a property. Works in browsing interfaces,
88 queries, and query output directives. In queries only for properties of Type:Page.
 9+* Removed support for backwards compatibility to SMW <1.0 ($smwgSMWBetaCompatible).
910
1011 == SMW 1.4.3 ==
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