| Index: trunk/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES |
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| 19 | 19 | Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain |
| 20 | 20 | it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN |
| 21 | 21 | |
| | 22 | +=== New installer in 1.17 === |
| | 23 | +MediaWiki 1.17 is shipping with a completely redesigned installer to fix |
| | 24 | +a lot of outstanding bugs, cleanup the code quality, and make it easier to |
| | 25 | +use. Notably, you can now run upgrades from the web without having to move |
| | 26 | +LocalSettings.php. The specific bugs are listed below in the general notes. |
| | 27 | + |
| 22 | 28 | === Configuration changes in 1.17 === |
| 23 | 29 | * DatabaseFunctions.php that was needed for compatibility with pre-1.3 |
| 24 | 30 | extensions has been removed. |
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| 76 | 82 | available as input for other configuration items, either. |
| 77 | 83 | * Remove $wgRemoteUploads. It was not well supported and superseded by |
| 78 | 84 | $wgUploadNavigationUrl. |
| 79 | | -* $wgUpgradeKey allows unlocking the web installer for upgrades without having |
| 80 | | - to move LocalSettings.php |
| | 85 | +* (bug 198) $wgUpgradeKey allows unlocking the web installer for upgrades |
| | 86 | + without having to move LocalSettings.php |
| 81 | 87 | * The FailFunction "error handling" method has now been removed |
| 82 | 88 | * $wgAdditionalMailParams added to allow setting extra options to mail() calls. |
| 83 | 89 | * $wgSecureLogin & $wgSecureLoginStickHTTPS to optionaly login using HTTPS |
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| 188 | 194 | when a wiki has multiple variant languages. |
| 189 | 195 | * (bug 19593) Specifying --server in now works for all maintenance scripts |
| 190 | 196 | * Now rebuildtextindex.php warns if SQLite doesn't support full-text search. |
| | 197 | +* (bug 10541) Front/backend separation of installation/upgrade code |
| | 198 | +* (bug 10596) Allow installer to enable extensions already in extensions folder |
| | 199 | +* (bug 17394) Make installer check for latest version against MediaWiki.org |
| | 200 | +* (bug 20627) Installer should be in languages other than English |
| 191 | 201 | |
| 192 | 202 | === Bug fixes in 1.17 === |
| 193 | 203 | * (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive |
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| 380 | 390 | $wgSMTP without PEAR mail package |
| 381 | 391 | * (bug 19633) When possible, Upscale small SVGs when creating thumbnails. |
| 382 | 392 | * (bug 25725) Unwanted linebreaks in diffs. |
| | 393 | +* (bug 11013) Database driver detection needs rewriting for robustness |
| | 394 | +* (bug 13409) Installer prompts could use clarification--now has help boxes |
| | 395 | +* (bug 16902) Installer spews warnings when exec() and dl() are not available |
| | 396 | +* (bug 19129) Only show MyISAM/InnoDB when supported |
| | 397 | +* (bug 17762) Only show other e-mail options when e-mail is globally enabled |
| 383 | 398 | |
| 384 | 399 | === API changes in 1.17 === |
| 385 | 400 | * (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent. |