1 = MediaWiki release notes =
3 Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals
4 setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can.
6 ** NOTE TO COMMITTERS: Before 1.5.0 release, rearrange these nicely
7 ** and move 1.4 stuff to HISTORY.
11 New exciting things! Need further work and testing...
12 * user groups/permissions scheme
13 * e-mail change notifications
14 * 'live preview' reduces preview reload burden on supported browsers
15 * Schema reworking: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposed_Database_Schema_Changes/October_2004
22 == Version Enotif+Eauthent EN+EA v2.00/CVS, 14.12.2004 ==
23 written by Thomas Gries, Berlin and Markus Arndt, Munich
25 Executive summary for the impatient reader:
27 Enotif adds e-mail notification to MediaWiki and sends e-mails
28 to watching users when a watch-listed page or user_talk page is changed
29 http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454
30 Visit the complete documentation on http://meta.wikipedia.org/Enotif
32 Eauthent is a mechanism to use a temporary one-time password cycle
33 to check whether the email address a user has entered is a valid one.
34 http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=866
35 Visit the complete documentation on http://meta.wikipedia.org/Eauthent
37 The current patch has only been checked for (see DefaultSettings.php):
40 ( = not using PEAR:Mail() module --- I do not know anyone who uses that)
43 ( = not using PostgreSQL --- I do not know anyone who uses that)
45 $wgSearchType = "MyISAM";
48 NEW (newpageletter) and CORR (minoreditletter) markers needs
49 corresponding "spacers"
51 - table user_newtalk dropped; changes on usertalk pages and their
52 notifications are now fully handled via existing table watchlist
53 The user interface and behavious is unchanged to previous version.
54 - updaters.inc for compatibility with older mediawiki tables:
55 the conversion script converts existing user_newtalk entries
56 watchlist table entries
57 (user_newtalk) id ==> (watchlist) NS_USER_TALK:namefromId(id) timestamp=1
59 updated marker now correctly shown on watchlist page
60 watching users number display with enhanced RC view + RCUseModStyle
61 - wfUrlencode() instead of rawurlencode() in enotif mails
62 - duplicate enotif code moved from UserTalkUpdate.php and
63 merged into UserMailer.php and using usermailer() solely
64 - fixed an enotif mail text error for user names with spaces
65 - fixed missing part for suppressing watching user number
68 magic watchlist shows and counts now only the content page, notwithstanding
69 the content and talk page are stored separately in watchlist.
70 * bug fixed: rawurlencode for pagetitles in enotif mails
71 * bug fixed: link to userpages of anonymous user are correct now
74 bugs fixed regarding missing $oldid parameter
78 Implements almost all enotif options as user preferences.
79 These are only shown on the user preference page, if they are globally
80 enabled by the corresponding admin option in DefaultSettings.php.
81 Added admin feature to let enotifs appear to come from the page editor.
82 This facilitates automatic mail sorting and anti-spam filtering; feature was
83 originally proposed by Nick Triantos, thank you !
84 Page editor's email address is however only shown, if this user enabled
85 the option "reveal my email address" in user preferences. Otherwise,
86 the enotifs appear to come from WikiAdmin as usual (tricky to program,
87 but simply trust the algorithm. or look into UserMailer.php and
90 * Changes from previous enotif versions
91 * v1.31 is an improved version with many security and also cosmetic changes
92 applied after two first reviews by Brion Vibber. v1.31 is basically the same as
93 the older Enotif v1.30 and v1.22 versions.
95 Added UseMod style for recent changes view so that only the most recent
96 change of any page is listed. The (diff) and (hist) still allow to retrieve the
97 older versions at users' discretion, but the RC view is much cleaner for
98 trusted environments such as medium-size companies or family wikis.
100 * Enotif v1.30 redesign after review by Brion Vibber 25.10.2003
102 * v1.22 "updated (since my last visit)" also shown for users without stored
103 email address in preferences, so that they can see, what watched pages
105 * show "updated (since my last visit)" markers in RC, history and watchlist
106 * Systemvariables to suppress updated marker in all views
107 * show number of watching users in RC and on bottom of articles in
108 classic skin and in monobook skin
109 * Systemvariables in DefaultSettings.php to enable or disable features
110 * v1.21 now suppresses displaying the marker "updated (since my last visit)"
111 in recent changes view for the older (already visited) versions of watched
112 pages - i.e. page versions before the enotif was sent do not bear that
114 * enotif mails come with a link to the diff view between current and last
115 visited version of the watching user.
116 *database structure is changed automatically when installing via the
117 recommended way (starting index.php and re-using the old database name).
118 run php /maintenance/update.php
119 OR see /maintenance/archives/patch-email-notification.sql and apply the
121 ALTER TABLE watchlist
122 ADD (wl_notificationtimestamp varchar(14) binary NOT NULL default '0');
123 manually to your database, which does not harm the non notification versions
125 *adding a page x to the watchlist does automatically add a watch
126 for the accompanying talk_page talk:x and vice versa;
128 == MediaWiki 1.4 BETA ==
130 [Not everything is 100% working in beta yet, the installer needs fixes still.]
132 Major changes from 1.3.x:
133 * Support for table prefixes for better sharing with other web apps
134 * (?) PostgreSQL support
135 * Optional article validation voting features
136 * 'Recentchanges Patrol' to mark new edits that haven't yet been viewed
137 * Support for faster C++ diff module (WikiDiff extension)
138 * More scary link caching modes
139 * Old manually maintained log pages replaced with searchable Special:Log
140 * Skins system more modular: templates and CSS are now in /skins/
141 * New user preference for limitting the image size for images on image description
143 * Error pages no more offer edit / talk / watch links (bug #502)
144 * Allow user to preview article on first edit (bug #530)
145 * New dark background skin named Amethyst (thanks Sorwena and Sorkhiri)
146 * [[RFC 1234]] will now make an internal link (bug #479)
147 * PhpTal skins shown bogus 'What links here' etc on special pages (bug #511)
148 * Experimental code to manage user and group rights (Special:Userlevels)
149 * UI language switching
150 * Adding filter and username exact search match for Special:Listusers (bug #770)
151 * Special:Listadmins outdated, use Special:Listusers instead (bug #857)
152 * Traditional/Simplified Chinese conversion
153 * New tag "<gallery>" to generate a table of image thumbnails
154 * Installer die if it can not write LocalSettings.php (bug #733)
155 * Various special pages no more show the rss/atom feed links (bug #705)
156 * Support for external authentication plug-ins
157 * (bug 114) use category backlinks in Special:Recentchangeslinked
162 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
163 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
164 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
165 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
166 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
168 The new 'MonoBook' skin is not compatible with PHP 5 due to bugs in the
169 underlying PHPTAL library. It will be automatically disabled when running
170 on PHP5; the older look and feel will be used instead.
173 For notes on 1.3.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
176 === Online documentation ===
178 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
179 built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
182 http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
187 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
190 http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
195 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net