1 = MediaWiki release notes =
3 == Version 1.3.0beta3, 2004-06-12 ==
5 **** THIS IS A BETA AND MAY STUNT YOUR GROWTH OR KILL YOUR PETS ****
8 * New default layout 'MonoBook'
9 * Print stylesheet now built-in to every page
10 * More or less correct XHTML 1.0 (served as text/html by default)
13 * Image captions can now include links and other basic formatting
14 * Image bounding box can be specified instead of width, e.g. as
15 100x100px, making the image not wider than 100px and not higher
16 than 100px, keeping aspect ratio.
17 * Templates have been expanded with parameters, and separated from
18 the MediaWiki: localization scheme.
19 * Categories more or less work
22 * Automatic merging of edit conflicts that don't directly interfere
23 * Edit summaries can now include basic formatting and links
26 * Linked Creative Commons copyright metadata (optional)
27 * RSS 2.0 feeds for Recent Changes, New Pages
30 * WikiHiero hieroglyphic module can be added (separate download)
31 * Timeline module can be added (separate download).
33 * TeX now has an experimental MathML output mode (incomplete)
35 Installation and upgrading:
36 * The old install.php and update.php have been removed. In-place
37 installation introduced in 1.2 is now the standard installation
38 and upgrade method, see INSTALL for directions.
41 * The links table has been changed to use a cur_id for l_from.
42 The link tables must be converted on upgrade, which may entail
45 Code and compatibility:
46 * Should now run clean with error reporting set to E_ALL.
47 * register_globals hack from 1.2 has been replaced with safer code
48 * Bundled PHPTAL 0.7.0 from http://phptal.sourceforge.net/
50 * Most image-related code moved to Image.php
51 * More fixes for PHP 4.1.2 (thanks to Asheesh Laroia)
52 * URL encoding fix for anchors
53 * All languages now available in UTF-8 mode
58 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
59 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
60 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
61 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
62 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
65 == Version 1.2.6, 2004-05-24 ==
66 * Spam blocker ($wgSpamRegex - refuses to save edits that match)
67 * Updated documentation about $wgWhitelistRead
68 * Ensure that searchindex table is created as MyISAM
69 * Interwiki cache timeout (memcached)
70 * Fix uploads on Windows with magic_quotes_gpc
71 * Some config fixes for Windows (slashes etc)
72 * Local interwiki URL redirects
73 * Fixed obscure deletion problem in squid mode on corrupt entries
74 * Language files updated to remove more hard-coded "Wikipedia" strings
76 == Version 1.2.5, 2004-05-01 ==
77 * Fixed install problem with blank root password
78 * Fixed Special:Emailuser/Username links
79 * Fixed main-page edit links on fuzzy search results
80 * Fixed wikipedia-interwiki.sql
81 * Fixed install with apache2filter (ugly URLs)
82 * IP in 'go' search brings up contributions
83 * Switch from broken & to ? on top-level wiki URL hack
85 == Version 1.2.4, 2004-04-13 ==
87 * Fixed edit toolbar in Mozilla
88 * Diff links in Contributions for 'top' edits
89 * Fixed Nostalgia skin drop-down for register_globals off
90 * Backported optional open proxy blocker
91 * Backported $wgWhitelistRead
92 * $wgCapitalLinks option to force full case sensitivity in titles
93 * Cleaned up error handling when can't talk to database
94 * Disabled unsafe command-line installer (remove the "die()" call to use)
96 == Version 1.2.3, 2004-04-02 ==
98 * Fixed an in-place install bug with non-root MySQL user
99 * Fixed history diff checkboxes bug on titles with ampersands
100 * Fixed printable link bug on special pages with parameters
101 * Fixed bug that broke IP blocking w/o memcached
102 * Turns off E_NOTICE warnings if PHP settings have them on
103 (you can grope in and turn this off if you like to debug)
105 == Version 1.2.2, 2004-03-28 ==
107 * Fixed an upgrade bug introduced in 1.2.1.
108 * Disabled $wgUseCategoryMagic, which feature is incomplete broken
110 == Version 1.2.1, 2004-03-27 ==
112 Installation, compatibility, security fixlets:
113 * Detect use of PHP as CGI and disable index.php/Title URLs
114 * Try to auto-create math tmp & output directories if not present
115 * Disable Asksql in default install ($wgAllowSysopQueries)
116 * Better handling of get_magic_quotes_gpc (apostrophe problems)
117 * French localisation no longer hard-codes "Wikipedia" name
122 * Image resizing/thumbnail generation
123 * Stricter upload file extension blacklist and whitelist options
124 * More flexible blocking system; time period may be set
125 * Handier sysop account management. An account marked "bureaucrat"
126 may assign sysop access to other accounts via Special:Makesysop.
127 (The exact details of this may change in the future)
128 * Support for a squid cache with explicit purging of cached anon pages
129 * Optional compression of old revision text (requires zlib support)
130 * Fuzzy title search (experimental, requires memcached)
131 * Page rendering cache (experimental)
132 * Editing toolbar to demonstrate wiki syntax to newbies
133 (off by default in user preferences)
134 * Support for authenticated SMTP outgoing e-mail (experimental)
135 * It's now possible to assign sysop accounts from within the wiki.
136 An account with this ability must be labeled with the "bureaucrat"
137 privilege, such as the 'Developer' account created by the install.
140 * Now works with register_globals off!
141 * Works with short tags disabled.
142 * Should work out of the box on MySQL 3.2.x again. On 4.x set
143 $wgEnablePersistentLC = true; to turn on the link cache table
144 for a slight rendering speed boost.
145 * rebuildMessages.php can now selectively update new messages, or
146 overwrite everything.
148 * Other stuff we forgot.
149 * Documentation more out of date than ever before!
151 === Behavior changes ===
153 * wiki.phtml and redirect.phtml are now renamed to index.php and redirect.php
154 The old names are provided too for compatibility, but make sure they don't
155 conflict if you've been putting other files in your wiki.
156 * Uploaded filenames are more strictly checked than before. See bits in
157 DefaultSettings.php to tweak this behavior to your needs.
158 * Database messages are now enabled by default, so the interface messages can
159 be tweaked through the wiki with a sysop account. Disable this if you
160 don't want the performance hit.
162 === Database changes ===
164 An index was added to recentchanges table to speed up Newpages
165 (patch-rc-newindex.sql for manual updaters).
167 Expiration date field has been added to ipblocks table
168 (patch-ipb_expiry.sql for manual updaters).
171 == Version 1.1.0, 2003-12-08 ==
173 This is the new production release. Any following 1.1.x releases are expected
174 to contain only bug fixes; developments of new features will go towards a 1.2.0
178 * New wiki table syntax:
179 http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide:_Using_tables
180 * User-editable interface messages:
181 http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_namespace
182 * XML-wrapped page source export with optional history:
183 http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_import_and_export
184 (There is not yet an import function!)
188 * linkscc table caches link data for rendering; faster rebuildlinks.php
189 * Numerous bugs in Cologne Blue skin fixed
190 * Login gives warning about missing cookies
191 * Block log, protection log added; deletion log now includes undeletions
192 * Deletion & upload logs now escape comment text properly
193 * Problems with <nowiki> segments in section titles etc mitigated
194 * Contributions offset and minor edit bugs fixed
195 * Whatlinkshere now sorted alphabetically
196 * Various exciting new profiling options.
197 * Debug log is off by default.
198 * Various small bugs fixed.
201 * wfQuery has had a second parameter inserted, DB_READ or DB_WRITE. This value
202 is not actually used so far.
203 * Partial code for categories and Smarty template-based skins is in the tree
205 * Parts of Article.php have been moved to EditPage.php and ImagePage.php.
214 === Database changes ===
216 "linkscc" table added. If upgrading manually (rather than with update.php),
217 run maintenance/archives/patch-linkscc.sql to create the table.
219 Older releases were dated snapshots from the old 'stable' branch:
221 == mediawiki-20031118 ==
223 * Image deletion fixed.
224 * Deletion of image old revisions now restricted to sysops
225 (this is an irreversible action and not well logged)
226 * Fixed maintenance scripts broken by last release's security fix
227 * Many errors in rebuildlinks script fixed.
229 == mediawiki-20031117 ==
231 * SECURITY FIX: stricter checking of include path
232 * Fixed user contributions next/prev bug
233 * Login cookies now have the database name prefixed to allow wikis
234 to coexist in the same domain. This will invalidate any old saved
236 * Update cache timestamp when talk pages are created
237 * Saving the login form in Mozilla no longer blanks password in prefs.
238 * Check existence of source page before performing a move.
239 * Detect invalid titles in Special:Allpages
240 * Q-encode headers on outgoing inter-user e-mail
241 * Updates to some translations.
242 * Added table of contents border/bg to Cologne Blue, Nostalgia skins
243 * Protected pages no longer appear unprotected when visited via redirect
244 * Swapped old Wikipedia logo for the MediaWiki sunflower logo
245 * install.php, update.php print warning on old PHP versions,
246 added compatibility functions that might or might not help
248 No database changes since 20031107; upgrading should be clean.
251 == mediawiki-20031107 ==
253 * Fixed various bugs!
254 * Some speed improvements from tweaks to the table indexes
255 * Limited support for memcached (see below)
256 * New translations (see below)
257 * Interwiki link data now kept in database for flexibility
258 * Friendlier read-only source view if asked to edit a page when
259 the db is locked or the page is protected.
260 * Normal IP blocks auto-expire after 24 hours
261 * Optional support for blocking usernames
262 * Uploads disabled by default (see below)
265 === Security note ===
267 Uploads are now disabled by default. If you've set up a secure configuration
268 you can reenable uploads by putting:
270 $wgDisableUploads = false;
272 into LocalSettings.php.
274 Earlier versions of MediaWiki included a bug that potentially allows logged-
275 in users to delete arbitrary files in directories writable by the web server
276 user by manually feeding false form data; this is now fixed.
278 As a reminder, disable PHP script execution in the upload directory!
279 You may also wish to serve HTML pages as plaintext to prevent cookie-
280 stealing JavaScript attacks. Example Apache config fragment:
282 <Directory "/Library/MediaWiki/web/upload">
283 # Ignore .htaccess files
286 # Serve HTML as plaintext
287 AddType text/plain .html .htm .shtml
289 # Don't run arbitrary PHP code.
290 php_admin_flag engine off
292 # If you've other scripting languages, disable them too.
296 === Database updates ===
298 If you're using update.php, the necessary database changes should
299 be made automatically.
301 To manually upgrade your database from the 2003-08-29 release, run the
302 following SQL scripts from the maintenance subdirectory:
304 archives/patch-ipblocks.sql
305 archives/patch-interwiki.sql
306 archives/patch-indexes.sql
309 To copy in the Wikipedia language-prefix interwikis as well, add:
311 wikipedia-interwiki.sql
316 New interface localization files are included for:
326 Memcached is a distributed cache system. See http://www.danga.com/memcached/
327 MediaWiki can optionally use memcached to store some data between calls
328 to reduce load on the database. Currently this is limited to user and
329 talk page notification data, interwiki prefix/URL matches, and the
330 UTF-8 conversion tables.
332 MediaWiki includes version 1.0.10 of the (GPL'd) PHP memcached client by
333 Ryan Gilfether; if memcached is disabled it acts as a dummy object with
336 To use memcached you'll need PHP installed with sockets support (this is not
337 in the default configure options). See docs/memcached for some more details.
339 Additionally, you can store login session data in memcached instead of the
340 local filesystem, which can help to enable load-balancing by letting login
341 sessions transparently work on multiple front-end web servers. (The primary
342 other issue is with uploads, which requires some care in handling.)
344 To enable this, set $wgSessionsInMemcached = true; and set $wgCookieDomain
345 appropriately if exposing multiple hostnames. This system is new and may be
346 volatile; login sessions will fail dramatically if memcached is unavailable
347 when this option is turned on.
350 === Online documentation ===
352 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
353 built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
356 http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide
361 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
364 http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
367 === UseModWiki import script ===
369 A stripped-down UseModWiki import script is available in the maintenance
370 subdirectory. It is incomplete and requires a lot of manual clean-up, but
371 does function for the brave and pure of heart.
374 === Test suite removed ===
376 The unmaintained Java-based test suite has been removed from the tarball
377 release. If you really want it you can check it out from CVS.
380 == mediawiki-20030829 ==
382 First release under MediaWiki name.