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