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.
8 **** THIS FILE IS NOT UP TO DATE *****
9 **** BEFORE 1.4 RELEASE, BE SURE TO FIX IT *****
11 == Version 1.3.1, 2004-08-?? ==
14 * Watchlist parameters now work with register_globals off
15 * Fixed parsing of ''italics'' and '''bold''' mark-up (again)
16 * Special:Allpages display is more sensible on smaller wikis
17 * Fixed XHTML parsing error in classic skins
18 * Moved pages update watchlist correctly
19 * Fixed rebuildall.php on case-sensitive Unix filesystems
20 * New magic word PAGENAMEE (URL-escaped version of PAGENAME)
21 * Articles count now updated correctly when an article is moved
22 in/out of the article namespace.
24 == Version 1.3.0, 2004-08-11 ==
27 * New default layout 'MonoBook' (available on PHP4 only currently)
28 * Print stylesheet now built-in to every page
29 * More or less correct XHTML 1.0 (served as text/html by default)
32 * Image captions can now include links and other basic formatting
33 * Image bounding box can be specified instead of width, e.g. as
34 100x100px, making the image not wider than 100px and not higher
35 than 100px, keeping aspect ratio.
36 * Templates have been expanded with parameters, and separated from
37 the MediaWiki: localization scheme.
38 * Categories more or less work
39 * added a special page for listing users with sysop rights.
42 * Automatic merging of edit conflicts that don't directly interfere
43 * Edit summaries can now include basic formatting and links
46 * Linked Creative Commons copyright metadata (optional)
47 * RSS 2.0 & Atom 0.3 feeds for Recent Changes, New Pages
50 * WikiHiero hieroglyphic module can be added (separate download)
51 * Timeline module can be added (separate download).
53 * TeX now has an experimental MathML output mode (incomplete!)
55 Installation and upgrading:
56 * The old install.php and update.php have been removed. In-place
57 installation introduced in 1.2 is now the standard installation
58 and upgrade method, see INSTALL and UPGRADE for directions.
61 * The links table has been changed to use a cur_id for l_from.
62 The link tables must be converted on upgrade, which may entail
65 Code and compatibility:
66 * Should now run clean with error reporting set to E_ALL.
67 * register_globals hack from 1.2 has been replaced with safer code
68 * Bundled PHPTAL 0.7.0 from http://phptal.sourceforge.net/
70 * Most image-related code moved to Image.php
71 * More fixes for PHP 4.1.2 (thanks to Asheesh Laroia)
72 * URL encoding fix for anchors
73 * All languages now available in UTF-8 mode
78 Some output, particularly involving user-supplied inline HTML, may not
79 produce 100% valid or well-formed XHTML output. Testers are welcome to
80 set $wgMimeType = "application/xhtml+xml"; to test for remaining problem
81 cases, but this is not recommended on live sites. (This must be set for
82 MathML to display properly in Mozilla.)
84 The new 'MonoBook' skin is not compatible with PHP 5 due to bugs in the
85 underlying PHPTAL library. It will be automatically disabled when running
86 on PHP5; the older look and feel will be used instead.
89 For notes on 1.2.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
92 === Online documentation ===
94 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
95 built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
98 http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
103 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
106 http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
111 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net