1 Security reminder: If you have PHP's register_globals option set, you must
2 turn it off. MediaWiki will not work with it enabled.
6 THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET
8 MediaWiki 1.25 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
11 === Configuration changes in 1.25 ===
12 * $wgPageShowWatchingUsers was removed.
13 * $wgLocalVirtualHosts has been added to replace $wgConf->localVHosts.
14 * $wgAntiLockFlags was removed.
16 === New features in 1.25 ===
17 * (bug 58139) ResourceLoaderFileModule now supports language fallback
18 for 'languageScripts'.
19 * Added a new hook, "ContentAlterParserOutput", to allow extensions to modify the
20 parser output for a content object before links update.
21 * (bug 67341) SVG images will no longer be base64-encoded when being embedded
22 in CSS. This results in slight size increase before gzip compression (due to
23 percent-encoding), but up to 20% decrease after it.
25 === Bug fixes in 1.25 ===
26 * (bug 71003) No additional code will be generated to try to load CSS-embedded
27 SVG images in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, as they don't support them anyway.
28 * (bug 67021) On Special:BookSources, corrected validation of ISBNs (both
29 10- and 13-digit forms) containing "X".
31 === Action API changes in 1.25 ===
32 * (bug 65403) XML tag highlighting is now only performed for formats
35 === Action API internal changes in 1.25 ===
37 === Languages updated in 1.25 ===
39 MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
40 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
41 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
43 === Other changes in 1.25 ===
44 * The skin autodiscovery mechanism, deprecated in MediaWiki 1.23, has been
45 removed. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_autodiscovery for
46 migration guide for creators and users of custom skins that relied on it.
47 * Javascript variable 'wgFileCanRotate' now only available on Special:Upload.
48 * (bug 56257) Set site logo from mediawiki.skinning.interface module instead of
49 inline styles in the HTML.
50 * Removed ApiQueryUsers::getAutoGroups(). (deprecated since 1.20)
51 * Removed XmlDumpWriter::schemaVersion(). (deprecated since 1.20)
52 * Removed LogEventsList::getDisplayTitle(). (deprecated since 1.20)
53 * Removed Preferences::trySetUserEmail(). (deprecated since 1.20)
54 * Removed mw.user.name() and mw.user.anonymous() methods. (deprecated since 1.20)
55 * Removed 'ok' and 'err' parameters in the mediawiki.api modules. (deprecated
57 * Removed 'async' parameter from the mw.Api#getCategories() method. (deprecated
59 * Removed 'jquery.json' module. (deprecated since 1.24)
60 Use the 'json' module and global JSON object instead.
61 * Deprecated OutputPage::readOnlyPage() and OutputPage::rateLimited().
62 Also, the former will now throw an MWException if called with one or more
64 * Removed hitcounters and associated code.
68 MediaWiki 1.25 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later. There is experimental support for
71 MySQL is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used, but
72 support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
73 Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
75 The supported versions are:
77 * MySQL 5.0.2 or later
78 * PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
79 * SQLite 3.3.7 or later
80 * Oracle 9.0.1 or later
81 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (9.00.1399)
85 1.25 has several database changes since 1.24, and will not work without schema
86 updates. Note that due to changes to some very large tables like the revision
87 table, the schema update may take quite long (minutes on a medium sized site,
88 many hours on a large site).
90 If upgrading from before 1.11, and you are using a wiki as a commons
91 repository, make sure that it is updated as well. Otherwise, errors may arise
92 due to database schema changes.
94 If upgrading from before 1.7, you may want to run refreshLinks.php to ensure
95 new database fields are filled with data.
97 If you are upgrading from MediaWiki 1.4.x or earlier, you should upgrade to
98 1.5 first. The upgrade script maintenance/upgrade1_5.php has been removed
101 Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
103 See the file UPGRADE for more detailed upgrade instructions.
105 For notes on 1.23.x and older releases, see HISTORY.
107 == Online documentation ==
109 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
110 MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
111 for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):
113 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
117 A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:
119 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
121 A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:
123 https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
125 It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
126 going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.
130 There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net.