RELEASE-NOTES - mediawiki/core - Gitiles

 = MediaWiki release notes =

 == Version 1.1.0, 2003-12-08 ==

 This is the new production release. Any following 1.1.x releases are expected
 to contain only bug fixes; developments of new features will go towards a 1.2.0
 release.

 New features in 1.1:
 * New wiki table syntax:
   http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide:_Using_tables
 * User-editable interface messages:
   http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_namespace
 * XML-wrapped page source export with optional history:
   http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_import_and_export
   (There is not yet an import function!)

 Fixes and tweaks:
 * linkscc table caches link data for rendering; faster rebuildlinks.php
 * Numerous bugs in Cologne Blue skin fixed
 * Login gives warning about missing cookies
 * Block log, protection log added; deletion log now includes undeletions
 * Deletion & upload logs now escape comment text properly
 * Problems with <nowiki> segments in section titles etc mitigated
 * Contributions offset and minor edit bugs fixed
 * Whatlinkshere now sorted alphabetically
 * Various small bugs fixed.

 === Database changes ===

 "linkscc" table added. If upgrading manually (rather than with update.php),
 run maintenance/archives/patch-linkscc.sql to create the table.

 Older releases were dated snapshots from the old 'stable' branch:

 == mediawiki-20031118 ==

 * Image deletion fixed.
 * Deletion of image old revisions now restricted to sysops
   (this is an irreversible action and not well logged)
 * Fixed maintenance scripts broken by last release's security fix
 * Many errors in rebuildlinks script fixed.

 == mediawiki-20031117 ==

 * SECURITY FIX: stricter checking of include path
 * Fixed user contributions next/prev bug
 * Login cookies now have the database name prefixed to allow wikis
   to coexist in the same domain. This will invalidate any old saved
   password cookies.
 * Update cache timestamp when talk pages are created
 * Saving the login form in Mozilla no longer blanks password in prefs.
 * Check existence of source page before performing a move.
 * Detect invalid titles in Special:Allpages
 * Q-encode headers on outgoing inter-user e-mail
 * Updates to some translations.
 * Added table of contents border/bg to Cologne Blue, Nostalgia skins
 * Protected pages no longer appear unprotected when visited via redirect
 * Swapped old Wikipedia logo for the MediaWiki sunflower logo
 * install.php, update.php print warning on old PHP versions,
   added compatibility functions that might or might not help

 No database changes since 20031107; upgrading should be clean.


 == mediawiki-20031107 ==

 * Fixed various bugs!
 * Some speed improvements from tweaks to the table indexes
 * Limited support for memcached (see below)
 * New translations (see below)
 * Interwiki link data now kept in database for flexibility
 * Friendlier read-only source view if asked to edit a page when
   the db is locked or the page is protected.
 * Normal IP blocks auto-expire after 24 hours
 * Optional support for blocking usernames
 * Uploads disabled by default (see below)


 === Security note ===

 Uploads are now disabled by default. If you've set up a secure configuration
 you can reenable uploads by putting:

   $wgDisableUploads = false;

 into LocalSettings.php.

 Earlier versions of MediaWiki included a bug that potentially allows logged-
 in users to delete arbitrary files in directories writable by the web server
 user by manually feeding false form data; this is now fixed.

 As a reminder, disable PHP script execution in the upload directory!
 You may also wish to serve HTML pages as plaintext to prevent cookie-
 stealing JavaScript attacks. Example Apache config fragment:

   <Directory "/Library/MediaWiki/web/upload">
      # Ignore .htaccess files
      AllowOverride None

      # Serve HTML as plaintext
      AddType text/plain .html .htm .shtml

      # Don't run arbitrary PHP code.
      php_admin_flag engine off

      # If you've other scripting languages, disable them too.
   </Directory>


 === Database updates ===

 If you're using update.php, the necessary database changes should
 be made automatically.

 To manually upgrade your database from the 2003-08-29 release, run the
 following SQL scripts from the maintenance subdirectory:

   archives/patch-ipblocks.sql
   archives/patch-interwiki.sql
   archives/patch-indexes.sql
   interwiki.sql

 To copy in the Wikipedia language-prefix interwikis as well, add:

   wikipedia-interwiki.sql


 === Translations ===

 New interface localization files are included for:
   fy Frisian
   ro Romanian
   sl Slovene
   sq Albanian
   sr Serbian


 === Memcached ===

 Memcached is a distributed cache system. See http://www.danga.com/memcached/
 MediaWiki can optionally use memcached to store some data between calls
 to reduce load on the database. Currently this is limited to user and
 talk page notification data, interwiki prefix/URL matches, and the
 UTF-8 conversion tables.

 MediaWiki includes version 1.0.10 of the (GPL'd) PHP memcached client by
 Ryan Gilfether; if memcached is disabled it acts as a dummy object with
 minimal overhead.

 To use memcached you'll need PHP installed with sockets support (this is not
 in the default configure options). See docs/memcached for some more details.

 Additionally, you can store login session data in memcached instead of the
 local filesystem, which can help to enable load-balancing by letting login
 sessions transparently work on multiple front-end web servers. (The primary
 other issue is with uploads, which requires some care in handling.)

 To enable this, set $wgSessionsInMemcached = true; and set $wgCookieDomain
 appropriately if exposing multiple hostnames. This system is new and may be
 volatile; login sessions will fail dramatically if memcached is unavailable
 when this option is turned on.


 === Online documentation ===

 Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
 built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
 License:

   http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide


 === Mailing list ===

 A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
 wikitech-l list:

   http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l


 === UseModWiki import script ===

 A stripped-down UseModWiki import script is available in the maintenance
 subdirectory. It is incomplete and requires a lot of manual clean-up, but
 does function for the brave and pure of heart.


 === Test suite removed ===

 The unmaintained Java-based test suite has been removed from the tarball
 release. If you really want it you can check it out from CVS.


 == mediawiki-20030829 ==

 First release under MediaWiki name.
	= MediaWiki release notes =

	== Version 1.1.0, 2003-12-08 ==

	This is the new production release. Any following 1.1.x releases are expected
	to contain only bug fixes; developments of new features will go towards a 1.2.0
	release.

	New features in 1.1:
	* New wiki table syntax:
	http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide:_Using_tables
	* User-editable interface messages:
	http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_namespace
	* XML-wrapped page source export with optional history:
	http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_import_and_export
	(There is not yet an import function!)

	Fixes and tweaks:
	* linkscc table caches link data for rendering; faster rebuildlinks.php
	* Numerous bugs in Cologne Blue skin fixed
	* Login gives warning about missing cookies
	* Block log, protection log added; deletion log now includes undeletions
	* Deletion & upload logs now escape comment text properly
	* Problems with <nowiki> segments in section titles etc mitigated
	* Contributions offset and minor edit bugs fixed
	* Whatlinkshere now sorted alphabetically
	* Various small bugs fixed.

	=== Database changes ===

	"linkscc" table added. If upgrading manually (rather than with update.php),
	run maintenance/archives/patch-linkscc.sql to create the table.

	Older releases were dated snapshots from the old 'stable' branch:

	== mediawiki-20031118 ==

	* Image deletion fixed.
	* Deletion of image old revisions now restricted to sysops
	(this is an irreversible action and not well logged)
	* Fixed maintenance scripts broken by last release's security fix
	* Many errors in rebuildlinks script fixed.

	== mediawiki-20031117 ==

	* SECURITY FIX: stricter checking of include path
	* Fixed user contributions next/prev bug
	* Login cookies now have the database name prefixed to allow wikis
	to coexist in the same domain. This will invalidate any old saved
	password cookies.
	* Update cache timestamp when talk pages are created
	* Saving the login form in Mozilla no longer blanks password in prefs.
	* Check existence of source page before performing a move.
	* Detect invalid titles in Special:Allpages
	* Q-encode headers on outgoing inter-user e-mail
	* Updates to some translations.
	* Added table of contents border/bg to Cologne Blue, Nostalgia skins
	* Protected pages no longer appear unprotected when visited via redirect
	* Swapped old Wikipedia logo for the MediaWiki sunflower logo
	* install.php, update.php print warning on old PHP versions,
	added compatibility functions that might or might not help

	No database changes since 20031107; upgrading should be clean.


	== mediawiki-20031107 ==

	* Fixed various bugs!
	* Some speed improvements from tweaks to the table indexes
	* Limited support for memcached (see below)
	* New translations (see below)
	* Interwiki link data now kept in database for flexibility
	* Friendlier read-only source view if asked to edit a page when
	the db is locked or the page is protected.
	* Normal IP blocks auto-expire after 24 hours
	* Optional support for blocking usernames
	* Uploads disabled by default (see below)


	=== Security note ===

	Uploads are now disabled by default. If you've set up a secure configuration
	you can reenable uploads by putting:

	$wgDisableUploads = false;

	into LocalSettings.php.

	Earlier versions of MediaWiki included a bug that potentially allows logged-
	in users to delete arbitrary files in directories writable by the web server
	user by manually feeding false form data; this is now fixed.

	As a reminder, disable PHP script execution in the upload directory!
	You may also wish to serve HTML pages as plaintext to prevent cookie-
	stealing JavaScript attacks. Example Apache config fragment:

	<Directory "/Library/MediaWiki/web/upload">
	# Ignore .htaccess files
	AllowOverride None

	# Serve HTML as plaintext
	AddType text/plain .html .htm .shtml

	# Don't run arbitrary PHP code.
	php_admin_flag engine off

	# If you've other scripting languages, disable them too.
	</Directory>


	=== Database updates ===

	If you're using update.php, the necessary database changes should
	be made automatically.

	To manually upgrade your database from the 2003-08-29 release, run the
	following SQL scripts from the maintenance subdirectory:

	archives/patch-ipblocks.sql
	archives/patch-interwiki.sql
	archives/patch-indexes.sql
	interwiki.sql

	To copy in the Wikipedia language-prefix interwikis as well, add:

	wikipedia-interwiki.sql


	=== Translations ===

	New interface localization files are included for:
	fy Frisian
	ro Romanian
	sl Slovene
	sq Albanian
	sr Serbian


	=== Memcached ===

	Memcached is a distributed cache system. See http://www.danga.com/memcached/
	MediaWiki can optionally use memcached to store some data between calls
	to reduce load on the database. Currently this is limited to user and
	talk page notification data, interwiki prefix/URL matches, and the
	UTF-8 conversion tables.

	MediaWiki includes version 1.0.10 of the (GPL'd) PHP memcached client by
	Ryan Gilfether; if memcached is disabled it acts as a dummy object with
	minimal overhead.

	To use memcached you'll need PHP installed with sockets support (this is not
	in the default configure options). See docs/memcached for some more details.

	Additionally, you can store login session data in memcached instead of the
	local filesystem, which can help to enable load-balancing by letting login
	sessions transparently work on multiple front-end web servers. (The primary
	other issue is with uploads, which requires some care in handling.)

	To enable this, set $wgSessionsInMemcached = true; and set $wgCookieDomain
	appropriately if exposing multiple hostnames. This system is new and may be
	volatile; login sessions will fail dramatically if memcached is unavailable
	when this option is turned on.


	=== Online documentation ===

	Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is currently being
	built up on Meta-Wikipedia, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation
	License:

	http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide


	=== Mailing list ===

	A MediaWiki-l mailing list has been set up distinct from the Wikipedia
	wikitech-l list:

	http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l


	=== UseModWiki import script ===

	A stripped-down UseModWiki import script is available in the maintenance
	subdirectory. It is incomplete and requires a lot of manual clean-up, but
	does function for the brave and pure of heart.


	=== Test suite removed ===

	The unmaintained Java-based test suite has been removed from the tarball
	release. If you really want it you can check it out from CVS.


	== mediawiki-20030829 ==

	First release under MediaWiki name.