Thank you for all your work on this Mark, et al! Can’t wait to update tonight!
-- Jamie Thingelstad [email protected] mobile: 612-810-3699 On May 25, 2013, at 10:20 AM, "Mark A. Hershberger" <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm happy to announce the availability of the first stable release > of the new MediaWiki 1.21 release series. > > MediaWiki 1.21 is a large release that contains many new features and > bug fixes. This is a summary of the major changes of interest to users. > You can consult the RELEASE-NOTES-1.21 file for the full list of changes > in this version. > > Our thanks go to everyone who helped to improve MediaWiki by testing > the beta release and submitting bug reports. > > == What's new? == > > MediaWiki 1.21 includes all changes released in the smaller, bi-weekly > "1.21wmfX" software deployments to Wikimedia sites. > > === Clearer email notifications === > > Bug 14901 ? Email notification mistakes log action for new page > creation, the third most reported open MediaWiki bug, has been > fixed. Consequently, notifications now state clearly what action was > performed on the watched pages in case they are created, deleted, > restored, moved or changed. > > There are still some known issues. If you customised MediaWiki:Enotif > body on your wiki, you have to delete or update it; see also full > documentation. > > === Skin === > > The CologneBlue skin has been refactored to make it relevant again, > more compatible with existing scripts, and more similar in structure > to Vector and Monobook, reusing a lot of existing code. > > The only major difference for end-users should be a slight reordering > of the sidebar menu (the "Context" submenu was removed and its > contents merged into other ones). If you were, however, depending on > the exact HTML it used to produce, you'll need to review your tools. > > === ContentHandler === > > As part of the Wikidata initiative, 1.21 adopts an extensible > framework ("ContentHandler") so that pages can contain something other > than wikitext. > > Right now, built-in content types are limited to > > wikitext - wikitext, as usual > javascript - user-provided JavaScript code > css - user-provided CSS code > text - plain text > > Extension developers can create additional content > types. Extension:EventLogging uses ContentHandler to implement a > namespace for JSON schemas, and may be used as a reference. Other > extensions, such as Scribunto, also make use of the new functionality. > > ContentHandler affects diff rendering, handing of CSS and JavaScript > pages, import/export, and the API. > > === Support for high DPI displays === > > MediaWiki now tries to deliver higher-res images to high pixel density > screens such as Apple Retina Displays (see gerrit change 24115 for > details). This is a work-in-progress, so normal-resolution images may > still appear in some places and in some browser > versions. Administrators may need to watch out for higher load on > their image scaling software. > > === Ajax patrolling === > > (bug 7851) The features users have waited for longest: one-click Ajax > patrolling. With this new feature, users can mark revisions or pages > as having been "patrolled" with a single click while staying on the > current page. > > === Internationalization === > > (bug 24156) The general logging framework was made completely > localisable at last. The logging for each action (whether in core or > extensions) might still need to be updated to use the new system, > though. > > (bug 40367) MediaWiki:Contributions now reflects the gender of the > user. > > === New accounts === > > (bug 22457) It's now easier to create accounts for other users by > sending a temporary password via e-mail: Special:CreateAccount now > shows a checkbox for logged-in users to use this feature, rather than > a button. > > Account API: bots and other scripts can now use the API to create user > accounts, rather than attempting to pseudo-submit the HTML form. > > === Account creation welcome === > > The MediaWiki:welcomecreation message was split up into > MediaWiki:welcomeuser and MediaWiki:welcomecreation-msg so users no > longer see "Login successful" when creating their accounts (bug > 42215). If you customized the former message and want to preserve your > customization, you'll have to modify the new messages accordingly. > > === More wikitext now supported in JavaScript messages === > > The jqueryMsg parser now supports wikilinks and int: transclusion. For > more details, see Manual:Messages API. > > === Using semantic headings for the navigation menu === > > The previous scheme of using (varying per skin) <h4>, <h5> and/or <h6> > tags (with nothing apart from the main <h1> above them in the > hierarchy) was change to consistently using a <h2> above the entire > navigation and <h3>s as portlet headings in all skins. > > The <h2> is hidden for normal browsers, but accessible for > screen-readers or text browsers. > > While this change is minor, it might require similarly minor updates > in any customized CSS or JS (or in screen scrapers). > > === Extended collation support === > > UCA-based category collations for 68 languages based in Latin, Greek > and Cyrillic alphabets are now supported. You can use them by setting > $wgCategoryCollation = 'uca-<langcode>', where <langcode> is the > appropriate language code. > > === Bundled extensions === > > Newly bundled for 1.21 (bug 43815): > > Cite > ImageMap > Interwiki > Title Blacklist > SpamBlacklist > Poem > InputBox > LocalisationUpdate > SyntaxHighlight GeSHi > > > Full release notes: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21 > > > ********************************************************************** > Download: > http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0.tar.gz > > Patch to previous version (1.20.0), without interface text: > http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0.patch.gz > Interface text changes: > http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-i18n-1.21.0.patch.gz > > GPG signatures: > http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-core-1.21.0.tar.gz.sig > http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0.tar.gz.sig > http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0.patch.gz.sig > http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-i18n-1.21.0.patch.gz.sig > > Public keys: > https://secure.wikimedia.org/keys.html > > - -- > http://hexmode.com/ > > Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity > is reason. Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. > -- G.K. Chesterson > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iD8DBQFRoNaqc17xCi38v/URAgClAJ9YnIT5CLqfbFolRyoG8W7UOF+l6QCfSu5H > p79h+WXqEqs9MgYl1t+ES94= > =shHJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
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