"...will emit warnings in production..." That sounds absolutely awful. Might I ask what prompted this decision to publicly display errors in a production environment for something that isn't terribly major?
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 7:49 AM, wp mirror <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Markus, > > Thank you for releasing MediaWiki 1.23.0. > > 0) Objective > > I would like to routinely prepare DEB packages of the latest releases of > MediaWiki and most of the extensions that I see listed on the > Special:Version pages. In the ideal case, I would like to go this in a > semi- or fully- automated fashion. > > 1) Problem > > However, I notice that, for most MediaWiki extensions, when I execute: > > (shell)$ git branch -r > > the git repo does not (yet) show an `origin/REL1_23' branch that I can > checkout. While some extensions show a recent development branch such as > `origin/wmf/1.24wmf8', many extensions lag months behind (e.g. `ApiSandbox' > has no branch more recent than `origin/wmf/1.23wmf20'). > > 2) Questions > > 2.1) Branch generation. I would like to know how the git branches are > generated at your end; both for MediaWiki, and for its extensions. > > 2.2) DEB Packaging. I would also like to solicit your view (and anyone > else's view) as to whether I should: > a) package MediaWiki 1.23.x and its extensions on a monthly basis; or > b) package MediaWiki 1.24wmfxx and its extensions on a weekly basis. > > Sincerely Yours, > Kent > > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 4:28 AM, Markus Glaser <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I am happy to announce the availability of the first stable release of > the > > new MediaWiki 1.23 release series. > > > > MediaWiki 1.23 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-1.23 file for the full list of changes in this > > version. > > > > This is a Long Term Support release (LTS) and will be supported until May > > 2017. > > > > Our thanks to everyone who helped to improve MediaWiki by testing the > > release candidates and submitting bug reports. > > > > == What's new? == > > > > * MediaWiki 1.23 includes all changes released in the smaller 1.23wmfX > > software deployments to Wikimedia sites. > > > > === Skin autodiscovery deprecated === > > > > Skin autodiscovery, the legacy skin installation mechanism used by > > MediaWiki since very early versions (around 2004), has been officially > > deprecated and will be removed in MediaWiki 1.25. > > * MediaWiki 1.23 will emit warnings in production if a skin using the > > deprecated mechanism is found. > > * See Manual:Skin autodiscovery for more information and a migration > guide > > for site admins and skin developers. > > > > === Notifications === > > > > With 1.23, MediaWiki starts to behave more like a modern website as > > regards notifications, to keep the editors of your wiki engaged and > always > > up to date about what interests them. This used to require several custom > > settings. > > * (bug 45020) Make preferences "Add pages I create and files I upload to > > my watchlist" and "pages and files I edit" true by default. > > * (bug 45022) Make preference "Email me when a page or file on my > > watchlist is changed" true by default. > > * (bug 49719) Watch user page and user talk page by default. > > This will allow your new users to immediately start benefiting from the > > watchlist and email notification features, without needing to first read > > all the docs to find out that they're as useful as they are. > > > > === Merged extensions === > > > > Merged into 1.23: > > * ExpandTemplates (bug 28264). > > * AssertEdit (bug 27841) - documented at API:Assert. > > > > === Interface === > > > > * (bug 42026) Add option to only show page creations in > > Special:Contributions (and API). > > * Add new special page to list duplicate files, > > Special:ListDuplicatedFiles. > > * (bug 60333) Add new special page listing tracking categories > > (Special:TrackingCategories). > > > > === Editing === > > > > * A new special page Special:Diff was added, allowing users to create > > internal links to revision comparison pages using syntax such as > > Special:Diff/12345, Special:Diff/12345/prev or Special:Diff/12345/98765. > > > > === Help pages === > > > > With 1.23, MediaWiki begins a process of consolidation of its help pages. > > Now, most are using the Translate extension and can be easily translated > > and updated in hundreds languages. > > > > In the coming months, we'll focus on making more of the central help > pages > > translatable and on linking them from the relevant MediaWiki interfaces > for > > better discoverability. Please help: add your own translations; update > > existing pages and cover missing MediaWiki topics. > > > > Traditionally, help pages have been scattered on countless wikis and > > poorly translated; most of those on mediawiki.org were migrated with the > > help of some Google Code-in students. > > > > === CSS refresh for Vector === > > > > * Various Vector CSS properties have been converted to LESS variables. > > * The font size of > <code>#bodyContent</code>/<code>.mw-body-content</code> > > has been increased to 0.875em. > > * The line-height of > > <code>#bodyContent</code>/<code>.mw-body-content</code> has been > increased > > to 1.6. > > * The line-height of superscript (sup) and subscript (sub) are now set to > > 1. > > * The default color for content text (but not the headers) is now > #252525; > > (dark grey). > > * All headers have updated sizes and margins. > > * H1 and H2 headers now use a serif font. > > * Body font is "sans-serif" as always. > > > > For more information see Typography refresh. > > > > === Configuration === > > > > Add Config and GlobalConfig classes: > > * Allows configuration options to be fetched from context. > > * Only one implementation, GlobalConfig, is provided, which simply > returns > > $GLOBALS[$name]. There can be more classes in the future, possibly a > > database-based one. For convinience the "wg" prefix is automatically > added. > > * This adds the $wgConfigClass global variable which is used to determine > > which implementation of Config to use by default. > > * The ContextSource getConfig and setConfig methods were introduced. > > > > Full release notes: > > > > > https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fcore.git/1.23.0/RELEASE-NOTES-1.23 > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.23 > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > Download: > > http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.23/mediawiki-1.23.0.tar.gz > > > > GPG signatures: > > http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.23/mediawiki-1.23.0.tar.gz.sig > > > > Public keys: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html > > > > Markus Glaser > > (Release Team) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki announcements mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce > > _______________________________________________ > > Pkg-mediawiki-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-mediawiki-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- ---- Justin Folvarcik *"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will finally know peace."*-Jimi Hendrix _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
