Can you tell us a little about the new registration system for extensions? Is that going to affect what we've been doing?
On May 25, 2015 10:02:01 AM EDT, Chad <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello everyone, > >I am happy to announce the availability of the first stable release of >the >new MediaWiki 1.25 series. > >MediaWiki 1.25 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-1.25 file for the full list of changes in >this >version. > >Our thanks to everyone who helped to improve MediaWiki by testing the >release candidates and submitting bug reports. > >== What's new for users? == >MediaWiki 1.25 includes all changes released in the smaller 1.25wmf* >software deployments to Wikimedia sites over six months, totaling >approximately 2200 changes. > >* Indicators – Templates that add icons to the top right corner of the >page >(and more) can be updated to use the new page status indicators >feature. > >* Enhanced recent changes – MediaWiki now uses by default the extended >watchlist and so called enhanced recent changes (preference "Group >changes >by page in recent changes and watchlist"), which also received several >improvements in MediaWiki 1.24 and 1.25 (task 37785). This means that >Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist show all the changes to >each >page in a given day, sorted by page rather than chronologically. >Changes to >each page are collapsed by default and a compact overview is shown, >with >links to collated diffs and counts of each user's actions. Full >activity >for an individual page can then be shown with a single click. Users >will no >longer need to know in detail how a single change was chosen for >display in >order to figure out what else may have happened to the page that day, >nor >to scan a long list of non-contiguous lines on the screen in order to >get a >complete picture. The change is part of MediaWiki's evolution towards >an >interface which is more discoverable and less cluttered by default, >while >equally easy to quickly access in full, with the help of JavaScript. >However, the (grouped) layout is an improvement for non-JavaScript >users as >well. > >* Live preview – While editing, you're not sure what a wikitext syntax >will >produce? That's no longer a problem, now that live preview is no longer >experimental. By enabling the feature in your preferences, MediaWiki >will >display the effect of your edits without fully reloading the page, so >that >you can quickly correct any mistake. > >* Import – The import tool is now much easier to use on content from a >wiki >which has different namespaces than yours (e.g. because it's in another >language). > >* Internationalization – In logging and gender support, continuing the >work >in MediaWiki 1.18 and 1.19, multiple log types of Special:Log have been >migrated to the new logging system, which allows full >internationalization >including word order and grammatical gender. The migration continues. >See >task T26620 for a list. > >Locales – The following locales have been added: अवधी, بلوچی رخشانی and >Koyraboro Senni. > >* API documentation is localized and easier to access through >Special:ApiHelp. > >== What's new for system administrators? == >* PHP 5.3.3 is now required (from 5.3.2) >* Extensions and skins are now loaded through a new registration system >* Profiling was completely overhauled to use the xhprof module. > > >Full release notes: >https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_25/RELEASE-NOTES-1.25 >https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.25 > >********************************************************************** >Download: >http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.25/mediawiki-1.25.0.tar.gz >http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.25/mediawiki-core-1.25.0.tar.gz > >GPG signatures: >http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.25/mediawiki-core-1.25.0.tar.gz.sig >http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.25/mediawiki-1.25.0.tar.gz.sig > >Public keys: >https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html > >-Chad Horohoe, MW Release Manager >_______________________________________________ >MediaWiki announcements mailing list >To unsubscribe, go to: >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce >_______________________________________________ >MediaWiki-l mailing list >To unsubscribe, go to: >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
