User:Iritscen/WikiFuture: Difference between revisions

updated 1.35 through latest update
(added 1.36, updating LTS version to 1.35 (at 1.33, we are now officially obsolete))
(updated 1.35 through latest update)
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==1.35==
==1.35==
:''I have checked the release notes through 1.35.3.''
:''I have checked the release notes through 1.35.10.''
*Support for PHP 7.2 has been dropped. 7.3.19+ required.
*Support for PHP 7.2 has been dropped. 7.3.19+ required.
*Totally new content storage schema, with no backward compatibility.
*Totally new content storage schema, with no backward compatibility.
*The Visual Editor ([https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/VisualEditor_toolbar-en.png this thing]) is bundled with 1.35. Not clear on whether it's the default editor.
*Also bundled is [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SecureLinkFixer SecureLinkFixer], which allows outbound HTTP links to be dynamically rewritten to HTTPS if the linked website requires HTTPS. We won't really need this because [[ValExtLinks]] detects links with that issue.
*The extension [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateData TemplateData] is also provided, which allows a template to contain markup for presenting its parameters in an easy-to-read table.
*Special:EditPage, Special:PageHistory, Special:PageInfo, and Special:Purge have been created as shortcuts for each action. Special:EditPage/Foo redirects to title=foo&action=edit, with PageHistory, PageInfo, and Purge corresponding to action= history, info, and purge respectively.
*Special:EditPage, Special:PageHistory, Special:PageInfo, and Special:Purge have been created as shortcuts for each action. Special:EditPage/Foo redirects to title=foo&action=edit, with PageHistory, PageInfo, and Purge corresponding to action= history, info, and purge respectively.
*$wgWatchlistExpiry — Off by default, but allow users to add pages to their watchlists for a limited period of time.
*$wgWatchlistExpiry — Off by default, but allow users to add pages to their watchlists for a limited period of time.
*$wgSearchMatchRedirectPreference — This configuration setting controls whether users can set a new preference, search-match-redirect, which decides if search should redirect them to exact matches is available. By default, this is set to false, which maintains the previous behaviour without preference bloat.
*$wgSearchMatchRedirectPreference — This configuration setting controls whether users can set a new preference, search-match-redirect, which decides if search should redirect them to exact matches if available. By default, this is set to false, which maintains the previous behaviour without preference bloat.
*$wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals is off by default. This may affect various old JS code.
*$wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals is off by default. This may affect various old JS code.
*$wgLogos — This new configuration setting combines the now-deprecated $wgLogo and $wgLogoHD settings into a single, associative array. It provides support for a new key, 'wordmark', for setting a horizontal wordmark to show next to the graphical logo.
*$wgLogos — This new configuration setting combines the now-deprecated $wgLogo and $wgLogoHD settings into a single, associative array. It provides support for a new key, 'wordmark', for setting a horizontal wordmark to show next to the graphical logo.
*A minor exploit allowing editors to perform XSS via Special:Search has been patched as of 1.35.4.
*A serious exploit allowing page actions to be performed without edit rights has been patched as of 1.35.5.
*Another XSS exploit involving the displaying of image dimensions has been patched as of 1.35.6.
*The "Move subpages" checkbox on Special:MovePage will not be re-checked after a warning.
*A DoS exploit involving Special:NewFiles was closed as of 1.35.6.


==1.36==
==1.36==