User:Iritscen/WikiFuture

Below are any notable changes that we should look forward to, or watch out for, if upgrading MediaWiki (besides various security fixes). (Source)

Oldest LTS version of MediaWiki: 1.35 (supported through September 2023). (Source)

Current version on OniGalore: 1.39.6

You can browse each version of the MW code HERE.

1.33

I have checked the release notes through 1.33.4.

Nothing of interest changed from 1.33.3 to 1.33.4.

I have checked the release notes through 1.34.4.

Requires PHP 7.2.9+.
Special:Mute has been added as a quick way for users to block unwanted emails from other users originating from Special:EmailUser.
Special:NewSection has been created as a shortcut to creating a new section on a page.
$wgServer must now always be set in LocalSettings.php. This is most likely the case already for any wiki installed after 1.18. Older wikis may need to update their LocalSettings.php file.
$wgDiffEngine can be used to specify which difference engine to use. MediaWiki continues to default to automatically choosing the first of $wgExternalDiffEngine, wikidiff2, or php that is usable.
Added the MW_VERSION constant; global $wgVersion is soft deprecated.
Added $wgForceHTTPS, which makes the HTTP to HTTPS redirect be unconditional and suppresses various hacks needed to support mixed HTTP/HTTPS wikis.

I have checked the release notes through 1.35.3.

Support for PHP 7.2 has been dropped. 7.3.19+ required.
Totally new content storage schema, with no backward compatibility.
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.
$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.
$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.

I have checked the release notes through 1.36.1.

Accounts with the 'bot' right no longer have pages automatically added to the watchlist when making API edits, regardless of their preferences.
The logo of MediaWiki has changed. This means that the "Powered By MediaWiki" button shown in the skin footer will be different.
All HTML5 named entities are now accepted in wikitext.
The file description page's alternate sizes now include 2048px.